Stupid Apartment Painters!!! HELP!!

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Ants

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Hey everyone, I walked out to my car today and I noticed my car was SPLATTERED with white interior paint. It seems to be a latex or oil base. It's been on my car for a good day and a half in Austin record weather of 105F. Is it possible to get it removed? If so, does anyone know of any professional detailers in the Austin, TX vicinity? I want it to be removed properly. The apartment complex is currently contacting the painters and will get back to me. In the meantime I took some pictures as proof. Should I go ahead and try tackle it myself? Excuse the dirt on the car, just made multiple trips to and from Houston, and being in an apartment complex doesn't help :argue :argue :argue



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You could try claying the paint spots. If the car had a recent waxing then maybe the paint hasn't bonded to the car's paint yet and clay would remove it.
 
I would say go wash it, try bug and tar remover (tarminator preferably) and see if that budges it, otherwise get out the clay and try that. If none of that works, go to the managers/landlords and see if they will pay to have it looked at professionally, and if in needs repainting to cover that.
 
ouch man, that sucks hardcore.



I don't know if it will come out or not. Maybe try AIO or a mild abrasive (SMR, #9, DACP) or try claying it. I've never attempted to remove house paint. I'm sure that maybe a paint thinner might work too, but don't take my word for any of that. . .



good luck and let us know of the outcome
 
I would consult a good local detailer and ask them what needs to be done to fix the problem. If you feel that you want to do it yourself thats fine, but I would check with them first, you don't want to make the mistake of making a bad situation worse.
 
Clay it!

You have many excellent professional detailers rite here at Autopia to give you an opinion.

I was at a detail shop recently having my car washed ( i get lazy some days) and buddy was in the middle of claying a pick up truck, full of over spray from a factory next door to him. The extra paint was coming off with no problems. The shop was charging 600.00 to do the work.

You can do this job yourself, but i would still look into a quote from a fine detail shop in your area and submit it for compensation for your time and effort to fix the painters negligence.

Good luck!
 
My car is waxless *embarassed* the zaino has worn off and so has the S100. My car hasnt beaded for about 1 month now :sosad
 
Those painters are horrible. :shocked



I mean they got the brick, patio and sidewalk full of it too. Those were professionals?? :scared



Good luck with getting reimbursed. I feel for you. I would also try clay but someone else my chime in with a way to loosen or soften the paint a little which would make it easier to clay.



00z71sierra
 
Ants my wife was parked in the Arboretum garage for four hours and some contractor doing work there got paint on her black mustang. Looked very similar to your predicament. She raised hell with the contractor and they agreed to have it detailed. When she got home I washed it and clayed it. It all came off.



I reapplyed Blackfire to her car and it looked as good as new...Andrew



BTW Anthony Orosco works in San Antonio and is probably the best detailer in this area.
 
our shop has to face such problems almost everyweek... To be honest, you dont have much choice... Household paint dries really fast and hard... Most cases, claying won't do a thing... Your best bet is to scrape it with a plastic razor.. if that doesn't work, roll a fine sandpaper (1500 up) into a triangle and use the tip to sand the paint down... You'll end up needing to compound and polish the car afterwards...



In most cases, it'll take at least 5-8 hrs of labor, so I don't know how much it'll cost in your area.
 
I just went through this last week with my daughter's green Civic. The whole car was splattered with a grey/white paint. Tried everything. The only thing that budged it was Clay Magic. It took a lot of hard rubbing and time but most came off. The tires and wheel wells were the only things we could not solve. The tire bottoms obviously will wear off but the sidewalls are still splattered.



Any ideas on the tire sidewalls and what paint do you use on wheel wells?
 
Lost Pup said:
Aquire a few written estimates from detailers or body shops. The option to pocket the cash and do the job yourself might work out.
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That is what I would do. You will need some strong clay though, either Clay Magic Red or Meguiars Body Shop Pro Overspray Clay. Plastic razor blades and a steady hand can also quickly remove a lot of the overspray. Use a detail spray if you use a plastic razor to provide lubrication on the paint.
 
Are you sure it is enamel based?



If it is water based (like a lot of interior paint) it may not be hard to get off. Have you tried just washing it to see if anything budges?



If that doesn't work then I'd try Tarminator, and then a clay bar.



Good Luck!



P.S. Maybe you can get enough "mileage" out of this for a free month's rent too!
 
I have used WD-40 or GooF-OFF to get splatters off. They will strip off any wax products, so you have to tune up the places where you removed the splatters. Use only enough to get the paint off, and quickly nuetralize it with a wash(bucket of car wash and MF on the ready). If you go the clay route, as soon as you see a spot of paint removed, check your clay, for the removed paint, so you don't mar the finish with it. As always, it's your call...
 
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