A previous owner on my car tocuhed up the (black lacquer)paint on my car with a spray bomb and there is some overspray (light to moderate) on parts of the body that shouldn't have it. Is there any way to get this off with chemicals, buffers, wet sanding, anything? The paint underneath is nice and this makes it look bad.

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1970 Chevy El Camino (Custom) Non-SS
Green Mist & Silver w/Green Vinyl Top
350ci/300HP 4bbl & Factory Dual Exhaust
TH-350 - 2.73 Posi Rear
Factory PS, PB, PW, A/C
Originally Burlington, NC Car - Sold at Carpenter's Chevrolet in Durham, NC
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"Oh my stars! There's that black car again! Everybody get in the house, now!"

Dampen a rag with paint thinner and wipe off the overspray. Don't drench the rag or you may wipe off more than you want. This worked great on the parts of my grille that I didn't want painted.

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Mike A.
North Vernon, IN
'70 Malibu
'70 Malibu convertible (http://genxrodsandcustoms.8m.com/mike.html)

I tried it and I need something stronger. Any other ideas?

Shawn, I would try a small spot using either a cleaner wax or rubbing compound by hand first. If the spray bomb ate into the lacquer then you'll have to get a little more aggressive. You can use a buffer with some compound. But if its really bad then you will have to wet sand it, followed by a complete buffing and polishing. When it gets to this level and you have a high dollar lacquer job, unless you know what your doing you might want to seek a pro. Personally, I wouldn't touch lacquer with any kind of thinner, no offence RagTop70, Rob

I wasthinking about taking her to an auto detailer just to do this and get the paint shiny. Think they could do it?

Try Goof Off...... Yellow can at the hardware store. Test it on a small area first. After using wax heavily.

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Redrum (or Mike)
68 Corvette - 383 CI 427 HP
69 SS Chevelle being updated to Pro-Touring
97 Z-28

I have used meguier's #2 and rubbed by hand to remove fizz can overspray from urethane finishes and had good results, but I've never tried it on lacquer. Perhaps someone can expand on this.

I've heard that a clay bar will remove overspray.

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von '69 300 Dlx SS TC #15 ACES #1575

What about heavy overpsray where it covers entirely?

Sounds like the only way you can do this is to sand it off with 1000 and 2000 grit and then polish it. The BIG prblem will be not to sand though the paint you want to keep.

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1965 Buick Gran Sport Convertible
1965 Buick Skylark H/T

Please try the clay first! I got overspray all over my "Formal" Chevelle and had to tell the man that painted it what I had done. WOW! He finally forgave me and got it all off using clay (like clay magic). I couldn't believe how easy it came off.

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69 SS396 69 Malibu Ragtop
70 Monte 72 El Camino
Team Chevelle Gold #33
ACES Member #02913
Chevelle Club of Michigan
Rode shotgun in the ONLY Z16 convertible made.

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