How do I get house paint off my car?

[SMOKEU]

I've got some house paint on the back of my car, on the tailgate and bumper. The bumper appears to be of a fibreglass or similar material. I've tried some turps on a rag which didn't seem to help and I've tried scraping it off but that scratches the bumper. I'm unsure what kind of house paint is on it. Any ideas how to remove it?

[Spazman727]

Try something like turpentine or fuelite, but be careful cos that may remove the car paint too. Picking at it with your fingernail might get it, but wont be very neat.

[nodrog]

80 grit sandpaper on an orbital sander.

Fanny.

[imdying]

Go to a bodywork supply shop and get yourself a clay bar.

[admenk]

If it's a nice colour, why not repaint your car to match ?:innocent:

[slofox]

I've got some house paint on the back of my car, on the tailgate and bumper.

Backed it into the house didja? huh? huh?

(I backed my wagon through the window of my flat once...:Oops:)

[Lilly2w]

Rub it with a little meths on a cloth, if its water based the colour will lift onto the rag and the meths should take it off, if it's enamel or oil based it won't lift onto the rag and you may need to get some paint thinners from your local paint store (test in a hidden spot first)

[Spazman727]

Backed it into the house didja? huh? huh?

(I backed my wagon through the window of my flat once...:Oops:)

I saw a car drive into a butcher shop in Wellington one, covered everything in shards of glass.

[SMOKEU]

Backed it into the house didja? huh? huh?

(I backed my wagon through the window of my flat once...:Oops:)

The car was stored in a garage and during a series of earthquakes, the paint buckets fell off the shelves they were on and hit the car.

[Spazman727]

The car was stored in a garage and during a series of earthquakes, the paint buckets fell off the shelves they were on and hit the car.

So its lots of paint, not just a few drops?

[Banditbandit]

The car was stored in a garage and during a series of earthquakes, the paint buckets fell off the shelves they were on and hit the car.

Bugga ... if it's that bad it probably needs professional attention (i.e. a strip down and repaint ...) and could probably be claimed on insurance ... or the earthquake and damages commission ...

[SMOKEU]

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn204/SR20NP/DSC00118.jpg

[Juzz976]

Ring your insurance company:innocent:

[SMOKEU]

Ring your insurance company:innocent:

I don't have insurance on it as it's a project car and EQC don't cover cages.

[Laava]

Brush and roller cleaner as used by painters. It is different from turps, fuelite and meths. Usual drill, try on a small area first

[Juzz976]

Oh you poor bastard, this is really unfortunate.

even when the paints removed its still gonna be a Puslar:shutup:

[SMOKEU]

Oh you poor bastard, this is really unfortunate.

even when the paints removed its still gonna be a Puslar:shutup:

You obviously haven't driven a genuine GTI-R.

[mashman]

You sure that it isn't seminal fluid under an ultraviolet light? Does someone enjoy his car too much :shifty:

[onearmedbandit]

You obviously haven't driven a genuine GTI-R.

The GTi-R is a beast for what it is, but he's right, is is still a pulsar.

[porky]

You sure that it isn't seminal fluid under an ultraviolet light? Does someone enjoy his car too much :shifty:

Now i understand why your misses dont swallow. That amount would drown the poor girl.... But i am impressed... all that from a quick shake.

[Juzz976]

You obviously haven't driven a genuine GTI-R.

Actually I have, this is how I feel I'm qualified to comment.

[ducatilover]

Buy a new bumper? :facepalm:
Try the clay bar idea dude, then give the GTiR to me, I wouldn't mind one.
Is it an RA or RB model?

[SMOKEU]

Buy a new bumper? :facepalm:
Try the clay bar idea dude, then give the GTiR to me, I wouldn't mind one.
Is it an RA or RB model?

It's only an RA, but it is for sale. Forged pistons, big turbo, big fuel pump, 1 bar boost = lots of fun.

[ducatilover]

It's only an RA, but it is for sale. Forged pistons, big turbo, big fuel pump, 1 bar boost = lots of fun.

:sunny: I like the sound of that

[vifferman]

If it's acrylic, it's easy to shift (I know this because when I was spray-painting the roof of our first house, I .... um.. accidentally rendered the bonnet of my father-in-law's 180B sort of ... um... spotty. Like, white with a fine coating of gree pimples.
Luckily, car polish took it off.
Most car paint is lacquer, so it's resistant to many organic solvents apart from acetone. Paint brush cleaner ("Kumcleen", f'rinstance) will remove it if turps doesn't. So will petrol, as it has a large dollop of the same solvents (toluene and xylene) that are present in brush cleaner. Follow up with a mildly abrasive car polish.

Or you could leave it - it looks kinda kewl.:blink:

[JimO]

You sure that it isn't seminal fluid under an ultraviolet light? Does someone enjoy his car too much :shifty:


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x67/jim157/SomeIdiotBangedMyCarYesterday_15B15.jpg

[Edbear]

It's only an RA, but it is for sale. Forged pistons, big turbo, big fuel pump, 1 bar boost = lots of fun.

And your front tyres actually last to the end of the street...?:innocent:

[MsKABC]

Oh now the thread is just BEGGING for this one...

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[twinbruva]

Ring your insurance company:innocent:

Wring his neck for buying a Nissan.

[twinbruva]

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x67/jim157/SomeIdiotBangedMyCarYesterday_15B15.jpg

Hey look it's Virago!








Range Rovers were always dogs.

[SMOKEU]

And your front tyres actually last to the end of the street...?:innocent:

The back end has an LSD so the back end grips very nicely (unless I really provoke it), but since the front has an open diff it spins a wee bit.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Just paint your car with leftover house paint. get some blackboard paint for a nicely contrasting bonnet. Job done

[Flip]

What they said, meths for acrylic paint and toluene for enamel but go easy with the harder thinners, take it slow. If its factory or a good quality finish the colour coat will be covered with a 2k clear coat that is solvent resistant.

Not a boy racer are you?

In a funny way you are lucky, a pile of mags fall on my car, smashed the bonnet and windscreen.

[SMOKEU]

Not a boy racer are you?



I'm only selling the cage so I have enough money to buy a 1000+cc sports bike.

[ducatilover]

Good choice :woohoo: