paint removal,from paint

[fin racer]

Can anyone advise my course of action here.

Couple of weeks ago, while painting an external masonry wall, I managed to get paint overspray onto my car.
Now typically, I did fk all about it until I took a good look at it Sunday past and realised I really should attempt to shift it.
The masonry paint is water-based, my Panther Black Mondeo is metallic.
I draped a large terry towel over the quarter panel and soaked it in water. WIth the heat of the day, I had to constantly soak it, but it only shifted some of the paint spots, but many more remain, over the quarter panel and both offside doors.
I went ahead and applied tar remover, quick detailer etc in the hope of shifting it but to no avail.
Would a clay bar help?

[Squishey]

Yeah, a clay bar should shift it. Once you've finished remember to put a sealer like collinite on it or a few layers of wax as your paint will be left unprotected after claying.

[djdestiny]

Any decent paint correction polish will remove it.
My neighbour had a cream coloured car which some clever idiot decided to spray with black paint randomly all over the bonnet, I got it all off no problem.
I would of thought Super Resin Polish would do it too as its only water based

[MysteryLemon]

Not sure a clay bar will take paint off, especially if it's had time to dry properly.

I would suggest a mild rubbing compound or polish. Gonna need something with mild abrasives in to work away the paint.

[fin racer]

djdestiny said:

Any decent paint correction polish will remove it.
My neighbour had a cream coloured car which some clever idiot decided to spray with black paint randomly all over the bonnet, I got it all off no problem.
I would of thought Super Resin Polish would do it too as its only water based

could you recommend such a polish?

MysteryLemon said:

Not sure a clay bar will take paint off, especially if it's had time to dry properly.

I would suggest a mild rubbing compound or polish. Gonna need something with mild abrasives in to work away the paint.

like G3, something like that?

thanks for all suggestions so far. I know I've left it too late for an easy fix

[djdestiny]

G3 or anything really, I'd try SRP first if you have some.
A proper polish is over the top really, as you won't be using it to its correct potential, but it will be powerful enough to remove the paint.
Basically, start lightly with a cloth and see how it goes.
When I did my neighbours bonnet I found it was coming off with a lot of rubbing on a cloth, so got my machine polisher and using it lightly it got it off really easily.
I didn't want to get in a situation where I had to end up polishing the whole lot to hide where I'd removed the paint, so went very carefully

[996TT02]

Credit card takes it off with patience. Then use some cutting compound/polish if necessary.

[Blue Oval84]

G3 will leave marring all over the paint unless you want to re-polish with something less harsh.


Try the Farcela Clay Mitt (you can buy it in Halfords), I did my car in half the time with that.

I've also used old-fashioned clay bars to remove paint overspray in the past so this should be no problem regardless of whether you get the mitt or the bar.

[Leptons]

Don't use G3 you will leave lots of swirls and marring. Try a clay bar then SRP then seal with a good wax.

[fin racer]

thanks all,

think I will give a decent clay bar (Meguairs or Bilt Hamber) a go, and then run with SRP.
I have a couple of decent quality carnauba waxes so will seal with those.
Depending on the outcome, I may post up the results....

[t400ble]

Hot jet wash, worked well for me