Removing road paint

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I am in need badly of opinions on methods to remove road paint from a vehicle. It is a F350 with yellow paint in the wheel wells, on the paint, on the chrome with plastic strips running boards and on pieces of metal.

So far I have been using my dupray steam cleaner which has proven to be up to any job so far. But it's very tedious and is removing some of the coating in the wheel wells. I will end up fixing that but basically I just HAVE to know.... Is there ANYTHING anyone on here has used to address this situation. Also if so, what might you think an appropriate price would be for the task at hand. Thanks ahead of time

Josh
 
Hope this helps:

Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Bob shared a product just for this in this thread...

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...67127-white-road-paint-removal-need-help.html

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And anytime I want to find threads on removing road paint I do a forum search using the word,

Xenit

And you pull all kinds of topical threads up...


http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...street-paint-my-car-no-idea-how-take-off.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/67293-heavy-tar-road-paint-wheel-wells.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/63184-road-paint.html

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/36914-road-paint-suggestions.html



I'd never promise this would work for you but it worked for me on DOT paint.
DOT or Department of Transportation highway paint is incredibly durable, think about it... they design it so you and I can drive on it 24 hours a day, 356 days a year and in all weather conditions. This paint is made to take a pounding.

The only chemical product I've had success with to remove this type of paint without melting your car's paint or scouring it from having to rub on it with a Scotchbrite pad is Stoner's XENIT.


I have removed DOT paint off of car paint using this product. To do this, I whetted a folded microfiber towel and sprayed one side of the towel till it was very damp with the product. Then held this against the overspray paint on a body panel. This traps the XENIT citrus oils against the paint so they can go to work.

If you simply spray it on, gravity will cause the majority of it to flow downward.

You can do both, spray it on and hold a dampened microfiber towel with this product against the paint and then after a few minutes, rub the area using the same dampened towel.

I'm not going to guarantee it will work for you but it did work for me.

Of course, polish and wax the affected area afterwards goes without saying...

:)
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Bob
 
Lacquer thinner will take it off of the painted surfaces. It's a tedious job, but it works.
 
Awesome. Thanks so much. I'm placing my $450 order now.
 
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