Spray-painted bike - please help

[pearlygirl]

My brand new bike has accidentally been sprayed with a fine coating of white acrylic paint how can I remove this or should I just claim insurance?

[pearlygirl]

whoops sorry thats actually water based paint not acrylic

[dogsnbikes]

My brand new bike has accidentally been sprayed with a fine coating of white acrylic paint how can I remove this or should I just claim insurance?

a bit of kereosene on a rag should do it depending how bad it is and how long its been there......do a spot clean 1st though to cheak for any reactions but you should be ok

[Genie]

My brand new bike has accidentally been sprayed with a fine coating of white acrylic paint how can I remove this or should I just claim insurance?

Buggar! I'd be taking it to a paint shop and getting professional assistance if it were my precious.

[pearlygirl]

a bit of kereosene on a rag should do it depending how bad it is and how long its been there......do a spot clean 1st though to cheak for any reactions but you should be ok

It pretty much covers the bike a very fine mist all over including the mirrors

[marty]

water based acrylic should come off with acetone - which won't touch the paint, but may soften some plastics. if you don't have access to the chemicals, pay the $250 or whatever to get a paintshop to do it.

[MSTRS:Me]

Acrylic IS water-based.
A mild solvent should do, but test in an area that can't be seen.
Or a light cut'n'polish.

[rie]

Acrylic IS water-based.
A mild solvent should do, but test in an area that can't be seen.
Or a light cut'n'polish.

that really, really sucks. sorry to hear that. If it hasn't been on too long I find that light spray-spatter tends to come off with elbow grease. So good luck.

But if you have to revert to the cut and polish option, kitten (lol it's the name of the brand) polish comes with several product for the 'stages' of 'cut' you need. i.e. heavy cut, med, light. There may exist better brands but I know that at least kitten comes with different stages. If it's actually quite severe you might even have to consider super-super-fine wet n' dry sandpaper then cut and polish like crazy. And I mean like crazy.

[Desmo guzzi]

It pretty much covers the bike a very fine mist all over including the mirrors

Just think of it as foundation ,chuck on some armourall and dont forget its winged sump liners and it will look and feel great till well after midnight

[Owl]

Ouch pearlygirl! Who's responsible for that cock-up?

When you say fine coating...........how fine? Water-based paint generally forms rather large aggressive spots of overspray. If you rub your fingers over it, can you feel the individual spots, or does it feel like a smooth fine mist?

Determining how bad it is can make a difference to the remedy.

[Genie]

I'm presuming you've got it sorted by now, what did you do? For future reference, I have offspring

[Owl]

Oh, I just saw the date of the opening post

[SMOKEU]

A guy I used to work with had an angry ex girlfriend who tipped a whole bucket of paint on his car one night. The car had an immaculate paint job (before the bucket on paint was tipped on it) so he was obviously quite angry. Some kerosene on a rag sorted it out, and there was no trace of paint damage afterwords.

[Genie]

Dont' ya just love angry ex's - some just need shooting! (twice)

[pearlygirl]

Thanks for the advice will try solvent but am worried about the unpainted stuff
and in answer to your question owl a dumb caretaker spray painting on a windy day my bike was parked around the corner grrrr