Overspray removal

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Post Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:52 am

When the car was sprayed it must of got laquer oversprayed onto rear window somehow.
You can tell by it doesnt shine and you can sorta feel it how would i go about removing this not gonna sand my window so would something like white spirit do this?
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Post Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:51 pm

use a razor blade to get the worst off if its on the outside being careful not to scratch it then polish up with g3 or something similiar or you can buy oversray 3m putty looks like blue rubber rubbed over the overspray takes it off
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Post Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:48 pm

Yeah - just use a blade then a mild/aggressive clay after. Then just use some glass polish or light cut polish by hand to refine the marring.
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Post Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:11 pm

I'd just use thinners. Keep rubbing it in then should come off easily.
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Post Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:37 pm

Blade would take fooking ages its like the whole window by thinners what is that?
I thought white spirit was a thinner
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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:22 pm

White spirits for household paint I.E emulsion.

Thinners is for car paint. About £3 for a small tin from local auto factors. If your car has fresh paint be careful around it.
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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:50 pm

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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:43 pm

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165495

That's what I'd use.

Although Halfords is a bit expensive.

Nitromoors is lethal stuff, stings on your hands like mad. If you did use it wear latex.
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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:06 pm

Ive got man hands the kinda that did demolitioned for all there life with there dad without gloves nothign penetrates my hardskin.


But ill still put a condom on my hand
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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:33 pm

I would go for the paint scraper method myself... you can get one for windoes from B&Q for next to nothing then there is no chance of you getting thinners on your paint :mad:
Driving my digger!!!!
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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:36 pm

Paint was free!
can you scratch with scraper?Its a heated window btw
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Post Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:40 pm

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?a ... earch=true

This what i want?
Looks like a spud peeler
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Post Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:13 am

That will do the trick..
Failing that, trick of the trade..
Buy some hob brite for halogen hob cookers.
We use it to bring up scratched or hazy Glass on older cars.
Its a cheaper equivalent to diamond setters paste.
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