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imported_RyDawg

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While backing out of my garage this morning, I slighlty scraped the car against the side of the garage. On the plastic trim on the door, I now have some unwanted white paint from the gararge. Is there an easy way to remove this paint without affecting the finish of my car? Thanks.
 
hehe i hit my mirror and scraped it up pretty good, down to the plastic unfortunately.



I had it re-painted a couple weeks ago when i had some insurance work done.
 
Try some clay to remove the paint ..hopefully the car was not too badly damaged like the clear marred up and scratched.
 
Dave you could but Clay was original made to remove overspray in body shops.



PLus I bet the paint is latex which is water based so heck it might come off with a wet MF??:nixweiss
 
If you do not have clay...



Try a wet MF or high quality cotton towel first.. wet the area very well.



If that does not work try the bug and tar remover than the alchohol.



Any time you rub the surface with a towel or Mf you may scratch it so go lightly at first.



The clay would be better and wally world sells the mothers clay a long with a few others.



Maybe post a pic so we can get a better idea of what it looks like.
 
I've had this happen to me a bunch of times and have always just used some cleaner wax to get it looking good again. As long as the paint isn't scratched it should make a 100% recovery. Otherwise you may need to do some PC work or possibly even wet sand and then PC using progressively less abrasive compounds. Start out getting the latex paint off with off-the-shelf 1-step cleaner wax and diagnose further.
 
Guess, I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to disagree with ya on this one! I don't think this is a clay situation at all. I agree clay was made for overspray but this is not overspray. This situation is more of a ground-in paint, and therefore a chemical removal would be best in my opinion. But what do I know? ;)
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Guess My Name [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>I guess what to use depends on how big the mark is...where is that pic? [/b]</blockquote>Good point Guess! I'm "Guessing" that it's not very tall as it's on the plastic trim of some sort.
 
Cybercowboy, do you mean you've actually scraped the lovely red vette a couple of times. Please tell me it isn't so. Please!
 
Of course not. Man, that makes my knees week just thinking about it.



No, what I meant was that I've done this once or twice with other vehicles in the past (like my old 72 Impala or 78 Cougar) and also have fixed boo-boos made by my wife and several friends. I have also used fine-cut rubbing compound (by hand) to get off some paint and scratches. This was in my pre-obsessive days so I'm sure the job was so-so but the person I helped was happy as a clam each time.



Basically, I am saying I used the chemical method first - and only went to abrasive later if necessary. Clay wouldn't do much, I wouldn't think. Wouldn't hurt but I wouldn't go out and buy a clay bar just to find out. I would reach for an old bottle of Mother's cleaner wax first and rub for awhile.
 
I have done the same damn ting. Clay won't work. Alcohol won't work. Use a cleaner or scratch-X - something with some abrasive in it. This will get it off nicely and will not damage the car.



In case you're beating yourself up, let me tell you how stupid I was - once or twice I had found white marks on the front corner of my fender. I got pissed at whoever the jerk was who scraped their white car up against mine, and was thankful they hadn't actually dented the car. I polished it out. :nixweiss



Then one day I managed to rub the door post hard enough to push in the edge of the fender where it sticks out over the wheel arch. Then, and only then, did I realize that the other marks were probably from me too. There was a mark on the garage door frame where I had rubbed up against it. The weird thing is it never made a sound, and I could feel it from the driver's seat. (I have a very tight garage to get out of.) Anyway, this time it required a new fender and paint. DOH! :mad:



I am much more careful now.....



:sosad
 
I got fine results with MOTHERS clay bar to remove ground-in paint on my front bumper (bumper is scratched down to plastic in the area . . .) but it took FOREVER. I did not try other things, just went at it with a claybar. If you go the clay route, try a good clay or even a harsher clay designed to remove overspray (Clay Magic Red, Meguiar's Overspray Clay, etc).
 
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