Jvette73

My 16yr old stepson was painting his bicycle in shop that is in close proximity to the carport where the vette was parked. The door wasnt all the way closed and some overspray carried out and landed on the vette. Its fine little gold specs on the vettes green paint now. We didnt even notice it untill we dusted the vette 2 weks later. Its not really bad but noticable when you look closely. Im looking for suggestions on how to safely remove the gold specs without damaging the paint on the car. Any ideas? Thanks

yellow 72

Safest way to remove oversprayfrom paint in my opinion is with a clay bar system....

GDaina

Rubbing compound, two flavors....white is fine grit, orange rough grit. Depending how bad the overspray, white will remove it, but you will have to work harder....orange will make quick work, but will leave swirls

Jvette73

Hmm..fine grit with extra work seems like a better choice the rough grit and swirl marks.

How does a claybar system work?

71'AirStrike

A clar bar was designed to remove overspray from vehicals. Its a firm puddy. First you spray a fine lquid ( in a pinch you can use armor all) on the car as a lube' and use this clay bar to rub it out. Its quite amazing stuff. it can be used to remove the paint from street line spryaers overspray.

the catch: one bar is around $25, AND if you drop that bar on to the ground at any time... throw it out. It will pick up billions of particels and scrach your paint.

go to a detail shop or a carwash placce and start asking around, they will knopw what your are talking about.

good luck
chad

69vette66

I use prep sol from ppg, its called dx 440, but you have to rewax the car afterwards. also wear latex gloves so it wont dry your hands out. It will also remove house paint. wipe it on then wipe it off.

Good Luck :cheers: Larry

Tish

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=455771

Bill Oxley

The 3M clay bar product is labaled as "Overspray Claybar"

Works great!

gq82

This happened to a car I owned many years ago. Seems they were painting parking lot lines on a windy day and my car was covered with tiny white dots.
You might want to try Acetone, the main ingredient in nail polish remover with a cotton ball. You can buy it by the pint at paint supply stores and it will not harm your paint.

greg454

I would try the clay bar first, it should work just fine. I would NEVER use acetone on any paint surface, I'm sure it would remove the over spray easily but it may remove more than just that.

CF6873

My vote is for the clay bar. No scratching and it will remove most overspray. There are dozens of brands out there and I don't know if there are substantial differences. My experience has been with Meguiar's and 3M. They both worked well. Craig

jerryp58

:iagree:

If the paint had more than a few feet to travel, I would think it'd come off pretty easily. Clay bars can remove a lot of surface contaminants :yesnod:

DMONSVETTE

I had black paint overspray on my white Vette. Mother's clay bar saved the day.
:thumbs: :seeya