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Second attempt at this write up. Lost my first one. 
So I'm going to shorten this.
Dodge Caravan Ran over road paint over a month ago, around July 9th. I was just leaving on vacation out of town, so I couldn't do it then. Wish I would've now. Might have been easier.
Used 9 products. Only items not used or tried was Acetone, Xenit, or Mineral Spirits.
Picture is items used. Industrial Strength Goof Off, 3M Adhesive Remover, WD-40, 70% IPA, Goo Gone, Contractor's Solvent, Stoner Tarminator, and Mosenbocker’s LIFT OFF Latex Paint Remove, also tried 100% Petroleum Jelly (not picture)
I will make this short and say NONE of the products worked. Now maybe they softened here and there, but no easy result from any of them. I can't even say this one worked better than that one to help others. This paint was just HARD and on there good.
Process:
I used each according to their directions and repeated as necessary. The 2 big ones were the WD-40 and the Petroleum Jelly.
After trying each one and letting them sit, I wiped everything down and applied the jelly per the State's website recommendation for Road Paint Removal. I let the Jelly sit on the car over night about 12-13 hours before messing with it. NOTHING!!!! Didn't removed anything like I hoped. Went to the WD-40 and let sit for 1-2 hours. NOTHING!!!!!
Tried plastic scrapers only to get the ends hacked up by the hard paint.
I tried my steamer on each area for 2 minutes or so each with direct steam. NO BUDGE!!
Tried M105 on a MF towel using my fingers pressure. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Went to a 1" METAL Scraper, yeah that's right, and started on inch by inch of metal paint and plastic. The metal part was easiest, if you call it that, to do. I decided to break out the heat gun on the metal surfaces and it helped quite a bit. I carefully ran the scraper up and down on the paint (yes you are all cringing, lol) I made my way from the back lift gat (yes was even paint on there) to the entire side of the van. Scraping, popping pieces off. The paint was slung from the bottom of the metal doors, fender and rear 1/4 panel all the way to the top of each section will little blobs everywhere the camera didn't catch.
After metal all done I followed up with Meguiar's DAMF D300 correction on the MF pad then the D301 finishing wax to remove the scratches, in any, that was created by the scraper.
Next all the plastic parts, lower valance, fender wells, fender seams, and rear bumper corner was tackled. The time to chisel the white road paint down to van paint level was exhausting but finally got it done. Now the rest didn't want to come off once I got down level. That paint was stuck hardcore on that plastic. After working the front plastic I noticed every time I popped of another piece there was no VAN paint left. You can see the black plastic pieces under the paint, so I knew that was it for me.
Called the owner to tell her it was the best I can do and those plastic pieces would need to be sanded and repainted. Couldn't do anymore with them..
I finished up the wheel wells with Black Fusion paint for plastics to cover any left over pieces of paint. She wasn't concerned about a full wheel well clean, so I told her I'll scrape what I can then paint over it. They came out fine.
Called it a day. It took be Friday and Saturday on this vehicle, but most of it was letting the products sit and soak. So 8 actual hours working on it. I was disappointed with the rear bumper corner and the lower plastic on the sides. I did make a difference, but wish they'd came out ALL gone.
So to sum it up. I don't really know how much any of these products helped. I didn't see any ease with removal from any of them. My thoughts are to call you're local DOT and ask them which company is doing the striping in the area you ran over the paint and find out what kind they're using and what's it made of to try and get something specific for that mixture. I believe IL used an epoxy based paint with quartz crystals in it. I guess I should have tried something for epoxy removal, but then that may be too strong to put on auto paint.
Some of the photos, show specs of white here and there, that I took off after the photos labeled "after".
Before
After
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Before
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Other Shots of wheel wells after and some reflection shots of the side I did the correction system on. At least one side looks good, lol
So I'm going to shorten this.Dodge Caravan Ran over road paint over a month ago, around July 9th. I was just leaving on vacation out of town, so I couldn't do it then. Wish I would've now. Might have been easier.
Used 9 products. Only items not used or tried was Acetone, Xenit, or Mineral Spirits.
Picture is items used. Industrial Strength Goof Off, 3M Adhesive Remover, WD-40, 70% IPA, Goo Gone, Contractor's Solvent, Stoner Tarminator, and Mosenbocker’s LIFT OFF Latex Paint Remove, also tried 100% Petroleum Jelly (not picture)
I will make this short and say NONE of the products worked. Now maybe they softened here and there, but no easy result from any of them. I can't even say this one worked better than that one to help others. This paint was just HARD and on there good.
Process:
I used each according to their directions and repeated as necessary. The 2 big ones were the WD-40 and the Petroleum Jelly.
After trying each one and letting them sit, I wiped everything down and applied the jelly per the State's website recommendation for Road Paint Removal. I let the Jelly sit on the car over night about 12-13 hours before messing with it. NOTHING!!!! Didn't removed anything like I hoped. Went to the WD-40 and let sit for 1-2 hours. NOTHING!!!!!
Tried plastic scrapers only to get the ends hacked up by the hard paint.
I tried my steamer on each area for 2 minutes or so each with direct steam. NO BUDGE!!
Tried M105 on a MF towel using my fingers pressure. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Went to a 1" METAL Scraper, yeah that's right, and started on inch by inch of metal paint and plastic. The metal part was easiest, if you call it that, to do. I decided to break out the heat gun on the metal surfaces and it helped quite a bit. I carefully ran the scraper up and down on the paint (yes you are all cringing, lol) I made my way from the back lift gat (yes was even paint on there) to the entire side of the van. Scraping, popping pieces off. The paint was slung from the bottom of the metal doors, fender and rear 1/4 panel all the way to the top of each section will little blobs everywhere the camera didn't catch.
After metal all done I followed up with Meguiar's DAMF D300 correction on the MF pad then the D301 finishing wax to remove the scratches, in any, that was created by the scraper.
Next all the plastic parts, lower valance, fender wells, fender seams, and rear bumper corner was tackled. The time to chisel the white road paint down to van paint level was exhausting but finally got it done. Now the rest didn't want to come off once I got down level. That paint was stuck hardcore on that plastic. After working the front plastic I noticed every time I popped of another piece there was no VAN paint left. You can see the black plastic pieces under the paint, so I knew that was it for me.
Called the owner to tell her it was the best I can do and those plastic pieces would need to be sanded and repainted. Couldn't do anymore with them..
I finished up the wheel wells with Black Fusion paint for plastics to cover any left over pieces of paint. She wasn't concerned about a full wheel well clean, so I told her I'll scrape what I can then paint over it. They came out fine.
Called it a day. It took be Friday and Saturday on this vehicle, but most of it was letting the products sit and soak. So 8 actual hours working on it. I was disappointed with the rear bumper corner and the lower plastic on the sides. I did make a difference, but wish they'd came out ALL gone.
So to sum it up. I don't really know how much any of these products helped. I didn't see any ease with removal from any of them. My thoughts are to call you're local DOT and ask them which company is doing the striping in the area you ran over the paint and find out what kind they're using and what's it made of to try and get something specific for that mixture. I believe IL used an epoxy based paint with quartz crystals in it. I guess I should have tried something for epoxy removal, but then that may be too strong to put on auto paint.
Some of the photos, show specs of white here and there, that I took off after the photos labeled "after".
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Before
After
Other Shots of wheel wells after and some reflection shots of the side I did the correction system on. At least one side looks good, lol
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