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Clean Up Paint

Phillbert

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Hi guys, just purchased another car...
The guy i got it off painted the plastic trim and didn't mask it off, got paint everywhere.

What is the best way to sort this out?
I know i have to repaint the trim, that is not my worry
With the door, can i use some type of solvent to take the pressure can paint off and polish the rest out?

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General purpose thinners should melt it and won't affect the original baked enamel.
 

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I was thinking that but thought it would take off the original paint as well causing me to repaint the whole door
 

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No, not as long as your VS has the same baked enamel that my ute has. I use it a lot and only melts the acrylic.
 

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Holdens still acrylic up to vt/x/y maybe later?

If paint match was as good as prep work paint might buff off or wet sanded.

Can understand mixing whites up wrong like heron white over alpine but more like etch primer or tan lol
 

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Holdens still acrylic up to vt/x/y maybe later?
you sure VR and VS has acrylic? I sprayed my my ute in parts with acrylic and the acrylic is a lot softer than the original paint. Even 12 months on i can melt the acrylic i have sprayed and the original paint stays exactly as it is.
I was off the understanding VR and VS Holden exprimented with baked enamel.
 

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Use some petrol on a rag and that should get that paint off and not harm the original finish ...
 

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Use acrylic thinner and it won’t hurt the 2 pack paint underneath. The thinner will still damage 2 pack paint but won’t melt it the same as acrylic. You’ll need to polish it afterwards.

It was around 1994they started using 2 pack paints - the luxury models got it first and the base models later on apparently.
 

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Use acrylic thinner and it won’t hurt the 2 pack paint underneath.

The thinner will still damage 2 pack paint but won’t melt it the same as acrylic.

Huh? Those statements seem contradictory to me...

Anyway, that is why i suggested to use petrol as a solvent ... i do not know of any factory car paint that was harmed at the bowser ...
 
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