1968 Chrysler Imperial convertible-over spray inside and out

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Scottwax

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Just got a call from a gentleman who has had a '68 Imperial convertible in storage with the top down (apparently it no longer goes up) and the exterior of the storage unit was painted and they managed to get overspray on the paint and interior. The owner says the car is in original condition (he sent me a few pictures, looks to be in excellent shape) and paint should be pretty straight forward. What worries me is the interior, especially the leather. If its truly original, my guess is its not coated like modern leather interiors and that 45 year old leather may be pretty delicate. Don't know what kind of paint was used, if its latex removal with an APC is entirely possible. If its enamel, who knows. Just wondering if anyone else has run into overspray removal with interiors and what worked and what didn't.
 
Scott, if you want to have my advice on this, you should know my email. I don't want to go through the "in's and out's " of such a thing, since it would just clog up the site.

Plus, in most cases, it's going to be a bit of "diagnoistic" and a ton of in-depth discussion of the different trim parts.

You have all the abilities that anyone could ask for regarding the exterior paint, but the interior is a challenge for anyone, and requires some serious converstation and such..

 
Went out to look at it fearing the worst but its really not bad at all, more of a dusting on the interior than actual over spray on it. It appears when the edges along the storage doors was painted, whatever made it inside was dry by the time it hit the leather so it just wipes off. Definitely original uncoated leather so I still have to be gentle but ONR at QD strength spritzed on an MF towel, then wiped over the leather was removing it all. Paint isn't bad either, mostly very light over spray on the enormous back end.



BTW, he also has a '65 Imperial Crown Coupe!
 
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