parked truck near building that was being painted, any suggestion to removed? looks like dust (but its actually paint).

 

Use a clay bar kit....both Mothers and Megueirs sell them...overspray will disappear.

My wife's office is between a body shop and the UPRR tracks...it's a once a week job to remove paint overspray and pollution.

Do it in the shade.

 

clay bar it, read the instructions, take your time, and do it out of the dirrect sunlight.
-Patrick

 

Yep, Clay it!! Had a pile of paint on my old '96 F-150. This was epoxy paint used on offshore platforms. Clay took it right off; course i kept her well waxed. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

 

I don't think that anyone mentioned using clay... Try that. HAHA!

 

And don't forget to use the clay bar in the shade...otherwise you'll be rubbing like crazy to get the clay bar streaks out.

 

I own a construction company. I don't know about where you live, but here if I get paint on someone's vehicle, I am responsible. Go to the building and find someone in charge, they should make the people painting responsible for having it professionally detailed to remove the overspray. That's what liability insurance is for! I never spray in areas that have cars in them without finding owners to move their vehicles, or covering them with plastic to protect them.
Good luck!

 

I was thinking that too... If you were never asked to move th car aren't the painters liable. I'm not saying sue them, but maybe just explain the situation, if you fell like doing it yourself, at least see if they will pay for the clay. It all adds up.

 

Goto the office that was being painted and raise hell. They are liable. Don't take this crap from anyone.

 

I wish I thought of that when I was 16yrs old with the old '02 Explroer Sport, I had red overspray on my right rear window once

 

Lighter fluid will work.

 

In the old days..people washed their cars with water mixed with a bit of Kerosene...I wouldn't use that today....ditto for lighter fluid.

It may work...but what's the reaction to the two stage paint?

 

Hmmm. Wonder if this would work for some painted on pinstripe I have that I want to remove..

 

??WTH?? Lighter fluid? On paint? With paint being as fragile as it is these days, I wouldn't go near it with a pack of matches, let alone a can of lighter fluid.

SL

 

Lacquer thinner works great unless it is an epoxy. It won't hurt the paint on the car, and then go over with clay after you wash it. Not sure you want to use something that is speciffically used to set fire on your car. Thinner evaporates so quickly that the chance of fire is very remote.