Removing transfer paint from paint - what's best?

I

imported_beachwolverine

New member
My wife had a small encounter with our garage. Nothing serious, but there is garage paint on her Honda Pilot. Is it best to remove with a solvent first or start with a polish.



If a solvent, which is best?



Thanks!
 
Very easy!!!



Just apply nail polish remover to the spot, and rub with mfiber cloth.

If you don't have NPR, then use acetone. both are nearly the same, harmless to paint, and are the easiest, fastest and most efficient method.
 
I would use a medium aggressive clay, and if that doesn't work, try polishing it out using the least abrasive stuff you have and work your way up until it's gone
 
bigfoot said:
I would use a medium aggressive clay, and if that doesn't work, try polishing it out using the least abrasive stuff you have and work your way up until it's gone
Click to expand...



:up ......
 
Here's an example of what happened to my car. tried first sonus gray with no luck, then went up to OP with LC flat orange



Before

SANY0294.jpg




After

SANY0308.jpg
 
Street5927 said:
Not to hijack your thread, but along the same lines, what's best to use to get road line paint splatter off?
Click to expand...



If clay alone won't do it, I've had good results with FK1119 (clayed while it was dwelling). You might need to scrape it with a plastic razor blade too (while the FK1119 dwells).
 
Accumulator said:
If clay alone won't do it, I've had good results with FK1119 (clayed while it was dwelling). You might need to scrape it with a plastic razor blade too (while the FK1119 dwells).
Click to expand...



Right now, I currenlty use Kerosene which works well and doesn't seem to have any impact on the vehicle's paint. I was just wondering if there were any other products that work well for this type of application.
 
gigondaz said:
Very easy!!!



Just apply nail polish remover to the spot, and rub with mfiber cloth.

If you don't have NPR, then use acetone. both are nearly the same, harmless to paint, and are the easiest, fastest and most efficient method.
Click to expand...



I second this. I worked on a car with paint transfer that's been on it for years...had absolutely no luck with SIP or M105 on orange pads or by hand. Used a little acetone and it came right off.
 
Street5927 said:
Right now, I currenlty use Kerosene which works well and doesn't seem to have any impact on the vehicle's paint. I was just wondering if there were any other products that work well for this type of application.
Click to expand...



I use lacquer thinner (as recommended by David Fermani) with a terry cloth rag. I think this is about the same thing as nail polish remover, but for a big job more practical.

Here is before:

IMG_0553.jpg




and after:

IMG_0554.jpg




Only took 2 or 3 minutes and very little effort. What is left in the after picture is scrapes, not paint.
 
We have a winner.



Thanks gigondaz and vietgurl. I used Acetone and it came off easily and completely. Also, I did not damage the paint.



I could be wrong, but I didn't want to use a pad or clay for fear of mechanically causing some marring. The Acetone worked with very little rubbing.



Sorry I didn't take pictures, but the ones on this thread are similar.



Cheers,

bw
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top