Another vote for claybar. A co-worker's neighbor painted his house. End result: black mustang COVERED with white overspray. After trying all options includung a buffer, he gave up. TWO YEARS later we took a clay bar to it and in 2 hours it was spotless. I'm sold!!!!
When you use a clay bar you spray the lube on the area and then run the clay back and forth and it will remove contaminents. If your car has never been clayed, I suggest doing the entire car after the areas that you know need it due to the paint specs.
After clay I would suggest polishing to remove any micromarring caused by the claying.
If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, find a good mobile detailer with a good reputation. The mobile detailers that work for themselves will usually do the best work.
Well, claybar was originally created to remove overspray in paint shops, so it should work. The term 'buffer' is pretty generic to the general population, and I would hate to see someone borrow or buy a rotary and burn through their paint. You should start with the mildest method first. Chemical or claybar would be a good start. A Double Action polisher using a white foam pad would be a better start for mechanical removal.
Depending on the color, 'rubbing like mad' with a soft cloth is going to introduce lots of micromarring on the paint. Some may not notice it or care, some will. If it's black or red, you'll see it. White, you may not notice it.
I don't think clay barring is necessary. Anyone who knows how to use a buffer should be able to buff those specks of paint right off the paint, especially if you have wax on your car. I've seen cars that were spray painted by vandals and a detail shop took the spray paint off the car without much effort. Just get it done ASAP.
Can not agree more. Bought a brand new Ws6 in 02 of the last year made. On the drive home a spray can fell of a truck and sprayed all over the passenger side, front to back. Took it to a decent shop and they buffed it out rather easy. Never would have been able to tell it was ever thier.
I don't think clay barring is necessary. Anyone who knows how to use a buffer should be able to buff those specks of paint right off the paint, especially if you have wax on your car. I've seen cars that were spray painted by vandals and a detail shop took the spray paint off the car without much effort. Just get it done ASAP.
A true wax is for protection. A polish, depending on the composition of the formula might be able to remove overspray, but WAX is for protection. (I'm not counting "all in one" products because most of those probably couldn't even be considered a wax.)
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From personal experience... CLAYBAR should take it right off. I don't know why people are saying that a claybar is too much work. I had a bit of paint overspray on my car and it took me about a half hour to get it to come off. Most of that time was spent looking for spots I missed.
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