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Title: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: ImIMK3 on 09 September 2009, 08:55

I have a purple 3 door GTI MKIII. I bought the car quite dirty from the outside and didnt realise that there was spots of white paint all on the drivers side of the car. I have tried clay bar and it didnt help in removing these spots, does anyone know how i can get rid of them?

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: waxamomo on 09 September 2009, 13:28

What Clay bar did you use?

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Guy on 09 September 2009, 14:35

what kind of paint is it?

oil based? water based? household paint? gloss?

have you tried some type of tar remover?

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: ImIMK3 on 10 September 2009, 09:08

I used Meguiars clay bar with the detailer sparyed on first. the type of paint i'm not sure of, seems as if the previous owner was painting the house or garage and the car was close by, so it could be house paint, gloss maybe.

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: MummRa on 28 September 2009, 12:21

Any news on this?

A friend of mine recently got white paint splatterd all over the side of his car (council road stuff  :angry:) would be interested in knowing how this went

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Organisys on 28 September 2009, 12:32

Guy, would a more aggresive clay bar help? There are a few spots on my car also.

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: nogrille on 28 September 2009, 13:38

as per Guy's post, try a tar and glue remover first.  What polish do you have?  Some targeted polishing in the affected area may help - think small amounts of polish with a medium pressure repeated rather than dollops of product and a heavy hand

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: MummRa on 28 September 2009, 15:03

Thanks for clarifying, though it leads to the question (total newb that I am) of product recommendations as I currently have no tar/glue remover, and the only polish I currently have is the polish/wax combie that comes with the Mag clay kit which doesn't sounds right for this.

I have a feeling the paint is actually from line painting, and it is splattered all the way along one side of the car :E

pikey

This is actually on quite a low value car so close to a right-off, I just thought I would see if I could help out a friend but if it needs a lot of (specific and expensive) product it may be easier just to leave it

/pikey

Title: Re: Paint spots on my car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: ImIMK3 on 08 October 2009, 17:48

i tried meguiars bug and tar remover and it didnt work, do you think a full mop of the car will help?