Spray in Bedliner Overspray !!HELP!!

[blkf150]

I am new here and I need some help.

I have just ordered some of Meguire's clay product to try and remove overspray from a spray in bedliner that was done by a local shop. Anyway I am panicked because the paint job is only 7 days old and now it has overspray on it from a spray in bedliner. It is even on the windshield. Will the clay product scratch the finish (DuPont Black) or is it safe? The paint looked beautiful before this and I am freaking out a little. It appeares that from the middle of the cab forward has a fine mist of sap (if that makes any sense) that I know is polyethelyne. I tried some polisher in a very unnoticable spot and it does remove the overspray but I don't want to do this to a spanking new finish. I was also told not to wax the vehicle for 90 day which complicates the whole situation. HELP ME PLEASE.

I just don't want to make it worse.

[AutoNova]

Why in the world would you not take it back to them and ask them to correct the mistake?

[blkf150]

Well one reason is that they wanted to use acetone to remove the overspray. I could be wrong but I think this is probably the wrong approach. I guess if all else fails I will take the vehicle back to my paint guy and have him detail it, but I will probably never go back the the shop that did the bedliner even though they claim that they did nothing wrong. I am just needing to find out what my options are at this point.

Any advise on the clay product is much appreciated. Thanks.

[KTruck]

Hi:

I would talk to the shop that painted your truck before I did any thing. They should be able to tell you how best to correct the problem. It may have happened before, so they may already known what to do.


Good luck.

KTruck

[Rick]

As a thought, if the clay doesn't work you might try a Plastic razor blade with some quick detailer as lube to scrape the overspray off. I'd try it on an inconspicuous part first, but I think it would possibly work faster than clay. The only thing that concerns me is that spray in bed liner is so dang tough getting it off might be an issue.

Plastic razor blades can be found at www.gritguard.com, the claim to be safe to use on painted surfaces, but I take no liability to any damage.

[blkf150]

Thanks for the help

I talked to my paint guy and he is going to repolish and rebuff the affected areas next week. He took care of my windsheild yesterday with some very fine steel wool and some alcohol based window cleaner and a newspaper. Needless to say he was also a little disturbed with what the spray in bedliner installers had done. So a word to the wise for all you truck owners: Have the bedliner installed below the rails before you go to paint or be EXTRA very sure that the vehicle is taped off properly before the liner is installed whether you are doing it or a "professional" is installing it because this is an unpleasant experience. Maybe when I get everything fixed I will provide some pictures of the '92 1/2 ton black beast. A Flowmaster 50 Series is scheduled for this Friday so I and trying to stay optomistic that all will end well.

Thanks Guys!

[Mike Phillips]

Good to hear things worked out...

A professional bed liner company would have taken the precaution to protect the paint panels from overspray, especially if they knew the truck was freshly painted, and even more especially if they know the customer is car crazy and passionate about their ride.

The clay should work to remove any overspray off painted surfaces and glass, machine buffing with a rotary buffer will also do the job but it will remove paint at the same time.

I'm not going to make any judgments about your painter and his polishing techniques, but you want to be aware that if a person were to buff your fresh paint with the wrong products, they may remove one problem, (the bed liner overspray), only to replace it with another problem, buffer swirls.

The most common products used in body shops to machine buff paint are probably Meguiar's and that other company with a 3 in their name along with wool pads and foam pads. Try to find out what they're going to use and for the best possible finish, you should take control of the situation and re-polish the entire finish using a dual action polisher, one of our W-8006 foam polishing pads and some of our #80 Speed Glaze which is specifically formulated with fresh paint in mind.

Then, after 30 days, or whatever your painter recommends, apply a couple coats of a quality wax and then maintain with a quality car wash, quick detailers and subsequent applications of polish and wax as needed.

Best of luck...

Mike