Product to remove overspray?

[crawfish]

I have some overspray (little gray specks) on the hood of my MKZ. I would like to find a product to use to buff them out. I went to Auto Zone and asked the manager for something to remove overspray and he showed me a clay bar.

 

I have a PC buffer but do not know what type of compound to use or where to get it.

 

Ideas?

[GerryC]

Have you tried clay barring it? My mother drove over a freshly painted road line and had white specs all over her front left wheel and fender, and I didn't know about it until a few weeks afterwards. Clay took it off

 

take a picture if you can

Edited September 1, 2009 by GerryC

[Chewy]

Clay has always worked VERY well for me... I use a bit less DS to get a good grab on it though.

[Bill-V8V]

:iagree:

 

 

 

Clay should take care of that for you

[crawfish]

Have you tried clay barring it? My mother drove over a freshly painted road line and had white specs all over her front left wheel and fender, and I didn't know about it until a few weeks afterwards. Clay took it off

 

take a picture if you can

 

I gave it a shot with clay, but it did not seem to be doing aything. i will try it again and post some pictures.

[mc2hill]

he showed me a clay bar.

Ideas?

The clay bars were first used to remove overspray. You may need a more aggressive bar.

[GerryC]

I've heard of people using a 50/50 APC/Water mix as a lube instead of Detail Spray to get some tough stuff off. If you do that, make sure to rinse the area with plain water immediately after

[Superdutytd]

Some companys also offer aggressive clay, but a normal clay bar should work. Are you really working the area hard?

[11chevz71]

If you do not want to buy a more aggressive clay then i woul try using Apc as he lubricate for the clay. then if that does not work try some wd-40 or goo gone on the spot then polish once you are done.

[crawfish]

I worked the hood twice yesterday with clay. It seems to be helping some, but there are still a lot of specks. I am going to try again today. I may try using the APC diluted if I am not making progress.

 

I have never detailed this car, as it is our DD, so I want to get it right before proceeding.

 

Thanks for all of the help.

[Loud Pedal]

I just removed overspray on my neighbor's car 2 weeks ago with the clay bar. It works great.

[jjwvette]

Don,

Do you know where the specks came from?

Is it paint or cement?

[Superdutytd]

If its cement you might have to move up to an aggressive clay bar.

[crawfish]

Guys,

 

I finished detailing the Lincoln and I got about *99% of the specks off. It was hard work, but it paid off big time. I will post before and after picture when my daughter brings my camera card back. Thanks for all of the advice.

 

* every now and then I find a few tiny spots, which I am still working to remove.

[crawfish]

Don,

Do you know where the specks came from?

Is it paint or cement?

 

 

It came from a paint and body shop, and I believe it was gray primer. It was very difficult to remove.

 

What happened was that a nieborhood kid hit a brick mailbox next to my house and sprayed my Lincoln with debris. We took it to be repaired right before I went overseas, and the repair job was excellent. (that was all I looked at ) A couple months later, I was washing the car and noticed the gray specks of overspray. I thought there might be an easier way to remove them, because the clay did not seem to be doing anything. I ended up spenting about 8 hours on with the clay bar, but the results were very good. Thanks:thumbsup: