how do i.......

[Arne]

How do i remove housepaint from several cars?
got this job today and im not sure how to remove the paint.
any solutions?
the paint has been there for some days now.

[evo77]

Light over spray or globs or blotches of paint?

[Arne]

some with light overspray and some with more,i havent seen the cars yet.

[Murr1525]

Well, hopefully the cars have been waxed recently.

Either way, you'll want to wash them, then try claying. That would be the least agressive way.

Not sure what would be best for larger or tougher to remove stuff.

[Arne]

I think its all kind of cars from old crappy,to brand new audi`s,so the condition on the cars will be different from car to car

[evo77]

Wow. Are these cars from a dealership? How did paint get on so many cars?

[Arne]

Àll this are from someone that spraypaint a house and the paint blow over to the cars that was parked a few meters away from the house.
were talking paintdrops on the cars

[evo77]

Not to get too off topic but I recently painted my house with a paint gun and there is no way I could have possibly gotten globs of over spray on anything unless I pointed the gun directly at an object standing a few feet away. Very strange...

[Arne]

I dont care,i just get the money for the job,and even more training on detailing cars

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Arne
Àll this are from someone that spraypaint a house and the paint blow over to the cars that was parked a few meters away from the house.
were talking paintdrops on the cars

Kind of like talked about in this Hot Topics thread?





Downwind, on the other side of the 3 story building...

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by Arne
some with light overspray and some with more,i haven't seen the cars yet.

Here's some methods,

Claying
Paint cleaners or cleaner/waxes applied aggressively by hand


If either of the above don't work, then instead of finding a more aggressive means of trying to undo the damage, it might be wiser to admit the task is beyond reasonable expectations and repainting is the honest solution.

It's nice to get experience, but you don't want to get blamed or associated for any problems.

[Arne]

so it would be wrong of me to try #85 and a rotary? if claybar has no effect!

[hawaiibrad]

If its latex Strait simple green soak about 5min should sofen it up enought to reamove with towl or clay.... if it oil try #2 and then claying right after. i find the TS oils help to sofen overer spray exp of its baked on.

[MaxImage]

Have you tried some type of body prep solvent? Work in patches. Spray some over the affected areas and keep a damp cloth over the area so that all of the solvent doesn't evaporate as fast. Let the solvent soak in for a few minutes and then try to see if the paint wipes off, along with another spray of solvent.