How do you get yellow paint from center lines off paint?

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Nitrous115

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I have been told that a product called takeoff will remove the yellow paint. The lady ran over the centerline right after it was painted so its splattered on the side of her car. Any ideas?
 
I did a search and I only found one thread. It said to try diesel fuel. But the results were never posted on that thread. Does anyone know if diesel or take off will work?
 
I removed road paint with Mother's clay and lubricant. It was white paint instead of yellow and some pretty tough stuff at that. I got it all off the paint but there is still some left in the wheel wells. Every time I wash the car I see it and think about it.
 
Tarminator from Stoners should work. You could use a scraper for the wheel wells. I used a gasket scraper on the last one I did.
 
I actually used that paint along time ago...the stuff we used was alcohol based paint...so it dries quickly. I think that's why water based products won't break it down. Try some cheap plain alcohol from the drug store first. It shouldn't hurt anything to try it.
 
Good call unclearty, I just removed a ton of white road striping

paint off the bottom panels. I used some 90% rubbing(isopropyl)

alcohol and it came off easily! I used clay on one side but it was

taking forever and ruining my Clay Magic.



I've been lurking on this forum for a couple of weeks and have

learned so much from you guys. Kudos, Autopia!
 
Had the same problem a little while back use kerosene had to work with it a bit but did the trick, might strip the wax off though! but I know a lot of do it yourself carwash bays when you flip it to wax all you are getting is kerosene deluted in water
 
ok you didn't really hear this from me:eek:



Get the cheapest liquid wax you can find, which is mostly petroleum distillates/kerosene and it'll wipe right off....



actually saw a guy at a show do it with a tissue....melted the tar and paint right off..no work at all:scared



don't use it too often though....:nixweiss
 
Several months ago, some of that paint got on the lower plastic cladding on our Escape. I got it off the painted area with clay, but the clay wouldn't budge it from the plastic cladding. But just 10 minutes ago, I totally removed every single bit of the road paint from the plastic cladding on our Escape. How? Penetrating oil spray - like Liquid Wrench and/or PBlaster. I used a whole can! I just sprayed it on the plastic where the paint was, and I saw the paint begin to run. I really doused the area, then wiped with a cloth and most of it came up. Some of the reflective bits in the paint were still lingering so I just sprayed some more and let it drip off. Once I had it all of, I washed it with Dawn and you'd never know it was there. :up
 
I started the thread on this topic back in October--the link that FNG posted. I hit a spell of bad weather and never got a chance to try of the suggestions people provided before winter set in.



Well, one way to get rid of the paint was "old man winter." I would say 60-70% of the yellow splatter on the bottom of my rear bumper came off during the winter--I guess wore off and came off with the on and off again of snow, ice, road salt, crude, etc. I still have some to remove. I will try my Stoner Tarminator first and see how that work. I also have a couple of small pieces of Mothers clay, so will that a shot as well. Tomorrow is nice and warm--so I promise to post the results:)
 
The rest of the yellow road paint came off pretty well with Mothers clay and Stoner Tarminator. The small specks came off the easiest with clay--the larger ones I used Tarminator and a little elbow grease. It took some time, but I am so happy to have the stuff off. You couldn't see the paint--unless you laid on the ground and looked up under my bumper, but I knew it was there and it was driving me nuts.



Now that spring has arrived, I am sure the road crews will be out painting again--particularly after the rough winter we had.



Note to self--see new paint--stop and turn around.:p
 
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