Yea not really. I was painting my parents house with a Wagner sprayer. My truck was parked like 40 ft away from where I was painting, so I for sure thought it was out of the way. I then went to get lunch and BAM! Paint is all over my hood and windshield! I was soooo pissed! But my mom had the clay stuff and she got it all off within 10 minutes! I love mom.

P.S. I know this will probably get moved but I like you guys in this category! So I thought Id share.

 

yea ive had that happen to me before too.. damn wind

I was totally expecting a different story though lol..

 

Yea...it wasnt windy...apparently I had my paint gun on "super blaster" setting. I didnt read the instructions.

 

Two words...


BONE HEAD!

 

I'll never forget the time I ran over a spray paint can in my old van..... BOOM!!! all over the red paint and new rims

 

Hey now! I moved my truck 40ft away!!! And I still painted it!

 

two more words for you.......CLAY BAR

I think you'll be amazed at how well this will remove that overspray.

I have a 67 Chevelle that was in a shop that a YELLOW corvette was being painted at, and somehow some idiot left a door open during the painting process(I was the idiot) and my Blue car had a yellow tint to it....after it dried, I took a clay bar, and it removed every bit of it.

You can buy them at any car parts store in the cleaning section

 

I think everyone should clay their truck once a year

 

Hey guys WD-40 will take off paint that had been sprayed on the night before by punks in the neighborhood,without damaging the original finish.Keep a can in the truck I have an email I'll post which tells all the things WD-40 can do.

 

why is that.. essentially it does the same thing as wax? right, or is it better

 

Wax and clay are two TOTALLY different types of things. They are doing two totally different things as well...

Clay is designed to remove BONDED contamination that is on your paint. Some of these items may be rail dust, industrial fallout, or paint overspray. It works by abrasion -- you spray a lubricating spray down on the paint (typically a Quik Detailer type of product) and then you move the clay bar over the paint. The clay will abrade and/or remove the bonded stuff by simply cleaving it off or pulling it from or off of the paint.

Wax is surficial protection. Clay offers NO protection.

So, in a nutshell, clay is part of the 'cleaning' part of a detail job that is designed to remove the bonded contamination that simple washing doesn't remove. It'll aid in optical perfection (if there's such a thing on a Ford's paint job). Whereas wax is simple surficial protection for the paint.

And, to add, I agree. Claying should be done, at a minimum, once per year as part of a full detailing process. Sometimes, it'll be needed more often (mine gets it on a quarterly basis on average).

Want more info on wax and clay? Check out the DETAILING forum here at f150online.com.

RP

 

Housepaint overspray is nothing to clay off compared to dupont imron paint, trust me.

 

New rims on a van. Now that is funny!

 

You think thats bad...about 12 years ago the city painted the water tower next the parking lot I parked in at school and the white overspray from it got all over my almost brand new 93 40th Anniv Vette (Ruby Red of course...like all of them were). I guess it was some kind of industrial grade paint because I claimed the car at least 20 times before I got most of it off. That was probably one of the top 5 POeds I have ever had.

 

I already clayed my truck and all of it came right off except in my front cowel by my windshield. How you get that off? And another thing...how do you guys clean the bottom of the cupholders in the center console?