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    Just One More Coat Beemerboy's Avatar
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    Overspray Paint Removal

    This is a job that I did several years ago. I was going threw some pics and ran across these. The SUV was my next door neighbors, she hit a can of white stripping paint you can see the results.

    I remove almost all of the paint using acetone, some lacquer thinner and APC. Then followed up with rotary using some light cut compound with a polish pad and finished with a orbital and polishing pad using PB P-w-C

    It took me 7 hours to do the whole SUV on just the outside. I will tell you one thing, jobs like this are not for the faint at heart and a real test of a detailers ability.
    Old Enough To Know Better, Too Stupid To Care....

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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Quote Originally Posted by Beemerboy View Post
    I will tell you one thing, jobs like this are not for the faint at heart and a real test of a detailers ability.
    You got that right! Especially that paint which is a PITA to remove because that stuff is made to stick on the road. Excellent work
    Get your shine on!

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    All I can say is WOW! That is the worst road paint mess I`ve seen. That stuff is a a real pain.
    Very nice turnaround!
    One day I`ll get to do my own car.
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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Quote Originally Posted by Addicted2Bling View Post
    You got that right! Especially that paint which is a PITA to remove because that stuff is made to stick on the road. Excellent work
    The plastic was the harder part, this paint was only one day old when I started, that helped. Unlike this jet black 4x4 that I did with blue stripping paint that was on for months on end.
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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Great job on the Suburban!

    Quote Originally Posted by Concours.John View Post
    All I can say is WOW! That is the worst road paint mess I`ve seen.
    That stuff dries pretty fast, you`d almost have to be following the spray truck and pass while they`re spraying to get that badly splattered. For people like that I assess an additional stupidity penalty in my rates.

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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Great work on both of those. Many many detailers would have turned both of those jobs down. I totally agree with you that jobs like these will test a detailers true ability. Its not always going to be a pretty day spend with an awesome car...some days just suck lol.

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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Quote Originally Posted by Concours.John View Post
    All I can say is WOW! That is the worst road paint mess I`ve seen. That stuff is a a real pain.
    Very nice turnaround!
    Thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by TLMitchell View Post
    Great job on the Suburban!



    That stuff dries pretty fast, you`d almost have to be following the spray truck and pass while they`re spraying to get that badly splattered. For people like that I assess an additional stupidity penalty in my rates.

    TL

    The acetone worked very well on it, took a lot of time thought. What I did was get a bucket of soapy water with some APC in it and the water hose next to me. Then with a cotton rag used the acetone to remove the OS, then wash the area and rinse. I worked in 12 x 12 inch areas, so I could keep control on the paint without running the chances of doing harm to the clear coat.
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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Quote Originally Posted by mrclean81 View Post
    Great work on both of those. Many many detailers would have turned both of those jobs down. I totally agree with you that jobs like these will test a detailers true ability. Its not always going to be a pretty day spend with an awesome car...some days just suck lol.
    This IS the reason I posted these. For me doing a fairly new car with a few swirls is a cake walk.

    Its jobs like these that (to me) show what you are capable of doing.
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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Just a beautiful, detailed, perfect paint removal and restoration there !!!!
    I know what you mean, this kind of work will definitely separate the men from the boys quickly.
    I dont get these too often, but there is always someone, somewhere, running through fresh road striping paint - even following closely the guy in the little 3wheeler behind the truck, who has given up trying to wave them away.

    And as my amigo TL has said - "For people like that I assess an additional stupidity penalty in my rates."

    Awesome work, thanks for helping the world of DWD`s (Driving While Distracted) get through their daily lives !

    Dan F

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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Quote Originally Posted by Stokdgs View Post
    Just a beautiful, detailed, perfect paint removal and restoration there !!!!
    I know what you mean, this kind of work will definitely separate the men from the boys quickly.
    I dont get these too often, but there is always someone, somewhere, running through fresh road striping paint - even following closely the guy in the little 3wheeler behind the truck, who has given up trying to wave them away.

    And as my amigo TL has said - "For people like that I assess an additional stupidity penalty in my rates."

    Awesome work, thanks for helping the world of DWD`s (Driving While Distracted) get through their daily lives !

    Dan F
    Thanks, in both cases these people hit the can itself and it exploded onto the car.
    Old Enough To Know Better, Too Stupid To Care....

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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    Awesome work, Dave! That`s what I call "the mark of a true pro."



    Just too bad you didn`t shoot video with an HD camcorder and post it on YouTube....
    Charlie
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    Re: Overspray Paint Removal

    some excellent work good job

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