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bentley429

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My car has a light coat of overspray basicly on the whole body from painting the under carriage. Have a pretty nice portacable buffer I can use and various pads. Haven't had to remove this much overspray before so does anyone have any suggestions on what products I should use to remove it? Thanks.

 

MahFiVeOh

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I've removed over spray with a rubbing compound (Turtle Wax was the brand) then a good waxing after.

Quote"...Haven't had to remove this much overspray before " How much is "this much" exactly?

 

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Wipe it off with wax and grease remover and then buff it back up.

 

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The whole car is covered in it. It is very light though. Overspray is black and over the paint you cant actually tell its black so its not heavy. I have a bottle of 3M rubbing compound, the good stuff. So that sounds like something I could use right?

 

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The Mothers Clay bar would work great for this as well. It would take all the contaminants off of your paint before you grind them in with a buffer.

 

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Use a clay bar and if you do be sure to keep flipping sides, tearing and putting it back together so you don't scratch the shi* out of your paint and if that doesn't try acetone.

 

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Clay, then rub it out with a light cut compound. Always start as light as possible, then move up if needed. Then finish with a nice polish or wax when it's finished.

 

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Well I picked up the meguires clay kit the other day and tried it out. Works very well, takes off the overspray fairly easy. Took me about 4 hours to do both fenders, hood, front bumper, and get a good portion done under the hood. Will need a good coat of wax when its done but it will look good as new.

 

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gotta show me how to use that clay bar ive never done it

 

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Will do its really easy.