Help paint spray on bodywork

[mbs]

Just been washing my wife's car and noticed she has got paint on the bodywork near the wheel arch, any suggestions as to how to remove it or is it a paint shop job.

[Trev-the-Rev]

It depends on what type of paint it is. Try a bit petrol to start with and if that doesn't work then you could try some T-Cut or similar.

[MartinGT]

use some clay bar that'll remove it safely.

[bigphil]

Farecla G3 will deal with it safely.

 

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[mbs]

Thanks folks I think I'll be busy next weekend

[MartinGT]

G3 will remove it but it'll remove the red paint too if you're not careful and leave swirl marks too.

[bigphil]

G3 will remove it but it'll remove the red paint too if you're not careful and leave swirl marks too.

 

G3 will not leave swirl marks it is used to remove them, the most recognised product used in any bodyshop.

[MartinGT]

it may well remove swirl marks, but it leaves marks of its own.

 

after g3

 

 

finished with some machine glaze to remove the g3 marks

 

[bigphil]

That tends to happen if it is not washed off with soapy water after polishing also if applied using a dry cloth as opposed to a wet one.

we had a body shop for many years and never usd anything else and this was for the custom industry, like anything I suppose care is required.

[MartinGT]

that was done with a wet rotary pad.

[bigphil]

Sorry to say it but bad technique then.

[H5]

Rotary's are notorious for leaving swirls, hence UDM's and PC's....

 

I would first try a polish, then try a clay bar, then try the Farcela. Each time you are using something slightly more abrasive, and there is no point jumping to the most abrasive if you don't have to.

 

Anything abrasive put on something rotating hundreds of times a minute needs practice, hence my Volvo as a donor vehicle!!

[sl114]

Rotary's are notorious for leaving swirls, hence UDM's and PC's....

 

I would first try a polish, then try a clay bar, then try the Farcela. Each time you are using something slightly more abrasive, and there is no point jumping to the most abrasive if you don't have to.

 

Anything abrasive put on something rotating hundreds of times a minute needs practice, hence my Volvo as a donor vehicle!!

+1 on that. I had the same on my MG when i got it as some idiot dropped paint in the road, i ended up using polish and a clay bar and it came off no problem. However there was about 100 layers of wax on it

[MartinGT]

still say clay bar is the easiest and safest option plus i know it works.