How to remove overspray?

[dchawk81]

Background info:

My father repainted an old car with Delfleet Evolution Single Stage Polyurethane Enamel. He told me he has 3 layers down.

Unfortunately he has overspray in some spots.

How do we remove overspray? We tried traditional polishing methods but they seemed to make it worse:

 

[NickZ28]

Clay bar should do trick.

 

[hernandez.art13]

This?

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What did you guys try? Specifically I mean.

 

[dchawk81]

We used a compound I don't recall the name of and a wool pad on a buffer as well as by hand with a microfiber. The buffer and wool pad were on another area and the cloth was on this particular spot.

The compound had a similar texture to my Meguier's Ultimate but I think it was by 3M.

I didn't have any of my kit with me so I didn't hit it with my foam pads or compounds.

We didn't try anything else for fear of making it worse.

 

[Hazcat]

I clay it like Nick has recommended or wipe it off with paint thinner.

 

[dchawk81]

Ah okay. Should I just keep buffing on the part I have dulled? I can get the shine back, yes?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Compounding with an aggressive compound and a wool pad on a rotary buffer in most cases will remove overspray. It depends on how tight the bond between the overspray and the paint is and usually in a scenario like yours it's tight.

Here's two videos that show how to remove overpray...


Video: How to remove overspray paint using detailing clay

How to remove overspray paint using detailing clay
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Detailer's Universal Detailing Clay 200 grams





Video: Removing Overspray Paint with Speedy Prep Towel



While my friend and professional detailer, Kristhian Salazar from Bogotá, Colombia I shared with him how to use the Speedy Prep Surface Towel to remove above surface bonded contaminants like overspray paint.

Speedy Prep Towel used on a 1936 Chevy Hotrod Coupe​

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Detailer’s Speedy Surface Prep Towel Combo - Fine Grade

Detailer’s Speedy Surface Prep Towel Combo – Medium Grade



This article was featured in last months AG Newsletter... this truck was completely COATED WITH OVERSPRAY!

How to remove overspray paint using the Cyclo Polisher


Cyclo has added Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads to their line of high quality products. Pictured below are the Fine Grade and Medium Grade.

To remove the overspray paint off this 1949 Chevy Pickup we used the Medium Grade.

One of the above should interest you...


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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

This car had some bodywork done and then a few panels repainted and re-cleared.

Afterwards, the entire car had overspray paint all over it.


Removing Overspray Paint using Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads


This 1963 Plymouth Fury was recently repainted. As a by-product of the painting process, there was overspray all over the car. It was very easy to feel the overspray paint on the hood and the windshield but chances are very good the entire car has some level of overspray paint, including all the glass, all the paint, all the chrome and stainless steel trim and even the wheels and tires.

Interesting Factoid...
The most common place to get overspray paint on your car is while it's at a body shop for repairs or a complete paint job.

Tip...
Anytime you have your car re-painted, or even just a portion of the car repainted, while at the body shop, inspect the car for overspray and if discovered, point this out to the shop managers.
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Nanosking Autoscrub Pads

This is a cropped out section from the above with no resizing...

Fine and Medium Grade Pads
The blue foam indicates the fine grade while the yellow foam indicates the medium grade Nanoskin Autoscrub Pads.

Nanoskin Glide Instant Detailer and Spray Lubricant Concentrate

Time to get busy....
The Nanoskin Autoscrub pads are incredibly effective at removing above surface bonded contaminants like paint overspray and best of all you work by machine using dual action polishers, any dual action polisher.


Here's Tim using a Meguiar's G110v2 with a Medium Grade, (Yellow), Nanoskin Autoscrub Pad...

Here's Den using a Porter Cable 7424XP with a Medium Grade, (Yellow), Nanoskin Autoscrub Pad...

Here's Greg using a Porter Cable 7424XP with a Nanoskin Autoscrub Medium Grade Pad....

Here's Andy give some pointers literally....

Here's Nick using the Griot's Garage DA Polisher with a Nanoskin Autoscrub Medium Pad...

Here's Craig using the Cyclo Mark 5 Pro with two 4" Nanoskin Autoscrub Medium Grade Pads...

Here's Bryan using the Meguiar's G110v2 with the Nanoskin Autoscrub Fine Grade Pad...

Tim is a machine with a machine! Way to go Tim!

Here's Rob using the Griot's DA Polisher with the Nanoskin Autoscrub Medium Grade Pad...

As you can see, just by this first machine step the gloss is already starting to really amp up!

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Nanoskin Car Care Products



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[dchawk81]

Whoa lots of info. Thanks Mike!

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Whoa lots of info. Thanks Mike!

No problemo...

Figured one of those approaches would get your interest...