Paint splashed all along driver side
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Joined: Oct 2015
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From: Central, PA
Had that happen to my old truck, got paint on it from when they were painting lines. The dumped a bunch of paint on the road and I went through it. Believe it or not what i used to clean it all up was new finish car wax. In the stuff in the orange bottle.
Some of I picked off with my finger nail, basically though I sat on a stool for a while putting it on and buffing it off with just a rag no buffer or anything fancy. When I was done it was all cleaned up and also nice and waxed lol. The cleaners in that are pretty strong and really did the trick for me. Also cleaned up all the road tar at the same time.
Some of I picked off with my finger nail, basically though I sat on a stool for a while putting it on and buffing it off with just a rag no buffer or anything fancy. When I was done it was all cleaned up and also nice and waxed lol. The cleaners in that are pretty strong and really did the trick for me. Also cleaned up all the road tar at the same time.
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Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Buffalo, N.Y.
A couple years ago ran over a fluorescent Orange rattle spray can at night. Thought nothing of it as I thought it was something else. The next day I saw the damage front to back. I spent about 3 hrs with my finger nail and rubbing compound. Came off preety good, just alot of paint to get out of cracks and crevis on my rims and truck.
So putting it on a rag and washing road paint off will not affect your trucks paint. You will need to polish or wax after though, it can dull the area, especially is you rub it a lot
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Joined: Oct 2016
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From: St. Louis, MO.
FWIW: I use mineral spirits if the WD-40 doesn't work, and then move on to lacquer thinner as the solvent-of-last-resort. As others have said, the longer it's on there, the harder it is to get it off.
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So I happened to look at my driver side rear tire and noticed what I thought was cherry blossom leaves stuck to the tire. It was time to run it through the car wash anyway. I did and I noticed there was still some left on the tire. I thought it would have all come off and most of it did.
I then looked a little closer and the whole driver side of the truck at about shin height is splashed with paint or something very similar.
The only thing I can guess is I drove past a puddle of paint while someone along side of me drove through it and splashed it on my truck.
Not being a paint and body man I am looking for suggestions on how to remove it without doing any damage.
I have goo gone, but not sure if that would be the best chemical to use or it if would even have an affect since it doesn't harm paint.
The last resort and one I would resort to is to take it to a body shop.
Here is a quick video of the damage.
https://youtu.be/WT5AH7gIfnI
I then looked a little closer and the whole driver side of the truck at about shin height is splashed with paint or something very similar.
The only thing I can guess is I drove past a puddle of paint while someone along side of me drove through it and splashed it on my truck.
Not being a paint and body man I am looking for suggestions on how to remove it without doing any damage.
I have goo gone, but not sure if that would be the best chemical to use or it if would even have an affect since it doesn't harm paint.
The last resort and one I would resort to is to take it to a body shop.
Here is a quick video of the damage.
https://youtu.be/WT5AH7gIfnI