Road Stripe Paint on Car

[Mike69cuda]

Was driving my Challenger on a road they were repaving today (no choice) and got white stripe paint all over the car. How can I get it off safely?

Thanks!

 

[Bodyperson]

Nothing that I know of. Very unfortunate. That stuff is like concrete.

 

[Syleng1]

Take it to the dealer. Those detailers can work magic.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Get a bucket of hot water and mix it STRONG with Dawn. Now get some gas and wet a rag with gas and wipe the paint off. Then IMMEDIATELY wash the gas off with the Dawn solution. You MAY have to re-wax that area. Try a small spot first to make sure the paint will come off. No sense wetting the entire area with gas if it doesn't. It's worked very well for me in the past when I didn't think anything would.

 

[Dana67Dart]

 

[340wedge]

Clay bar?

 

[mopowers]

Looks like there are lots of options. I'd probably try WD40 or goof off.

 

[Kendog 170]

Similar to RRR. I have used 1 wet rag with lacquer thinner and 1 dry cloth. Scrub a section wet then immediately dry. Factory paint is pretty durable. When I was a body man, I once got a car that someone ran a spray bomb down the side. I did the whole side of the car like this. I then waxed the whole side afterwards. No painting involved. I know it sounds crazy, but it works for me. Scary yes. Try it on a shitbox sometime if you have doubts.

 

[BrianT]

Following. We recently had a car with this type of paint at the dealership and we used every chemical listed above and nothing would touch it.

 

[CFD244]

May sound weird, but give it a try........I've used olive oil on my hands to lift tar and windshield Butyl from my hands. Put some on and work it in. It seems to lift it off. Nothing to lose.

 

[Dartswinger70]

what about acetone or naptha? then compound mcguires ultimate then wax?

 

[Mtrhead]

Denatured alcohol then rub it with a soapy rag immediately afterwards

 

[Dartswinger70]

wife ran our mustang through yellow paint but i forget what I used I know I ended up with ultimate compound and wax I may have tried goof off...was years ago.

 

[missing linc]

I second the Goof Off, or I would also try Tarminator, similar compound to Goof Off, but you will most likely have to reapply wax to the area no matter what you use.

 

[1MeanA]

You can try those products and see but I would stay away from lacquer thinner. I had a car at a place that did dry ice blasting and they were removing road paint from a car. I don't know how it went. A paint denibbing knife might work in some spots. As mentioned the pro detailers have probably dealt with this before.

 

[Kendog 170]

No Lacquer thinner on lacquer paint that's for sure.

 

[jeff alder]

No Lacquer thinner on lacquer paint that's for sure.

or any paint...LOL put a little bit on a rag and set it on any paint for a bit and there will be slimy bare metal underneath

 

[Kendog 170]

I agree. but that's not what I instructed. An oiley rag can do that too.

 

[jeff alder]

I agree. but that's not what I instructed. An oiley rag can do that too.

I am agreeing with you

 

[Dana67Dart]

You could try paint thinner. I removed all the rubbery goo from 50 year old foam tape on the a piller on my 67 convert. It was on the OEM paint.

The later paint jobs are not so tollerant.

The interior paint come off the alcohol ask me how I know

And if it's OEM paint lacquer thinner might remove it too as it was most likely lacquer paint.

 

[Mike69cuda]

Thanks for all the great suggestions! I used Turtle Wax Bug & Tar remover and it all came off pretty easy. Still a lot of work because there was a lot of it.

My chemist friend told me that the main ingredient in bug & tar remover is kerosene. He says kerosene is safer for the paint than a lot of other solvents. Interesting, I never knew what was in it.

He also said that the stripe paint had likely gone to water based paints, so it was not as “good” as before. For once crappy environmentally friendly replacement products worked in my favor.

Thanks for all the suggestions!