How to remove side swiped paint

K. Jarman

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Nov 9, 1993, 10:34:39 PM11/9/93

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Hi,

My car was a victim of a side swipe hit and run in the company parking lot.
The rear fender was not bent or dented, but it has white paint and black
skid marks on top of my gray paint. How can I remove the smired paint and not
my own? I have a '85 Buick T-type Reagle. I belive it once had a clear coat
when new but I had the gray on the side painted a few years back.

Please email any response.

Thanks,

Kelly
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Kelly Jarman kja...@sedona.intel.com (602) 554-2963
Intel, Corp.
5000 W. Chandler Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85226

Tony Vasquez

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Nov 10, 1993, 1:43:03 PM11/10/93

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I don't know how good this is but I have used Softscrub to rub
paint off my car. My car is metalic turquoise and it worked
great for me. I also was hit in a parking lot.

Hope it works for you.

-Tony

Cornelius Joseph O'Neill IV

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Nov 10, 1993, 2:45:10 PM11/10/93

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This only works, without harming your paint job, if you have a pretty good wax job, otherwise it rubs off the clearcoat. If you do this rub around the marked area as well. Rub very lightly on the outside and harder (but still not very hard at all) where it is marked. This blends the rubbed area in with the unrubbed area. Finally, wax your car again.

CJ

Bob Rusk

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Nov 11, 1993, 3:22:52 PM11/11/93

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In article <2bpngf$g...@chnews.intel.com> kja...@sedona.intel.com (K. Jarman) writes:

>My car was a victim of a side swipe hit and run in the company parking lot.
>The rear fender was not bent or dented, but it has white paint and black
>skid marks on top of my gray paint. How can I remove the smired paint and not
>my own? I have a '85 Buick T-type Reagle. I belive it once had a clear coat
>when new but I had the gray on the side painted a few years back.

A friend had good luck using a mild rubbing/polishing compound to remove
the paint left by a hit-and-run side-swipe on a Cavalier that he had rented.
Removed all traces of the foreign paint and cleaned up all the scratches
that weren't already through the paint.

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Bob Rusk
rr...@ssd.csd.harris.com
My thoughts, probably not Harris'.

James Bruder

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Nov 11, 1993, 8:37:29 PM11/11/93

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Try waxing it off and if that doesn't work, try a light rubbing compound.

CHARLIE BOSCO TOTAL TEC SYSTEMS INC. FLORIDA

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Nov 12, 1993, 10:21:12 AM11/12/93

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I have been the victim of the same problem. I had it happen to my 92
Caravan. I was very successful using mineral spirits and then rewaxing the
finish. Also if it is not too bad usally a good wax will take it off. Like
Nu-Finish or Liquid Glass. I'm sure you'll have no problem getting it off.

Good Luck!
Charlie

BRADLEY LEE EVANS

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Nov 12, 1993, 10:21:28 PM11/12/93

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Don't use Softsrub.

Go to your local *.mart and by some polishing compound for cars. Use it like
wax on the paint you want to get off.

If this does not work, go one step futher and use rubbing compound. This is
significantly more abrasive and should be used carefully.

Whatever you decide to do, wax the area when you finish or your paint will "dry"
out.

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