Couple of idiots painting the house next door have managed to do a minor job on the back end of the B with white paint. I think overspray when they were fiddling with their compressor. How easy is dried house paint to get off? Insurance claim? Take it up with the clowns who did it (they are a fairly well known pair of local bodgits and their comments will be short and pointed if asked to cough up).

Advice please.

I had something similar happen to a car of mine in the past when my girlfriend borrowed it and parked it outside her workplace. I foolishly agreed to let the company who had caused the damage to arrange for it to be resolved. I think they thried to do it themselves with Tcut and whilst they removed the white paint they caused further problems.

I'd have the conversation with the painters but as you suggested I guess thet may not be very fruitful. The car would though need to go to a bodyshop and see if they can remove the white paint carefully.

regards

Rich

Depends on the type of paint and minerals used in it. If they are a pair of cowboy's you might be lucky, they may have used some cheap water based stuff in which case it should come off without too much effort. The potential issue would be if its a coarse mineral paint, if so it will have the sandpaper effect when washing it off.

If it is just overspray from a water based paint I would imagine you would be ok, take it to a half decent valetor and get their opinion, I am sure that they would be glad of the work!

Thanks. Think I'll combine this with a quote for a front end re-spray to deal with the stone chips..

yup, much depends on the paint used...

if it is more or less the same kind they use for roadmarkings then margarine might work. Apply some "i cant believe it is not butter" or similar to a small area and let "soak" for a while (+10 mins), then gently rub off.

If it works, the paint becomes soft and rubs off without smearing or scratching.

If it doesn't.. some detailer will indeed be happy to sort it out AND put a very nice shine to the whole car in the meantime

RnRollie said:

yup, much depends on the paint used...

if it is more or less the same kind they use for roadmarkings then margarine might work. Apply some "i cant believe it is not butter" or similar to a small area and let "soak" for a while (+10 mins), then gently rub off.

If it works, the paint becomes soft and rubs off without smearing or scratching.

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And if it does not you will smell like a greasy spoon for months!!

Need a lot of 'not butter'. Its a very fine stipple of white dots around the drivers rear quarter panel, across the boot lid and back bumper and around to the pax side. I tried to shift it with a bottle of turtle was scratch remover but no luck.

Nail polish remover..works fine..

Rustbucket said:

Nail polish remover..works fine..

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Does it effect the lacquer?

LittleRedB said:

Does it effect the lacquer?

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nail polish remover.. acetone....

probably it only affects the primer.. AFTER it has eaten through the lacquer AND the paint...


Isn't it bad enough that there are some sl*gs outthere who carry half a gallon of the stuff in their purse to pour over your car in case you refuse to keep buyin them bacardi breezers?

No and no, so long as you use it on small amounts, like on cotton buds directly over the paint spots. You must have some right slappers in Lux! Paint spots removed, panels cleaned and waxed...voila!

ah, right, ok, you had me worried there for a moment, but even so...

as far as slappers are concerned: there is a refreshing lack of them in Lux
but before moving to Lux, i did live in the UK for (almost) five years... and i think that what i've seen in Mancunian and 'Boro areas might have tarnished my soul for the rest of my life

but it also gave me a new hobby: chavspotting

Tried clay baring it?