To wet sand or not to wet sand?

[LUV4MY5]

Getting ready to do an exterior detail on a 98 Oldsmobile 88 this weekend and I have a question. From what the owner tells me, when he bought the car the PO had some scratches on the car and tried to fill them with a paint correction pen. First off, the color doesn't even match the paint. He wants me to do a complete clay, polish and wax. My question is, what would be the best method of removing the correction paint without making it a harder job for myself? Would I be able to just use a heavy cut pad with heavy cut polish, or am I going have to wet sand each individual area. This stuff is all over the car. He practically repainted the whole dang car with this stuff. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Brandon

[pt91]

a solvent will remove the touch up paint. i think they are all lacquer which is different from the oem paintl.
this is the basis of how langka works.
no need to wet sand to remove the blobs.

[supercharged]

Keep in mind that you will need a rotary with compound to remove wet sanding marks later on.

[LUV4MY5]

Originally Posted by pt91

a solvent will remove the touch up paint. i think they are all lacquer which is different from the oem paintl.
this is the basis of how langka works.
no need to wet sand to remove the blobs.

Would the 3M Adhesive, wax and mark remover suffice or something stronger?

[pt91]

if i remember correctly it is lacquer thinner. do a search on langka and you should get some info.

[LUV4MY5]

Got it... Thanks for the help. Hopefully it works.

[HighEndDetail]

Try and see how the clay will work on it. I have taken off paint touch up's before with it.

[ltoman]

I'd like to see the before photo!

[LUV4MY5]

Originally Posted by ltoman

I'd like to see the before photo!

I'm definitely going to take some before photos. He's off of work today, so I'll probably drive over and snap some pics this weekend. All the spots are actually pretty amusing.