Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

[xantonin]

I hear this a lot, and I don't understand exactly what it is...

Apparently my car has some overspray on it, which I've had for a while but didn't know that's what it was.

I know that the two words mean something was spray over where it should have gone but I can't think of what that product would be :/

[fe91]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

It would just be paint
Like if somebody was painting a house next door, and your car was outside.
The wind might move some of the paint onto your car

[xantonin]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

Really? Oh that's weird.

I figured it would be more colorful in that case. Clay bars can remove oversprayed paint?

[Alex C.]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

Any spray product that gets somewhere it's not supposed to be would be considered overspray. Hope that makes sense.

[xantonin]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

Yeah, that made sense of the term overspray in general, but I wasn't clear on what a factory could possibly over spray. I didn't think paint overspray would be that easily removed with a clay bar.. So I thought it was some other kind of product

[Ivan Rajic]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

Usually overspray is referring to paint that comes from a poorly done repair... for example, if you go into the shop to fix your fender, they'll sand it down, fill it in, etc. then paint it after masking off the rest of the car... problem is, many shops don't mask off enough, thinking that since paint isn't going directly at the area not to be painted, it's fine... however once sprayed, the paint goes up into the air and can cover the entire car... this is usually the overspray you see on car...

That or door, hood or trunk jambs aren't masked well, and while the panels come out nice and no overspray is on the outside surfaces, some of it gets into the jambs...

[Ivan Rajic]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

Yeah, that made sense of the term overspray in general, but I wasn't clear on what a factory could possibly over spray. I didn't think paint overspray would be that easily removed with a clay bar.. So I thought it was some other kind of product

Overspray usually doesn't come from the factory, but from repair work later on, at least from my experience with it.

[Eddie6th]

Re: Newbie Question: What exactly is over spray?

You're absolutely right there ivo.i know alot of bodyshop guys round here and they are very good at filling,sanding and painting panels.Their experience goes a long way.It's the other important preperation process that lets them down.They don't mask enough! and they work much in a hurry. Time is money........unfortunatley. another thing is,although they are good painters,they normally aren't car guy's. Have you ever seen the bangers they own,considering they have the expertise to do a good job on their own cars. then again,there are also bad body shops as well...