Plastic razorblades

[LiquidBlack]

My mom's 99 camry is in bad shape. It has not been waxed or polished since it was bought, her tires are brown, and everything else about the finish is just going downhill unless I do something about it. Seeing that I'm going to get a g-100 soon, I have pledged to help her car.

Here's the deal: about a year and a half ago, she ran through some road paint, and basicly it is splattered up the right side panel of her car. Since I plan on removing scratches and swirls from her car using #83, would it be ok to scrape the paint off with plastic razor blades? If so, do you think it would be powerful enough?

[travisdecpn]

I had a similar situation a couple months ago and used the aggressive clay and some APC, it took a little bit rubbing, but it worked.

[Don]

I alternated between clay and A LOT of APC on a Ford Focus that had run over a can of latex house paint. The entire lower corner of the rear quarter was covered with the stuff.

I was able to get about 95% off, but I was sure wishing I had some of those plastic blades...

[Setec Astronomy]

If you are going to be doing heavy polishing, using those plastic blades might be ok, but I'd be really careful cuz they might leave some nasty scratches. Where did you find those, BTW? They don't look like the plastic blades I have.

[sneek]

i think you should start with the aggesive clay as well !

[LiquidBlack]

I dont think any amount of claying, even if it is aggressive, will remove the paint unless it is scraped off. Be aware that the unwanted paint has been there for over a year or so.

[sneek]

lol just the idea of using plastic razor blades scares me you could get some really serios and deep scratches if your nto careful

goood luck!

[LiquidBlack]

Now, I would never go about this process on my own car, but the car I will be doing this on is in a condition where plastic razor blade damage (IMO) would not do much more harm.