Body buff??

[Phacade]

So while spray paining my carport, I somehow got some over spray and got some paint mist to fly over my car. Yeah I'm pissed but I suppose it could have been worse. So now I have little paint spots misted all over the car. Each is about the size of a pin drip (About the size of the period on my keyobard here) and they are spread out maybe two or three inches from each other.

I want an easy method to remove them. The paint on the car is decent but I had not waxed in a while. Any thoughts?

[carguyinok]

Well, there is one easy way. As long as your paint is not new

(over one year old) . The fast way is just some paint thinner on a rag shoud wipe it off with little work. Just test a small part of the paint in a spot you cant see first. Just to be sure.

Then wax ASAP.

The other thing you could do is take your Z to a detail shop and have them buff it with cutting compound then glaze it.

If you would like you could come up and see me at my detail shop . We could set a time on a weekend you are free and we could trade some Z storys and get your car done. I am closed on sundays so if you would like to set up a sunday I will help you out for no charge . So long as you bring the beer.

Let me know. Always happy to help a fellow Z head out.

[Phacade]

Weekends are difficult. I work for SprintPCS and therefore have to work on the weekends. I'll have to check and see if I can get some time off here and we shall see. Working 55 hour weeks kinda sucks.

[EScanlon]

Timberwolf:

You failed to mention what TYPE of paint you were using on the car port. This is important as it will help pinpoint whether or not you can do something "easily".

Since it was the carport, the probability is that you were using Oil Based Exterior Enamel. I'm not real familiar with house paints so there may yet be another type out there.

Oil Based Exterior Enamel would probably use Mineral Spirits or Turpentine, commonly referred to as Paint Thinner. Don't confuse this with Lacquer Thinner as this is the thinner for Lacquer type paints.

If that is the case, then get a bottle of Mineral Spirits or Turpentine and wet a rag, and wipe down the areas of your car that got overspray on them. This will remove the overspray and will ALSO remove any wax, grease or oil on the paint. For that reason I would recommend that you wipe down the whole car with the wet rag, and with the other hand use a clean dry rag to wipe off the residue.

If on the other hand, you were using a lacquer type of paint, or a spray can, then using lacquer thinner will remove it, but it will also tend to "cut" or degloss the top coat of most enamel type paints as well as dissolve older lacquer paints. For that reason you should be careful on how much lacquer thinner is on your rag and how fast or slow you do it.

Getting the car "rubbed out" will do it, but at least in the body shop I worked at, the first step is to wipe the whole car down with Wax and Grease Remover after having washed the car. You might try this method also.

Once they've wiped the car down, then they'll proceed to use Rubbing Compound, followed by the Swirl Removers and final polishing agents. The feasibility of this depends on just how good your paint is. If it is badly oxidized and or thin, they may just tell you that it can't be done because the rubbing out would just remove what little paint you have on the body lines.

At that point you have no choice but to repaint the car.

Hope this helps clear up things.