My black car has tons of speckles of house paint on it. Unfortunately, I didn't realize this until months after the fact. I'm ashamed to say that I don't wash my car that often. I have tried a rubbing compound (turtle wax) and it definitely didn't work. Any suggestions?
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If all else should fail, why not brush paint your whole car. We did my fathers old work truck that way, I thought it turned out great! (And so did the neighbors!)
The only solution is to have the car repainted or live with what you have.I used to sell products to body shops and see that problem all the time.Especially went cars passed road stripping paint crews and got that lane marking paint on their cars.Compound won't touch it.
This is not hard to take care of if you are careful. If you have a newer car the paint is usually a clear coat finish. Some are softer than others and can be damaged so don't use buffing or rubbing compound on clear coat unless you are an expert!!
Instead try the following.
Go to a paint store or H Depot and get a bottle/can of Goof-Off.
Go to an auto store and purchase a clay bar and some detail spray. If they don't know what a clay bar is RUN.
WASH THE CAR use lots of water to remove ALL surface dust and grime. If you use Dawn dish soap in the water (make a strong mix) you can get a lot of stuff off, (including your current wax coats). Don't use force just cleaning surface dirt and loose stuff with the wash. Don't pick at the paint blotches!
Rinse and dry the car--use lots of water to rinse.
Use the goof-off very sparingly with a very soft cloth or Q-tip to remove the BIG blotches. Work slowly, don't use pressure. Clean the spot as much as possible and then do a little more until you have removed the majority of the blotch. You will see how this works when you do it--remember be careful and deliberate do not rush.
Next spray an area with detail spray to get it WET. Use the clay bar in straight back a forth moves to remove the remaining paint blotches. Do not go in circles and DO NOT push hard. Treat the paint with care, you don't need force. you need time. Gently dry the area with a soft towel (USA made cotton bath towel or microfiber towel don't use foreign made cotton). IF spots remain, repeat the clay on that area until clear. Repeat as needed over the entire body until car is spot free. If you clay bar the entire car your paint will be very clean and ready for a new coat of wax. It will also look like a new paint job cause the clay takes away most surface crap that has attached to you car's finish.
Next WASH the car again don't skip this wash. Dry the car and then wax the paint to protect.
You will not need to work hard to put on wax just get GOOD wax like Meguiars or similar, easy on easy off.
I am a professional painter from Australia, in my experience with acrylic (water) based house paint the best product that can be used to remove such paint is metholated spirits this is what we use to remove roller overspray from floors or benchtops
I found out the hard way (after someone splattered brown paint on my white truck) that acetone fingernail polish remover will get it off.
I knicked the white garage with my plum car and put a spot the size of a grapefruit on it. Simply took fingernail polish remover and used q-tips and a cotton cloth to take the white paint right off without damaging the car paint!!!
Thanks for your help! It works!
I was driving my black small car when a bucket appeared in the street everyone in front of me was getting over and to change lanes and I couldnt do it so I swerved around a large bucket of what looked like house paint. It splattered all over the under part and panelling of my car and tires and splattered some up higher too. I took my car through a car wash right away to see if this would get rid of most of it. It did not. I wondered what would be the best suggestion without hurting my 2001 black car?
How did you resolve it? i have the same problem. Did you look into suing the person. around_marietta AT yahoo.com
Fingernail polish remover. seriously, the easiest way.
Used nail polish remover and it worked like a charm - THANK YOU!
Long story short someone put house paint all over my car last night
so this morning I had to get it off. I used pinesol in a bucket of water washed and washed some peeled off kind of easy. Anyway it took me from 6:00 till 8:00 to wash and clean the car and driveway.
I have road paint stuck on tires.
I used goof-off put on cotton towel on dried oil-based paint on the side of the car. Each time I put a little goof off on a clean spot on the towel. I did have to rub the goof-off on somewhat. It worked fine.
Get as much off with soap and water. Then go buy a clay bar and use soap and water as a lubricant for the clay bar. Wah then wax
Anything above the surface of the auto paint will get knocked off from the dense clay. I had a white accord with black overspray paint all over it. Worksed like a champ.
Take cotton. Apply reasonable quantity of petrol and then rub the part of the car which has the external paint. it takes hardly two minutes. do not forget to fry with a separate piece of cotton, otherwise the paint would scramble.
I tried the nail polish remover with a cotton ball and it worked GREAT! Thanks
I had white paint from my garage door on my new red car, and I got it off with rubbing alcohol and a few cotton pads. Didn't even remove any clearcoat, though I'm probably going to give it a wax anyway to make sure it stays clean.
I bought a car that has been house painted, 86 Monte Carlo. The guy we bought it off of brushed/rolled house painted the whole car! I am wondering what can be the easiest way to take it off? I been using stripper house paint but its very hard. I was wondering is their any other methods that are easy? I cant sand it either because of neighbors.
A can of spray paint exploded in my garage and covered the hood of my car, which I didn't find until the next evening. I used acetone nail polish remover with cotton balls to remove. As I completed an area, I wiped with a damp cloth. Afterwards, I washed and waxed the car. It took every bit of the spray off and 2 years later, there does not to appear to be any damage to the paintjob on my car.
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