Help me get this paint off my truck
#12
07-15-2009 | 02:59 PM
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But if you go buy a gallon of Laquer thinner, its a lot cheaper than an equivalent amount of nail polish remover. The reasoning behind my warning about the paint getting soft is that automotive paint is laquer based, but unless the paint is less than 2 months old, it will be cured enough and SHOULDN'T give you problem, just be causios.
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#13
07-15-2009 | 04:50 PM
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Lol, nail polish remove IS laquer thinner But if you go buy a gallon of Laquer thinner, its a lot cheaper than an equivalent amount of nail polish remover. The reasoning behind my warning about the paint getting soft is that automotive paint is laquer based, but unless the paint is less than 2 months old, it will be cured enough and SHOULDN'T give you problem, just be causios.
But if you go buy a gallon of Laquer thinner, its a lot cheaper than an equivalent amount of nail polish remover. The reasoning behind my warning about the paint getting soft is that automotive paint is laquer based, but unless the paint is less than 2 months old, it will be cured enough and SHOULDN'T give you problem, just be causios.
#14
07-15-2009 | 05:09 PM
i would be handing the city an estimate for a new paint job. that looks like a lot tougher than the situation i know about, but its worth a shot. I used to do maintenance at a hotel that was renovating and adding on. When the workers started painting the outside of the new building they got paint all over one of my co-worker's truck. He was pissed off about it. Then one of the construction workers came out and cleaned it off with denatured alcohol and it came right off. He said just make sure to wash and wax it afterwards and it would be fine. Again, this was overspray, not big blotches of paint... but you never know it might work.
#15
07-15-2009 | 09:42 PM
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yeah i own/run a house painting company and frankly there are a couple of options... first is get mineral spirits or laquer thinner and next take a plastic razorblade and try to do the best you can by scraping off the big stuff... hopefully that will work and then i would say clay-bar it and wax and wash (whole 9 yards)...
if the city will pay for it (and they should) then let them figure it out, but i'm just trying to give you ideas.
if the city will pay for it (and they should) then let them figure it out, but i'm just trying to give you ideas.
#18
07-17-2009 | 10:30 PM
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Wow, you guys are absolutely right. Don't I look like an a$$... sorry Sohcvtech1995. In my experience with Acetone, its not strong enough to get off already dried paint. I honestly think gasoline is your best bet. I've used gas before and it will take the paint off well without harming your paint. But, like I said before, wash and wax the truck very well afterward.