View Full Version : Paint Specks on my car! How do I get rid of them?
Blue Batmobile
12-04-2001, 10:59 AM
I found white paint specks on my car today. Probably from someone spray painting near by. Help me get rid of them. Please!
Bat.
Blue Bomber
12-04-2001, 08:38 PM
The easiest way I know of is to use a clay bar. It will remove everything from the surface of the paint (including wax, so you'll need to rewax the clay barred areas). I haven't heard of any preference when it comes to different brands, so just about any name brand clay bar (Mother's, Meguiars, Zaino, etc.) should work fine.
whitegt01
12-04-2001, 08:43 PM
can you be a little more specific on the extent of the paint. My moronic sister ran her brand new 2002 corolla over paint or something, the entire left side of the car was practically white(its factory silver!). While i couldn't get the paint off the tires...it took like 2 hours for me to use(gently) my fingernails(make sure they're not long at all or you've just cut them or something) to again (gently) scratch(i have to emphasize the gently part) it off manually. I would NOT use stuff like alcohol or wd40.
Another suggestion, i would get a plain white terrycloth towel, get some of the blue coral scratch remover i talked about in another post, and try that maybe. You'll never know. um...if you've just painted your body kit, don't use the blue coral scartch remover. It works alot like wax. I hope the paint isn't like embedded in your car. Good luck.
bme107
12-05-2001, 05:31 AM
Use a clay bar, the same thing happened to my wife's car and it got all of the over-spray specks off. Like bomber said, it takes everything off so you have to repolish and wax the area.
Blue Batmobile
12-05-2001, 07:11 AM
I'm getting Claybar today. I'll let you guys know the results.
Bat
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