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YOUR RESEARCHJust ran over a bucket of paint that splattered all over my car
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Run into the road crew painting yellow lines
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A few years ago, I was coming home at 2 or 3 AM escaping a bar hookup and ran into the road crew painting yellow lines.
Just ran over a bucket of paint that splattered all over my car
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Replace thing and took it right
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I was following a paint truck one time to close one time and it lost it's load of paint, however after looking at what happened to my car decided not to change a thing and took it right to the track.
Just ran over a bucket of paint that splattered all over my car
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I was following a paint truck one time to close one time and it lost it's load of paint, however after looking at what happened to my car decided not to change a thing and took it right to the track.
Just ran over a bucket of paint that splattered all over my car
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I figured heat would do it but of course I'm worried about using a heat gun to the extreme.
Just ran over a bucket of paint that splattered all over my car
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I was following a paint truck one time to close one time and it lost it's load of paint, however after looking at what happened to my car decided not to change a thing and took it right to the track.
Just ran over a bucket of paint that splattered all over my car
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Nice night tonight and I just got back from being in California for work, so of course we take the P-car out to pick up some food.
On the drive there I noticed a shiny liquid on the road but the sun was in my eyes and I couldn't tell what it really was. As I'm coming out of the restaurant I see white streaks all along the side of my car and my tires on the passenger side are bright white as well.
In a panic I rush home and pull out the hose nozzle and try to get as much of it off as I can. It took me about 90 minutes but at least it's all off of the paint on the car now. Unfortunately there is still some on the wheel wells, tire treads, and my muffler. I'm hoping it'll either burn off, fall off, or turn black so I can no longer see it.
I'm glad it was caught before it dried up but what a pain it was to deal with latex paint getting all over me!
That sucks. Glad to hear you got it off the car. Btw - love the blue. I'm not a big fan of green, but somehow I'm on my 4th green car. Karma (Carma?) I guess.
I was following a paint truck one time to close one time and it lost it's load of paint, however after looking at what happened to my car decided not to change a thing and took it right to the track.
Thanks for the compliments. Just imagine that blue with streaks of unexpected white when approaching the car! The green is pretty rare from what I've seen so enjoy the rarity of the car!
I'll try the powerwashing today for the wheel wells and exhaust. My tires look like $hit with the white paint within the treads. To top it off I'm flushing out the brake fluid today to prepare for my DE so I'll get to stare at it during the whole process
I am glad it was just plain old latex paint and that it was still within 15 minutes of the incident when I was able to get started on cleaning it up. If it would have happened on a road trip or the way to work the end result would have been different I bet.
I'll give that a try on the wheel wells and the exhaust before powerwashing it. But for the tire treads I'll probably just leave it since I figure in a few days with driving it'll either fall off or be covered by the road grime.
A few years ago, I was coming home at 2 or 3 AM escaping a bar hookup and ran into the road crew painting yellow lines. I was tired and did not realize it until next morning. It is still in my black BMW's wheel well. I now call my car bumble bee..
Be very careful with WD-40. It will remove the fresh paint for sure, but any residue left on your car's paint can potentially eat the clear coat and paint... (ask me how I know
.... fortunately not on the Pcar)
You could do some internet searching for latex removing. A heat gun might softer the paint more than the plastic. I'd make sure the plastic never gets too hot of course.
I only used it on the muffler and the wheel wells. I couldn't get it all off though and if you look in my wheel wells it looks really stupid. I'm hoping all of the rubber and dirt kicked up at my DE event in a couple of weeks will fix that.
I figured heat would do it but of course I'm worried about using a heat gun to the extreme. I figure latex isn't too good with heat anyway so in time the temperature around the wheel wells and of course the tires should break down the paint. If not then it'll be time for me to take the tires back off and just get to scrubbing - which is what I was trying to avoid!
Hey I remember those when I lived in Germany in the early 1990s. Every "cool" VW GTi had a sticker of splattered paint on it!
I did some journalism in high school and college...The title is everything when you want someone to read something!
As a general update for everyone, since I've been driving it back and forth to work it seems some of the paint remaining on the tires and wheel well has fallen off. I can still see it but it's not quite as noticeable.
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