Got some road paint on my car

Alexus

I searched long and hard but to be honest I've never been able to get a hand of this thing called the search function.

Anyhow, I have encountered a major problem. While this isn't on a Z car, I thought that perhaps you guys could help out. On my way to the shop yesterday I was forced to run over some freshly painted lines to get onto the highway (I know this because the painters were a couple hundred feet up ahead). Why they were doing this in the evening, close to rush-hour, where tens of thousands of cars would be stepping over those lines in the next half-hour, boggles my mind. From what I can tell, the paint was really fresh. Most of it splattered inside of my wheel-wells, which doesn't really bother me, because it will eventually fall off with time. What is making me fume is the fact some of it got into the side vents and somehow splattered all over my doors, and some of it made it onto the sill extensions. Thank God none of it got on the rims, because that would have been an expensive pain in the butthole.

I noticed this once I got to the shop, and managed to get most of the fresh paint off with a paper towel and some dishwashing liquid (which is all I could find in that god-forsaken place). Most if not all of the big globs were taken off this morning with the use of my trusty fingernails, so I'm left with dots ranging from pin-head size to maybe a bit bigger. It's hardly noticeable to be completely honest with you as the dots blend in with the mica flakes, so you really have to look closely; but the mere thought of them being there is enough to drive me nuts. This morning I tried removing it with some Langka Blob Eliminator, but was promptly reminded by my subconscious that this stuff doesn't work on latex-based paints. I proceeded with Bug & Tar, but to no avail. It helped, but not a whole lot.

So now I'm left with only a few options. I definitely want to try out as many things as I can before I bring the car to my mother's cousins so that he can wet sand or lay down a rubbing compound on it (seeing as I don't have the equipment to do this myself anymore). I'm going to go to the local Canadian Tire and buy a fresh clay bar and try that. If that doesn't work, I'm all out of ideas.

What do you guys think?

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nogoodname

This is not the best idea but what about paint thinner??

Only saying this because ur car has a clear coat already.

Alexus

Goof Off makes graffiti remover safe for automotive paint, so I might try that. I definitely do not want to use anything close to mineral spirits or paint thinner, even though that would most definitely work, it would also most definitely ruin my paint.

Thanks for the suggestion, tho.

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nogoodname

It would most definitely ruin paint if uncleared.
I learn that the hard way.....lol

kannibul

Maybe hope a claybar will get it off?

OWSIU

^+1 I'd start with the clay bar first.

SpawnAeroJohn

Clay bar prob wouldnt get it off.

Go to auto zone, grab a quart of laquer thinner and a few of those polish towels. Put a little on one towel, wipe the area (small section at a time) and then wipe it with a dry towel. Do th is until the paint comes off but if you feel the paint getting soft then quit for a few min. Once you get it all off just polish the surface.

On a cured clear coat this shouldnt harm anything.

m4a1mustang

Try the clay bar first. I have used it to get paint splatter off.

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Alexus

I don't want to be putting any kind of thinner on my paint. I've already managed to soften the paint on an inconspicuous part of the hood whilst fixing paint chips with some Langka, so I'm proceeding with extra caution here. We're talking about a brand-spanking new $80,000 automobile here, not a 1991 Geo Metro.

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m4a1mustang

Just try the clay bar first and see if it works.

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kannibul

Exactly, start with the least invasive thing.

There's even different grades of claybar to try too, before you grab a polishing wheel or paint thinner...or sand paper.

Call up your city, I'm sure it's happened to other people. Heck, b!tch about it, and they might fix it because they're supposed to have trucks following after the paint truck itself to make sure the paint is dry before a vehicle rolls over it and messes up the paint...and their car.

mrarroyo

This makes perfect sense, contact the public works department. Good luck.

nogoodname

public works fellas are lazy ppl here. no chance of them doing anything.

i've got too many stories about how stupid they are, one story was near death for me.

kannibul

The workers might fit that, but go up high enough on the chain, and things will happen...

Eventually someone will think they'd lose their job over not responding.

Letters work wonders too - like a letter to the director of the public works department.


FWIW, I work for a government entity - you might have smoe slackers that answer the phones, but if you push hard enough, you'll find someone who gives a sh/t

Trips

Do you have a local car detail shop? that way you don't deal with it and it'll be nice and clean when done.

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