Overspray Problem

[phenomic]

I painted a few panels on my car and i didnt realize that when masking, overspray would get througha blanket onto my hood. A ton of overspray got on my hood and windshield. I was able to clean up the windshield with steel wool. I am having a problem with the hood however. I tried clay but there is way too much for it to be effective. I also tried to use some meguiars step one and i also buffed the **** out of it with no luck.

My friend recommended lacquer thinner and i did try some in one spot but it kind of left some haze which i didnt like (was able to remove that).

Any ideas, keep in mind, this is a lot of overspray.

 

[Schmoe]

If you tried all that, boy....I wouldn't know.

 

[kenw]

You are trying to remove one layer and not the other, and for the most part the paint has bonded chemically with itself and there really is only one layer. Lacquer thinner is kinda stupid, it doesn't know you only want to remove *some* of the paint...

my best guess is to polish (0000 steel wool+time) it down until the overspray is gone. you WILL remove some clearcoat (probably the haze was where you did remove some already).

But considering the alternatives, what else is there to do?

Someone here got some road-stripe paint on there car, you might see how they removed it (if they ever did).

 

[Stooge]

Try using a clay bar.

 

[guss]

wet sand with 2000 wet and dry use plenty of water.when it fills smoth you got rid of overspray.then buff out to a shine.I just done the samething today and thats what i did no problem.

 

[TurboLuver]

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Originally posted by guss:
wet sand with 2000 wet and dry use plenty of water.when it fills smoth you got rid of overspray.then buff out to a shine.I just done the samething today and thats what i did no problem.

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That is exactly what I was going to recomend, dont freak out after you are finished sanding because the finish will look like it is ruined, but it will buff out nicely...

 

[Scooter]

Meguiars, and possibly others, do make more aggressive clays than you would normally use for detailing. C2100 is the Meguiars aggressive clay. Check their website.

 

[C.O. Jones]

I agree with guss and turbolover but you might be able to get away with polishing with 3M professional rubbing compound and a rotating buffer. Be warned, 3M really cuts cuts with a rotating buffer ( a have the edges down to the primer to prove it)so be careful.