Magellan498
New member
Well this past weekend Cody and I received a call for help with a black H2 that needed it's yearly detail and which also had a little challenge thrown in with it too. This H2 had gone through freshly painted road stripes in downtown Houston (gee, thanks Houston!). I'll start off with the pics.
As you can see, that is alot of paint. The first day we saw it (was a two day detail) we approached the problem with a simple clay bar. It worked on about 50% of the paint but the other 50% was quite stubborn and took quite a long time to remove. So we decided to regroup and tackle it the next day with a different solution. Anthony Orosco was nice enough to remind me that some sort of solvent might do the trick, so the next day I hit it with some 3M General Adhesive Remover in the aerosol spray can. After 3 applications and 15 minutes dwell time, I tried the clay once again. (Note: This is very dangerous because the solvent WILL make the paint very soft, so one must be very careful. Also, wash off solvent before claying, as the solvent will eat the clay) Since there was so much paint, I had to clean the clay bar every 2 square inches or so because it started to look like this and would end up scratching the clear:
High pressure stream of water cleaned it right up to good as new. Here is a pic of the progress.
All in all, the removal of said road paint took about 4 1/2 hours and the finished product was very nice. Unfortunately there was etching left that can only be corrected by wet sanding. I used the PC with a LC cutting pad and DACP to polish up the rest of the vehicle and here are some final shots.
As you can see, that is alot of paint. The first day we saw it (was a two day detail) we approached the problem with a simple clay bar. It worked on about 50% of the paint but the other 50% was quite stubborn and took quite a long time to remove. So we decided to regroup and tackle it the next day with a different solution. Anthony Orosco was nice enough to remind me that some sort of solvent might do the trick, so the next day I hit it with some 3M General Adhesive Remover in the aerosol spray can. After 3 applications and 15 minutes dwell time, I tried the clay once again. (Note: This is very dangerous because the solvent WILL make the paint very soft, so one must be very careful. Also, wash off solvent before claying, as the solvent will eat the clay) Since there was so much paint, I had to clean the clay bar every 2 square inches or so because it started to look like this and would end up scratching the clear:
High pressure stream of water cleaned it right up to good as new. Here is a pic of the progress.
All in all, the removal of said road paint took about 4 1/2 hours and the finished product was very nice. Unfortunately there was etching left that can only be corrected by wet sanding. I used the PC with a LC cutting pad and DACP to polish up the rest of the vehicle and here are some final shots.
