Spray Paint Repair – Removing Paint On Your Car
Written by Kurt Sullen on June 20th, 2009 in Self Development.
Spray paint can end up on your car a couple of different ways. 1 it can be an over spray from another area that you are painting on the car. 2 it could be an accident that in some manner the spray got on it. Or you decided to spray paint the car yourself, then didnt like it or made a mistake.
How difficult a job it is going to be to remove it will depend on alot of components. Firstly, you require to determine the kind of paint. Hopefully it’ll be a water based paint which’s much easier to deal with. All you would most likely have to do here is wash the area down well with soapy water. At present if it is an oil based paint then it makes things abit more challenging. Then the other dilemma may be you dont even acknowledge what kind of paint it’s.
First of all, there are various kinds of paint. It can be lacquer or acrylic. It could even be enamel but this is not as popular as it used to be. If your original paint on your car happens to be enamel then if the unintended spray paint is lacquer or acrylic would make the enamel paint look crumpled. Regrettably, the exclusive solution in this case will be to scrape the field clean and then re-paint it to match the automobiles basic colour.
If youre lucky enough to have an original finish of acrylic or lacquer and enamel paint has been sprayed on top of it, there won’t be any wrinkles to the original. You want to check if the paint is enamel, so here’s what you do.
Take whatsoever paint thinner, kerosene, gasoline or turpentine and apply a reasonable amount to a clean white cloth. Now very softly rub over the paint you wish to get rid of. If you see the paint colour being transferred to the cloth, then it is enamel. If the cloth stays clear then its acrylic or lacquer. If it did turn out to be enamel then just carry on to gently clean off the residue of the paint.
Therefore if you have ended up with either lacquer or acrylic being the culprit then you will require to go and purchase the finest grade of rubbing compound on the market for car finishes. Take a hand sized white cloth and lightly moisten it with some kerosene or turpentine. Just enough to moisten the cloth, as it prevents the compound from caking, and makes the abrasive finer, which leaves a greater finish. Patience will be the virtue here, as you must keep inspecting the area you’re working on so you dont remove or spoil the original finish of the car. Work in reasonable circular motions with easy pressure. Continue checking the color of the paint on the cloth. Keep using several parts of the cloth, so your cloth remains fairly clean, and youre not simply putting the paint back on over again.
The best solution is of course not to spray paint the car at all. Accidents do take place though and fortunately for this peculiar one theres a solution.
