Road stripping paint on truck

[TRLRTRSH]

On our last trip to Montana a week ago, the road crews were stripping a yellow line. Two lane road so we had to pass. Now we have dried yellow road paint on the rock panels. :{ Any ideas on how to get it off without damaging the truck finish??



Bill

 

[Bob Wagner]

same thing happened to me 5 years ago in wyoming but it was white. 5000. 00 paint job and the truck looked better than new



you will never get that stuff off :{

 

[JMoberly]

Chances are the paint didnt bond well to your truck. Get a good carwash soap and gently wash it, frequently cleaning the washcloth of the paint chips. Do this about once a week until they all come off. Worked for me before, its a pain.

 

[JThiessen]

You can also try denatured alcohol. I use that to get the tough bug spots and tar off.

 

[JasonBrown]

Go to www.eastwood.com and order a magic eraser. This thing is unbelieveable! I took all the glue off when I de-badged my truck in minutes. I would think it would work the same way on the paint you are referring to. It won't harm the finish at all. I am completely impressed. Learned about it here on the TDR.

 

[SDunkle600]

You may want to try a clay bar. I use it when detailing my vehicles and it removes baked on bugs, etc. with no harm at all to the paint. If that doesn't work, I have used "OOPS" when I removed the dealer decals on my vehicles also. I pour some on a rag, then hold it on the glue area (where the decal was) for several seconds then slowly, lightly wipe away. Sometimes you have to do this repeatidly. I them put a good coat of wax on it. It won't hurt the finish either.

 

[Bob V]

Same thing happened to me the first week I had the truck. The paint did not stick well and I used my finger nail and a plastic scraper to get it off. Might also be a reason to add some stainless rocker panels

 

[KD7GYJ]

The solvent they thin the road paint with is usually Toluene or Xylene. You can find some at Walmart, unless you live in California, then you may have to resort to using some odorless mineral spirits. It will remove it, but very sloooowwwllllyyy.



Good luck, that's tough stuff. There is a lot of pigment in striping paint, so keep at it when you start. It will come off, hopefully leaving the paint behind you want to keep.



Blair

 

[MLimpert]

Soften it by spraying on mineral spirits or your choice of paint safe solvent, then pressure wash it off. It will take a while, but you will eventually get it off without scratching. Hot water works better if you can get to a local carwash.



If you do try clay, be sure to keep it well lubricated as well as turning and kneading it frequently, or you may scratch.

 

[Bob Wagner]

the paint that sprayed my truck was the type with sand in it and hard as a rock.



insurance paid the full amount

 

[DMcPherson]

napa carries plastic razor blades. soak the paint with one of the solvents mentioned above, then use the plastic razor, it wont hurt the paint I use it to take vinal off of cars, lettering ans stuff. should take it right off.

 

[blacksheep4x4]

My truck got paint on it probably the same day yours did. I live in Montana. I talked to my buddy who works on a road striping crew, and he said it should come off with high pressure sprayer. The paint they use here is not the epoxy type paint used in some states. The paint they use here is a water base and should come off fairly easy. Try some wax and grease remover.

 

[DGStrate]

You can also either wheel it out yourself, or take it to a body shop and they can wheel it out for you. Chances are that the paint bonded to the clear coat. Every time a truck is wheeled out, a few microns of the clear coat are removed due to the polish used along with the wheel. Just make sure to take it somewhere you trust so they don't stay in one spot too long and burn your paint!



Good Luck!

 

[TRLRTRSH]

Road stripping

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll try them, although after I realized it was on there several days of 95/100 degree days had passed. Hope it was'nt baked on :{

 

[TWalley]

My suggestion is to try a body shop. My wife used to be head painter at one. The owner told me that paint they use to stripe the roads is almost impossible to get off. I wish i had better news for you. Good luck!!

 

[KD7GYJ]

If it has sand in it, it may have cement. That was used sometimes to increase the durability of the striping material. It could also be ground up glass to increase reflectance. Some now use a roll on sticker to mark the road.



Good luck trying to remove the paint from your truck. If it is a solvent based paint, time has little effect on it.

 

[Stranger]

TWalley, Your wife used to paint heads? Did she paint many bald ones? Or were they just blockheads?



(Last time I said something like this, it took 3 days for the owner to get it. )

 

[blacksheep4x4]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll try them, although after I realized it was on there several days of 95/100 degree days had passed. Hope it was'nt baked on :{

I was also told that the longer you let it stay on the truck the harder it is to get off. I srayed my truck off the same day it got paint on it.

 

[Nate]

When I bought my truck, it has red paint all down the driver's side. I'm not sure from what, but it was something that someone drove in and the tires sprayed it down the either length of the truck.



I tried bug/tar remover at first, decided it was taking too long. Got some paint thinner and that worked pretty good.

 

[JClaflin]

goofoff works great try small spot first