BoostedEBZ06

Well I was washing my 2008 Z06 the other day and I unfortunately found that I had driven through some wet road paint and it is all the way down the side of my car. The worst of it being right behind the front tire with little yellow specs all the way down the back to in front of the rear tire.


What's the best way to remove this? I've tried claybar, M105 with a MF and Goo Gone neither of which did anything.

Thanks!

ronkh57

Try mineral spirits

Then rinse
wash

Remember to wax/seal after all this.

duramaxsky

WD40 may work.

0Killrwheels@Autogeek

There is a commercial based solvent with Graffiti in the title that may help also. I have found that fresh paint often comes off with a little Bug/Tar. As others suggested, just make sure to recoat with your favorite wax as any solvent will remove the past protection.

Grzldvt1

Lacquer thinner will do it everytime. We go through gallons of it in my shop

Blownchevelle68

Used to work in a detail shop years ago. We had several customers come in after a misplaced 30 gal drum of yellow striping paint hit the street and cars couldn't stop. We had insurance jobs on all of them. First we tried every cleaner chemical we had and nothing touched it. We ended up testing a small section with carburetor cleaner that we had sitting around and it worked great-bought a few cases from Napa and began scrubbing. Obviously it stripped all the wax and on some paint surfaces left a haze-however a light buffing glaze took care of that with a couple coats of good wax. Mind you-this was mid 90's, paint finish was different.

If if it was me....I'd try on a very small section that can't be seen unless your way down low on my own car---can't say I'd advise anyone to do this on newer paint.

schizcat

Goof Off - use lightly and and a little scrubbing and it should come right off

vetteship

I use Stoner Car Care Tarminator Bug, Tar, Sap, and Grease Remover. My friend ran over freshly painted yellow lines, splatter everywhere, one side luckily, this stuff took care of it with a little elbow grease, paint area hazed a little, I used Zaino AIO and Menzerna 3800 final finish and the paint looked like new again.

Sunset-C6

I would try a clay bar/detail spray first.

Kenny94945

OP posted a month ago....what was the solution; good as new?
Plus did the OP DIY or pay a professional?

killain

Never use Lacquer Thinner It will remover everything including the paint. Get a large piece of cardboard a can of WD-40 and an old credit card cut in half. Lay down and spray a section and state using the credit card as a scraper. It will take you awhile but considering the cost of a new paint , you'll see the dividends.

I ran through my 50th Anniversary red coupe and had yellow down both sides of my corvette, took me 2.5 hours but once done you can't tell the car was splatted.

ALSO: Do NOT use a wet dishwashing pad, it too with scratch your paint. The credit card works flawlessly leaves no trace of being used and your paint will look like it never ran through road paint.

TA

I've probably used lacquer thinner 100s of time, over the years, to take off road paint or overspray. It always did the job and never damaged the car's finish.

Grzldvt1

Sorry, but it does not remove factory paint. I own an award winning detail shop in Silicon Valley and it works perfectly, and does not remove anything but the surface splatter or surface scrapes. If it did what you said, I would be out of business and repainting hundreds of cars. I do at least 3-4 cars a week that come in with parking lot scrapes with paint transfer and use the lacquer thinner to a customer's amazement, many are so easy I don't even charge for it.
And that car that had yellow splatter, I could have removed in less than 20 minutes and not taken a chance on scraping the paint with a credit card.
That method may have worked for you but as a professional detailer I wouldn't touch it on a customers car.