Hello Guys... I need to remove spray paint that someone sprayed on part of my inner fender a few years ago. It is a factory paint job and I want to preserve it. What is the best way to remove the spray paint without jacking up the factory finish too much? Any suggestions? Thanks, Hyfire
claybar or rubbing compound. if it was more recent mineral spirits would work, but for fully cured paint a good rub is the only way without ruining whats beneath.
Polishing it off will work IF the inner fender panel is body color or at least originally glossy. If it is a factory satin finish, the polishing will gloss it up. No way to polish a satin or flat finish without giving it real nice shine. You might, in a very small area, try "goof off', it has work occasionally for me in similar cases.
Does it look like this?? just kidding............some little gang banger thought it would be kool to tag my car and garage. oh.........the joys of living in kansas, the new home of a state of the art packing plant. and with it comes gangs.
good point... if nesseccary(SP?) you could polish it all off then polish the whole thing, then hit it with thinner on a rag to dull it back up
I used rubbing compound and steel wool, but there are some household things that will work like oven cleaner , do not leave it on long , or stronger spray cleaners , Hit up the dollar store and try a few things.....
That happened to my truck a few years ago. It wiped off with gasolene soaked rag without damaging the original paint.
on thesamba.com there are a ton's of post were people are removing old paint to get to the original paint. Some peolpe use ez-off.
If it's a factory finish underneath it, lacquer thinner should take it off without damaging the original surface. Try a little area with a damp thinner soaked rag. You will then be able to judge just how much thinner you can soak the rag with to remove the spray paint. Rub it wet then use a clean soaked rag to finish up.Factory finishes along with most new urethanes can take lacquer thinner wiped over it with no damage. Just don't let it soak on there. You will tire very easily trying to compound spray paint off. In between the over laps will come off easily The thicker areas will be harder to get off and you will probably rub through the original finish where the spray paint came off easily. I use to take graffiti off of vehicles all the time. A lot of times I would squirt the thinner from the top to the bottom and it would come right off. Sometimes wiping makes more of a mess. The thinner evaporates pretty fast. Followed by a quick hand polish and the vehicle would be on it's way. The only areass that you may see a little lifting is if the paint is scratched through to the metal. It should settle a little, then put a little touch up on it and it should be fine. I recently took off some green spray paint that had been on a motorcycle from the 70's. It was all over everything. Some kid must have wanted a different color bike without taking anything apart. There was apparently no masking tape in the garage either. Underneath was the original paint from '68. It is now a very nice original paint bike, with no traces of the green. Don
I used oven cleaner on a rag,to get a big nasty mural off a car once,did not hurt the paint underneath. polished up nice. not matter what you use test a small unseen spot first.
Hit Grainger and buy some Grafitti wipes. They use this stuff to clean subway cars. It comes in tubs like scrubs. It works better than anything I've found. http://www.gemplers.com/product.aspx?itemNo=139474&s_kwcid=TC-2261-114149493021-S-10735190021
yup that is gang graffiti. a real graffiti artist knows to stay away from houses, personal cars(semis and other srucks dont fall into this), and churches it just a unwiten law
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