wife drove thru fresh yellow line paint on our street in her new koupe.. any thoughts as to what works best to remove it...
thanks chris
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Aug. 10, 2011 7:25 p.m. BARNCA HalfDork
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Aug. 10, 2011 7:58 p.m. DrBoost SuperDork
I'd call the county road commission. I bet that stuff is going to be TOUGH to get off, but if they don't know what to use, I'm sure they can get you the manufacturer info....
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Aug. 10, 2011 8:05 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Dork
Isn't that stuff a kind of melted plastic or something?
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Aug. 10, 2011 8:15 p.m. BARNCA HalfDork
not sure.. i know the stuff on the highways up here has pulverized glass powder in it for reflectivity..
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Aug. 10, 2011 8:28 p.m. Datsun1500 SuperDork
Acetone. Been there, done that.
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Aug. 10, 2011 8:50 p.m. Will HalfDork
I've had my Hoosiers pull paint right off asphalt. Got a spare A6 sitting around?
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Aug. 11, 2011 3:33 a.m. novaderrik Dork
DrBoost wrote:
I'd call the county road commission. I bet that stuff is going to be TOUGH to get off, but if they don't know what to use, I'm sure they can get you the manufacturer info....
they'd probably tell you that you aren't supposed to drive over wet paint anyways, and send you some sort of a ticket for your troubles.
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Aug. 11, 2011 7:47 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
Many times they've got a special chemical for cleaning the paint off cars. Apparently it works quite well. Give them a call.
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Aug. 11, 2011 9:09 a.m. iceracer SuperDork
I got some on my Fiesta. I stopped at the dealer body shop to find out what to use. The manager came out, took a look at it and said, "bring it in tomorrow morning at 8:30". So I did. The manager himself took a spray bottle of liquid. Sprayed it on and wiped it of. When he got done , he said, "give it a wax job and have a nice day" Should have asked what he used. Sorry, not much help huh.
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Aug. 11, 2011 9:10 a.m. 93EXCivic SuperDork
I have this problem too.
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Aug. 11, 2011 4:42 p.m. Datsun1500 SuperDork
iceracer wrote:
I got some on my Fiesta. I stopped at the dealer body shop to find out what to use. The manager came out, took a look at it and said, "bring it in tomorrow morning at 8:30". So I did. The manager himself took a spray bottle of liquid. Sprayed it on and wiped it of. When he got done , he said, "give it a wax job and have a nice day" Should have asked what he used. Sorry, not much help huh.
He used acetone. As I posted before, that is what works. My son did it to the MINI when it was a few months old.
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Aug. 11, 2011 5:02 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid HalfDork
When I worked at the body shop, we used to use automotive paint thinner diluted with wax & grease remover. Didn't harm the paint at all.
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Aug. 11, 2011 5:25 p.m. turboswede SuperDork
brake fluid?
Shotgun?
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Aug. 11, 2011 10:55 p.m. novaderrik Dork
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
When I worked at the body shop, we used to use automotive paint thinner diluted with wax & grease remover. Didn't harm the paint at all.
acetone?
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Aug. 11, 2011 11:05 p.m. donalson SuperDork
cover it with hurculiner?...
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Aug. 12, 2011 6:10 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
Acetone has the added benefit of removing many factory paints as well. Usually it's a little slower at eating them vs overspray laying unbaked on top. But, not always. Use at your own risk.
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Aug. 12, 2011 8:31 a.m. GrantMLS Reader
thought you were wanting to make bigger lanes..
