Driving down the road and the car in front of me didnt swerve. I saw a 5 gallon pail of paint partially crushed so I swerved and only caught the outside of the puddle. WHen I looked after stopping. I have paint all up in my wheel well, along the fender lip and along the side skirts and back bumper.

How can I safeyl remove the paint?


(white paint on an Azure pearl with a meer 300 miles on the odometer)

 

wow i practically did the same thing the paint seemed to only stay in my wheel well somehow...now im anxious to see what people say to get it off

 

how would you go about removing paint off of paint?

 

The paint was probably latex house paint and would wash off with water if you did it right away.

It's probably too late for that, though. Try scraping it off with your fingernail.

If this doesn't work consult a professional detailer before doing anything more drastic. You don't want to screw up your finish getting the unwanted paint off.

 

WD-40 or bug tar remover works .. i did it on my old car

 

Goo Gone or Goof Off (they're the same thing). This happened to my dad's brand new Ford Escort (now my 12 year old Ford Escort) a few weeks after we got it. He just rubbed the paint that had splattered on our car (it was yellow, the car is green) off with that and then washed the car.

There's still a few spots here and there where he missed it, but the car's paint in that area has held up for twelve years...so, I'd say it worked out pretty well.

 

i will get some goo gone. WD 40 sounds kinda bad. Thanks for the help guys. I almost cried when it happened. Just had the struts and springs put on yesterday and they are now all white.

 

That sucks...

Best of luck with your car. At least it's only white and not some weird color...but that still stinks.

 

WD 40 is safe to use, I would use Goo Gone, over Goof off.

 

the best thing to be hosest (and safe for paint) is a clay bar. it cleans the paint (bugs tar etc.) that is the ONLY thing i would use. you can get a mothers clay bar at autozone

 

autozone is down the road I wil go there and ask how it works. I still havent dealt with this and I need to do it today.

Thanks all

 

Well it must have been waterbase because all the paint come off with a wet towel. Im glad its not bad.

 

I worked at a detail shop for sometime. The best thing to use that seems to work great is Oven cleaner. Might sound wierd but it will not hurt your paint. Spray it on and let it sit for like 5 min and wipe it off. You should be cool then

 

Goof off!

 

NO! Goo Gone is an adhesive remover. Goof Off is a _much_ stronger paint solvent.

Goof Off took the paint right off of my hubcaps when I was trying to remove adhesive residue with it.

Like the label says, try it in an inconspicuous area before you try it where you can see the damage!

George

 

whyu didnt ya go back, get the bucket, and finish painting the car

 

I drove past the area again. The whole intersection is now white. Looks evenly painted now lol.

 

I know your pain. My car got repainted by a can of orange construction spray paint that got cracked open in the road. I am still trying to get the orange off.

 

One week after I bought my box, I unknowingly drove through
a puddle of fresh spilled rubber cement. By the time I got home
it had mostly dried. WD-40 was about the only thing that would
loosen the slime. It still took about 2 1/2 hours to get it off the
right side of the car. It's was a good thing that I had waxed the car
the first day I owned it.