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08-26-2010, 11:19 AM
Ok, so I have a black car. I've kinda neglected taking care of it right when it happened due to non-stop rain for the first couple weeks after I discovered the paint spattered all over the sides of the car and through out the wheel wells.
One of the first days where the weather permitted I went after the spattering with everything I could think of -nail polish remover, Meguairs medium cutter, Lacquer Thinner, and nothing would touch the white spattering.
I just picked up a PC 7424 and went after it with a Lake Country yellow pad with Mezerna's Power Gloss and it did NOTHING!!
I was using light pressure at first but quickly lightened the hold so the pad was barely touching the surface.
The only thing I've found to work was running my fingernail across the spatterings, but it's like pure static and just slides.
My saving grace that it comes off with this is that I'd clayed, polished and waxed the car within 3-4 days before I found the wet paint (I don't know when I hit it b/c I never was anywhere I saw painters -I suspect they were painting and it started raining and I came through very soon after that).
Anyhow, what would be the best method for removing -there are some larger spackles that I'm afraid would hurt the paint if I used a claybar -I'd probably need 5 kits per side of the car -it's that bad, especially right behind the wheels -I am getting new inner splash shields because it's cheaper than the time I'd need to clean the old ones.
Thank you VERY MUCH in advance for advice on getting it off without damaging the paint.
One of the first days where the weather permitted I went after the spattering with everything I could think of -nail polish remover, Meguairs medium cutter, Lacquer Thinner, and nothing would touch the white spattering.
I just picked up a PC 7424 and went after it with a Lake Country yellow pad with Mezerna's Power Gloss and it did NOTHING!!
I was using light pressure at first but quickly lightened the hold so the pad was barely touching the surface.
The only thing I've found to work was running my fingernail across the spatterings, but it's like pure static and just slides.
My saving grace that it comes off with this is that I'd clayed, polished and waxed the car within 3-4 days before I found the wet paint (I don't know when I hit it b/c I never was anywhere I saw painters -I suspect they were painting and it started raining and I came through very soon after that).
Anyhow, what would be the best method for removing -there are some larger spackles that I'm afraid would hurt the paint if I used a claybar -I'd probably need 5 kits per side of the car -it's that bad, especially right behind the wheels -I am getting new inner splash shields because it's cheaper than the time I'd need to clean the old ones.
Thank you VERY MUCH in advance for advice on getting it off without damaging the paint.