while parked in the school parking lot overnight last night, i had someone spray a couple lines of spray paint on my truck along with several other vehicles in the lot. since i'm currently at college, i don't have any of my usual cleaning supplies with me so i thought i'd get some recommendations on what might be best to take the spray paint off my paint and taillights.

 

ok...my guess it this will get locked for not being thirdgen related.


edit: you've been a memeber since '02 and only have 3 posts?!?!

 

Well I suppose this could be generalized to include thirdgens....


I think anything that will take the spray paint off will take all of the paint off... Was it waxed? Depending on the apint underneath, all I can think of is to very lightly buff it or something. Or else you'll just have to paint over it I guess.

 

ya i'm not very active on this board since i don't currently own a thirdgen but since the lo5, etc in my 95 K1500 is so similar to those in the f-bodies, i'm able to get much better information from this board than most truck boards.

 

lol better make it 4 posts!

 

i waxed the truck before bringing it down for the school year so it should still be protecting pretty well. being clear coated, i figured some rubbing compound would work fine for the paint w/o much damage but i'm hoping for suggestions on anything better for the paint or the plastic on the tailights

 

Well for the plastic you might even be able to use paint thinner... :shrug:

 

came up with this

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...t+on+my+wheels

 

paint thinner will destroy alot of plastics, if it was my camaro i would use some polishing compounds you could even wet sand and buff.

 

A clay bar should do the trick nicely on the paint. Not sure about the taillights, though. Maybe plastic polish.

 

ok thanks guys. i'm gonna run up to the car wash after work and see if the pressure washer will take most of it off, which hopefuly will do the trick but will probably go with the clay bar and some 3M plastic polish if necessary, but if anyone has any other good tips, keep them coming.

 

yeah try a clay bar out, they work pretty good.