Calendyr
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- Jun 9, 2013
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Ok Mike I have a question for you.
Today I had a client who wanted to me to remove paint on his car. He lives near a construction site where they are building a new hospital. Last week he called me to come remove paint that had fallen on his car. I was booked till today so he had to wait 5 days.
So when I get there, his Black Toyota Corolla is covered with specs of what appears to be white paint. The panels feel rough to the touch and you can clearly feel something sitting on the clearcoat with your finger.
So I quoted him 2-3 hours of work to do the whole car (it needed cleaning too) and went to work.
After doing a rinseless wash (car is on a street with no access to water or electricity). I removed a ton of tree sap from his paint. There must have been about 40 drops of it all over the horizontal panels.
Then I went after the paint specs...
1. Tried using clay... it removed a ton of contamination from the paint, the side of the clay was gummed up after doing a 2X2 section... but none of the paint specs came off.
2. Tried a nanoskin fine grade sponge. It did a little. When I first started I could hear and feel the contamination but after a little while the sponge was gliding effortlessly and soundlessly across the paint will pretty much all of the paint specs still there. It might have removed some but there was no visual difference.
3. Tried using WD-40. Nothing.
4. Tried using Goo-Gone. Nothing
5. Tried using IPA 50%. Nothing
6. Tried Wax and Grease remover. No change.
7. Tried using 3M adhesive remover. No change.
8. Tried using Brake cleaner. Nothing
9. Tried using professional paint cleaner. Nothing
So I broke out the big guns:
10. Tried using Paint Thinner. Nothing
11. Tried using Acetone. Nothing.
At that point I gave up. A compound might have worked but it was not in the client's budget. But somehow I doubt a compound would able to remove something clay could not remove.
So my question is, what would you have done and do you have any idea what this stuff could be to be able to resist every single solvent I had and also resist physical decontamination? I have never had a problem like this before and I am baffled nothing worked.
I did not charge the client anything since I could not fix the problem. At least he got his car cleaned for free
Today I had a client who wanted to me to remove paint on his car. He lives near a construction site where they are building a new hospital. Last week he called me to come remove paint that had fallen on his car. I was booked till today so he had to wait 5 days.
So when I get there, his Black Toyota Corolla is covered with specs of what appears to be white paint. The panels feel rough to the touch and you can clearly feel something sitting on the clearcoat with your finger.
So I quoted him 2-3 hours of work to do the whole car (it needed cleaning too) and went to work.
After doing a rinseless wash (car is on a street with no access to water or electricity). I removed a ton of tree sap from his paint. There must have been about 40 drops of it all over the horizontal panels.
Then I went after the paint specs...
1. Tried using clay... it removed a ton of contamination from the paint, the side of the clay was gummed up after doing a 2X2 section... but none of the paint specs came off.
2. Tried a nanoskin fine grade sponge. It did a little. When I first started I could hear and feel the contamination but after a little while the sponge was gliding effortlessly and soundlessly across the paint will pretty much all of the paint specs still there. It might have removed some but there was no visual difference.
3. Tried using WD-40. Nothing.
4. Tried using Goo-Gone. Nothing
5. Tried using IPA 50%. Nothing
6. Tried Wax and Grease remover. No change.
7. Tried using 3M adhesive remover. No change.
8. Tried using Brake cleaner. Nothing
9. Tried using professional paint cleaner. Nothing
So I broke out the big guns:
10. Tried using Paint Thinner. Nothing
11. Tried using Acetone. Nothing.
At that point I gave up. A compound might have worked but it was not in the client's budget. But somehow I doubt a compound would able to remove something clay could not remove.
So my question is, what would you have done and do you have any idea what this stuff could be to be able to resist every single solvent I had and also resist physical decontamination? I have never had a problem like this before and I am baffled nothing worked.
I did not charge the client anything since I could not fix the problem. At least he got his car cleaned for free
