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paint removal
Posted by Ernest Smith
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Re: paint removal October 11, 2003 12:27PM |
<HTML>GARY, You were not wrong by suggesting clay to remove paint from an auto. I use it often to remove fine over spray (common on trucks and autos where commercial painting is occuring on large construction jobs). I have used clay to do such vehicles that were totally covered with these fine dots of paint. It worked great and paid well 
))). I would never use paint thinner in such instances(all over an entire vehicle)....but from Ernest description I imagined large globs and spatters of very thick paint on his side panels, wheel wells, etc and figured that it would take more than one clay bar to remove the paint (expensive) and very time consuming. I was suggesting what I have learned to be the quickest and least expensive way of resolving this type of problem and the others I mentioned in my original post. FYI, I used the same recently to remove five gallons of tar that had been spilled in the rear of a brand new pick up truck...What a mess
(((. Clay would never have resolved that problem. ERNEST, I was happy to hear that you resolved your problem and have two questions for you. 1) Did you try the thinner idea yourself or did you just decide that the body shop was the quickest and easiest way to get the job done? 2) Could you tell me what the body shop charged to do this job, how long it took and rather they resealed &/or waxed after completeing the job? Also be advised that Gary was not wrong, the body shop was wrong if they told you that clay was used only to smooth the service...........Most professional detailers use clay often to remove hardened materials of all types and it works fantastic and leaves the smoothest surface you would ever imagine. Simply....No one was wrong !!!!!! Just proves the point that as professional detailers we need to continue to educate ourselves on the best method of resolving each problem we come across. Sites such as this are great educational tools. Thank you for your post and good luck to each of you. Have a great weekend, Ron</HTML>
))). I would never use paint thinner in such instances(all over an entire vehicle)....but from Ernest description I imagined large globs and spatters of very thick paint on his side panels, wheel wells, etc and figured that it would take more than one clay bar to remove the paint (expensive) and very time consuming. I was suggesting what I have learned to be the quickest and least expensive way of resolving this type of problem and the others I mentioned in my original post. FYI, I used the same recently to remove five gallons of tar that had been spilled in the rear of a brand new pick up truck...What a mess(((. Clay would never have resolved that problem. ERNEST, I was happy to hear that you resolved your problem and have two questions for you. 1) Did you try the thinner idea yourself or did you just decide that the body shop was the quickest and easiest way to get the job done? 2) Could you tell me what the body shop charged to do this job, how long it took and rather they resealed &/or waxed after completeing the job? Also be advised that Gary was not wrong, the body shop was wrong if they told you that clay was used only to smooth the service...........Most professional detailers use clay often to remove hardened materials of all types and it works fantastic and leaves the smoothest surface you would ever imagine. Simply....No one was wrong !!!!!! Just proves the point that as professional detailers we need to continue to educate ourselves on the best method of resolving each problem we come across. Sites such as this are great educational tools. Thank you for your post and good luck to each of you. Have a great weekend, Ron</HTML>
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