Overspray Removal

How do you remove oversprays on rubber trims around windows?

We tried APC, plastic razor blade, clay, etc. None seems to work. Is there a specail trick?

Thank you.

-tom

What to use will depend on what type of overspray it is.

If the overspray is from highway traffic line painting or from painting a bridge or commercial building, toluene may be useful to remove it.

However, be careful. Toluene, like gasoline, has a high reid vapor pressure (evaporates quickly) and is very flammable. If you breathe in too much of the vapors, things will appear to look very small. Toluene is also tough on rubber. So, use only as much as is needed to do the job.

It the overspray is automotive paint, use the reducer that is recommended to dilute the type of paint.

Tom

Robert Roman has given you some sound advise. Follow it. Keep in mind that you need to know what kind of paint it is: water-based; oil-based or epoxy?

Road paint for the most part is water-based since the government agencies are cheap and do not purchase the highest quality paint.

They do use epoxy at times for crosswalk markings and arrows so that could be a factor to consider.

If the car wash offended when a building or house was being painted, it is likely a water-based paint.

If, as Robert says, it was a bridge that may again be a different story.

Always try to find out if the customer knows who was the offending party and then contact them and see what kind of paint they were using. That is a HUGE start in solving the problem and call the paint company to get information on removal.

You also need to know the particulars of the materials you are trying to remove the paint and what will damage it. In this case plastic trim. Can you use the type of product Robert was mentioning or laquer thinner or whatever.

Regards
Bud Abraham