Tips on removing over spray

[Miker]

Hey, wanted to further clean up my engine a bit and there is some Ford blue paint over spray a bit on the non painted water pump down around the dizzy area as well as a couple of other spots. What are the best tricks of the trade to get that off? Some tighter type nooks and cranny's as well.

 

[Slowleak]

If it is on a non-painted area, I use acetone on a rag or brush.

 

[williamjbonney]

You would be surprised how effective a magic eraser is on paint over spray......

 

[dave67fd]

Hey Mike, Carb cleaner on those large cotten swabs works well.

 

[Miker]

Thanks guys - I appreciate all your responses. Good to hear from ya' Dave!

 

[dave67fd]

Thanks guys - I appreciate all your responses. Good to hear from ya' Dave!

You as well mike..Hope all is good....Hows the rig doing? Get her all straightned out?

 

[edmedlin]

Carb cleaner is good. If the overspray is very light, even rubbing alcohol works well. Starting fluid on a shop rag.... I have used a plethora of different things in a pinch.... About anything that is corrosive or will remove or clean oil will do so with paint. Paint thinner of course is what you want if you have it around.

 

[Rustytruck]

For really tough stuff use MEK. Just don't use it where you don't want it. It eats plastic and attacks rubber. Wear safety glasses and rubber gloves Keep it off your skin. It's the liquid part of really good and nasty paint strippers.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-32-oz-Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone-MEK-Solvent-QME71/100210976

 

[fatboy]

For really tough stuff use MEK. Just don't use it where you don't want it. It eats plastic and attacks rubber. Wear safety glasses and rubber gloves Keep it off your skin. It's the liquid part of really good and nasty paint strippers.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-32-oz-Methyl-Ethyl-Ketone-MEK-Solvent-QME71/100210976

And a Respirator, stuff is toxic.

Mike be careful with what ever you use. If it will remove overspray, it will remove paint in general, even the paint you want to stay. Patience and caution when you are doing this stuff. Don't rush it no matter how bad you want it finished.

 

[Mark]

You would be surprised how effective a magic eraser is on paint over spray......

That's an awesome tip. I had overspray on a powdercoated slider and the magic eraser took it right off with no damage to the surface!
Thanks!

 

[Petraszewsky]

Magic eraser to clear coat will make for bad swirl/scratch marks though. Powdercoat is much tougher so the overspray paint will be removed with less marks if any than off clear coat.

 

[Bferrari]

Try a Mothers Clay Bar

 

[farzadmip]

^^^X2 clay bar

 

[Mark]

Magic eraser to clear coat will make for bad swirl/scratch marks though. Powdercoat is much tougher so the overspray paint will be removed with less marks if any than off clear coat.

Good to know. I won't try it on clear coat.

 

[Petraszewsky]

Yeah it wouldn't be pretty...it would be correctable though. I detail cars on the weekends semi professionally to pay for my projects. Here's a example of some testing I was doing.


After doing the 4Runner and realizing the limitations of my equipment/products I decided to invest that money into some new detailing tools. These should help cut down on the amount of time to correct major paint defects. I used my tailgate once again as the test subject. The first pic is showing how the paint correction and polish is still holding up today since I first displayed in my Detail thread in the Classifieds section back in December of 2014. The tailgate was inside from December to May and has been outside in the back yard uncovered since May.

Original corrected polished area vs untouched area still shiny after all this time.




What bird droppings do to paint!




Now for the "test sections" I used 2000 grit, 800 grit, rocks (aka oil absorbent) and a control section. Here's how they went:
















And After: (the 800 grit did burn through the clear on two quarter size spots. Obviously I would hope no one would ever go to town with 800 grit on their paint but I was doing it as a test.)