some jackass painted something and over sprayed my Z
 

:shakes head: luckily its with white paint on PW, i tried getting some pics for you guys but you honestly can't see much through the camera, it blends in. However, my Z feels like sand paper, its all over my tail-lights, rear window, and the tiny rear windows. Ill most likely wet sand the paint but dont know what to do about the windows. I've taken off a ton of it with a rag by scraping it with my fingernails.. I was wondering if anyone knew a quicker way to remove it all?

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...67918e2082.jpg rear window, and it isn't dirt. Lol

done this to my own car before. for the glass it's safe to use a single sided blade, like a box cutter blade. for the rest of the car i just buffed it out (i have a high speed buffer). good excuse to give the car the full treatment.

edit: just saw the photo. is it latex? dunno if buffing is the right thing for it if it's latex, might smear/melt/get weird.

Clay bar for the paint. Plastic polish for the lights etc. 0000 grade steel wool for the glass.

I second the clay bar. It may take awhile, but it will remove a lot.

To be honest I really don't know what it is.. But when I scratch it off it flakes off 90% and leaves about 10% white residue.

Ima try the clay bar thing as well. Completely forgot about that stuff lol

I seen this happen on someone else truck. You parked near a commercial building while they were repainting the roof c with silver paint. They spray the stuff on and some made it on your car. The guy them off (call me crazy) by going through a car wash with rollers. If it were me, ?I would do the rollers then back home for a hand wash and wax.

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You can clay bar the windows and that should get the residue right off, I do it all the time

Everything else can easily get off with some light polish on a DA polisher or just by hand. I would not wetsand for what you have

Goo Gone is your friend. It should wipe right off. After that, clay bar it and wax it.

this has happened to me before... not my z though... i used a plastic scraper and carefully removed the "tops" of the drips... then used goo gone to remove the rest... wash... clay bar... polish and it was good as new... good luck

you could also spray a section at a time with wd40... let it dissolve/soften the drips and then wipe off with a soft cloth also moistened with wd40

Clay bar has worked for me in the past to remove paint overspray. It should have dried in the air and only been slightly tacky by the time it reached your car, so it shouldn't be too hard to remove. The clay should also remove the residue, which is probably just a biproduct of further out gassing of whatever chemical they used.

I would recommend NOT wet sanding given how thin our clear coat is.

Believe it or not, bug & tar remover will work as long as the paint hasn't cured (week or so). Then follow up with clay. I drove through some road paint last summer and Stoner's Tarminator took off 90% of it, the clay got the rest. Just spray it on, let it dwell for a minute or two, then wipe with a microfiber cloth.

First time it happened to me, I did clay. It works, but takes forever. B&T remover is much quicker for the big stuff.

I would try Tarminator by Stoner. It is really effective and faster than clay.

Find out who done it then kill them. Twice.

Get him to agree to paying the bill and take it to a detailing place. Why should you have to spend your own time cleaning this persons mess!

This ^^^^ Your risking scratching the hell out of your paint with clay, especially if you're unfamiliar with what you're doing. Being professional detailer, after claying a vehicle I always machine polish because claying will almost always introduce some micro marring into the paint. You having a white vehicle will not notice it nearly as much as you would on a darker color, but depending on the type of paint that is all over your car could make it a nightmare to remove.

I have no idea if its safe or not, but it seemed fine to me....

Last summer my little brother moved to NY and left his 03 Maxima here. I left it parked outside the shop for a couple months and one evening someone spray painted all over it.

I took a can of PB Blaster and sprayed it on a paper towel, and wiped the paper towel on the car and it just wiped that spray paint right off. I saw no signs of it damaging the paint/clear on the car, and the car actually looked really good afterwords!

Maybe some google research is due about whether or not its bad for the paint (since its an automotive repair supply, im sure plenty have asked about it)... but if its not bad.. it made easy work of it. Less than 5 minutes and I had the car all cleaned up... headlights too.

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I almost think you've quoted the wrong post. I didn't see it suggested that this 'detailer' ought to use clay. I agree with you for not claying, but a pro like yourself knows that, so maybe it should been specified it be taken to 'a detailer who can find his a** with less than two hands", or maybe the correct term is professional detailer. If I'm not paying, it's going to the guy I use. If I didn't do it I'm sure as **** not fixing it on my dollar unless I can do it better.

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Personally, I would go back to the place where it was parked & find out who the contractor was & file a claim as they are liable & should have insurance. I am sure that other cars were effected as well. I had this happen a number a years ago at the place I was working. Contractor sprayed the whole parking lot full of cars. They were able to have a detailer fix some of the cars, but ones like mine that would not come clean, got a check to be repainted.

Good luck to you

Pick up a Clay mitt from stay fresh car care.

You will honestly thank me, they last literally for ever!

Haven't updated anyone In a while but I was able to remove it with a clay bar. It took for eeeeeever. There was so much paint junk that I ended up using about 3 clay bars for the whole car because they kept turning white even when I mixed it around. Turns out some overspray made it up to the front so I just clayed the while car. Thanks again for all the advice.. I was about to wet sand it before I made this thread lol.