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next door neighbour was painting the front of his house at the weekend. our car was on the drive and it seems that some of the paint splatter from his roller managed to get on the back of our car. there are very small white dots on the rear quarter panels and on the boot lid.
i've had a chat with him and he said if i need to get it professionally cleaned then he will foot the bill but i'd rather see if there is a cheaper low cost way of easily removing it without going to the hassle of getting someone to do it.
any suggestions?
The paint spots will be standing proud of the car bodywork I imagine?
Some polish and a bit of elbow grease should get rid of it
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If its just masonary type paint it should come off after a couple of washes
what type of paint was he using?
he was using masonary paint. the specs are proud of the bodywork so most should come off as i've managed to scrape a few off using my fingernails, but i'm concerned about the ones that are on the plastic trim of the rear bumper and the boot spoiler
What you need is clay.
It's the consistency of blu-tac once you've warmed it up in your hands (or cheat and put it in a freezer bag and into a bucket of hot water), spray the wax onto the car and rub gently with the clay applying little/no pressure. It'll pick up any paint allong with all the other grit that gets embeded into the car's paint/laquer. Kneed it often to keep the surface in contact with the car from getting too gritty (hence the car should be as clean as possible first, otherwise it'll be like rubbing coarse sandpaper of the car!). Apply a good few layers of good quality wax afterwards as it strips the wax off too. If there's areas low down (where the paint will be really full of brake dust and grit) use a smaller bit of clay and bin it afterwards. And always make sure the surface is well lubed with the spray on wax, the clay's supposed to glide, not dig in.
Best thing for the job is a clay bar.
Make sure you use plenty of lube and polish/wax the car after.
Place a wet rag on the splats to really soften the paint up.
looks like i know what me and my neighbour will be doing this evening... 😕
Hmmmm.... I know what I'd like to be doing with my neighbour but I don't think Mrs Gti would be too happy about that....