ROAD PAINT: Need Some Help Fellas

[2007TBSS]

Sold the SS and bought a more family oriented vehicle that doesn`t get 13mpg on premium.:think2



Anyways, had it a week and come home to find this. I have no idea where it happened and I`m equally stumped as to how to remove it. I`m thinking the paint will be easiest, maybe a little goof off, wipe down and new coat of wax, but the plastic rocker and the wheel wells I have no idea.



Any ideas?



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Thanks!

[David Fermani]

I`m in Insurance Adjuster and this is 100% without a doubt an insurance claim. Road paint is pretty heavy stuff and designed to stick to what it get applied to. You`ll need to replace the fender liners, any textured trim (bumpers) and probably the tires. You can remove the paint in most cases with a product like this: Road Paint Remover | Car Brite (http://www.carbrite.com/products/Exterior-Care/Cleaners/Specialty-Exterior-Cleaners/Road-Paint-Remover/Road-Paint-Remover/)

[Scottwax]

If you get to it quickly enough (and depending on what kind of paint it is), I`ve had good results with Optimum Power Clean diluted 3:1, a nylon bristle brush and a pressure washer. With how heavily coated that is, odds are it isn`t road paint but a contractor or painter like usual didn`t secure their load and house paint fell off their vehicle into the road. If that`s the case, its a lot easier to remove than actual road paint. Might want to head down to the coin-op and try to blast it out. And if you regularly dress the fenderwells, it comes out easier.



Made this video about how to do it:




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQhlUBfn2EY



If it is in fact road paint, take Dave`s advice and contact your insurance company.

[Jean-Claude]

If you`re otherwise looking at writing off/replacing the fender panels, try out 3m Adhesive remover or another solvent along with a pressure washer. I`ve removed yellow divider line paint with it.



You will probably have a faded inner fender when you`re done but you will have it clean and ready for another solution to make it dark again.

[az57chevy]

WD-40 is worth a shot

[Jesstzn]

WD-40 is worth a shot



That`s what a road line painter told us too.

[2007TBSS]

Will the Dub-D stain the plastic rockers at all? I`m leaning towards giving the WD and the Optimum a shot, then talking to the insurance company.



Thanks for the replies. I`ll definitely update my findings when I get that far.

[Junebug]

The wife got into paint off a contractors` truck - had to be latex house paint, anyway, Goo Gone and a plastic razor blade worked for me. Let the GG dwell some and wear eye protection, sometimes those flakes pop back in your face.

[David Fermani]

Will the Dub-D stain the plastic rockers at all? I`m leaning towards giving the WD and the Optimum a shot, then talking to the insurance company.



Thanks for the replies. I`ll definitely update my findings when I get that far.



No, you should be fine. Just make sure to apply WD-40 to clean, dry & cool paint.

[2007TBSS]

The plastic will be ok too even if I let it soak for a half hour or so?

[Scottwax]

Will the Dub-D stain the plastic rockers at all? I`m leaning towards giving the WD and the Optimum a shot, then talking to the insurance company.



Thanks for the replies. I`ll definitely update my findings when I get that far.



What are you waiting for? You need to get on this immediately, go to a coin op car wash and blast the fender liners out with the pressure washer. The longer you wait the harder it will be to remove.



When I drove over some paint in the road, I was at the coin op car wash 2 hours later, pressure washing got it all off the car. Not even sure if it mattered that I pre-sprayed with OPC.

[RarasHouseOfWax]

Xylene