Clay or solvent...which is better for overspray removal? What do you do about the plastic and rubbber trim? In the past, I've usually just clayed overspray off, then buffed the paint to remove any marring. But I've also used solvent to get overspray off. I've removed overspray off a few cars in my day, but nothing on this scale...so I need to be as efficient as possibly if I'm going to make it work as described below.
Here are the particulars: visited a business today that is located next to a body shop that got overspray on ALL the cars in the area. The body shop started removing the overspray on these cars till people started getting pissed off at the hack job they were doing on their cars. Somehow they "settled" and came to a comprimise whereby the body shop would pay (they are now saying $175) to have an outside detailer remove the overspray. There are 39 cars. I can have the job if I want it. The secretary handling the matter told me people weren't willing to pay over this amount - normally I wouldn't even consider this, but it is a slow time of year and I've only lived in this area for a few months, so I could use the work. I told her I would try a couple cars, but if the removal proves too time consuming, I would defer the work to someone else. I went to the location and looked at the secretary's car - it had a heavy dose of overspray everywhere on the car.
I "practiced" on a couple spots on her car. First I used a solvent given to me by my former place of work (I don't know what kind it is). It took quite a bit of solvent and rubbing to do the trick, and it definitely dulled the clear a bit, but it worked. I then tried some Opti-Clay. Also worked and seemed to take about the same amount of time as the solvent, with the downside being that I'd probably discard a bar of clay per car and, or course, it left some marring even though I kneaded the clay frequently. A third option I could try would be to use my rotary with a wool pad and compound - I would still have to use solvent or clay on the windows. Whichever method, I plan on doing a quick polish with the rotary after it's removed.
Clay or solvent? If solvent, which kind? What about plastic and rubber?
If I can manage to average about 4 hours per car, I'll do all 39. Otherwise, forget about it. :nono
Here are the particulars: visited a business today that is located next to a body shop that got overspray on ALL the cars in the area. The body shop started removing the overspray on these cars till people started getting pissed off at the hack job they were doing on their cars. Somehow they "settled" and came to a comprimise whereby the body shop would pay (they are now saying $175) to have an outside detailer remove the overspray. There are 39 cars. I can have the job if I want it. The secretary handling the matter told me people weren't willing to pay over this amount - normally I wouldn't even consider this, but it is a slow time of year and I've only lived in this area for a few months, so I could use the work. I told her I would try a couple cars, but if the removal proves too time consuming, I would defer the work to someone else. I went to the location and looked at the secretary's car - it had a heavy dose of overspray everywhere on the car.
I "practiced" on a couple spots on her car. First I used a solvent given to me by my former place of work (I don't know what kind it is). It took quite a bit of solvent and rubbing to do the trick, and it definitely dulled the clear a bit, but it worked. I then tried some Opti-Clay. Also worked and seemed to take about the same amount of time as the solvent, with the downside being that I'd probably discard a bar of clay per car and, or course, it left some marring even though I kneaded the clay frequently. A third option I could try would be to use my rotary with a wool pad and compound - I would still have to use solvent or clay on the windows. Whichever method, I plan on doing a quick polish with the rotary after it's removed.
Clay or solvent? If solvent, which kind? What about plastic and rubber?
If I can manage to average about 4 hours per car, I'll do all 39. Otherwise, forget about it. :nono
