Getting paint off

Yeah I would talk to a Panel shop for advice.

But you could give some Cut and polish/ rubbing compound a try with a lot of elbow grease.

If the paint is still fresh and soft, then some prepsol and a rag used lightly should move it, followed by a light cut and polish.

or just go straight for a light cut a few times over on affected areas as neccesary. follow up with a good polish and wax.

I don't know if it would affect the paint or not, but I do know that often when the councils need to get rid of graffitti from spray cans, I have been told that Aeroguard does the trick perfectly..
I can't imagine it would do anything to the paint job, maybe try it somewhere inconspicuous first.

Cheers
Jo

There is a product that Meguirs sell. The panel shops use it for really badly damaged panels. Stuff like Air Pollution and acid rain from the steel works etc.

It is used to buff the marks off so it may help you??

Mate, ditto to the aeroguard it is the best thing for removing paint and permanent marker. Spray a bit on, wait 10 secs then wipe it off repeat until gone. Don't leave it on too long or it may make the paint soft underneath (auto duco in good nic is usually preatty tough). Give the car a good wash afterwards. I use it at work for removing graffiti from my road plant and it hasn't hurt thr machinery's paint only the graffiti.
Regards
Tour Boy

Thats done it for me - Never using Aerogard again - hell no wonder insects stay away from your skin

Cant help with your problem Brian except I hope you find out who did it and wring there fuc@ing necks good and tight little bastar@s. Hope you get the vehicle looking ok again. Sorry to hear what happened to your sons car. Regards Steve M

I see the aeroguard suggestion is more widely known than I thought.

When we had some kids spray the colorbond front fence of the Ambulance station a week or so back, the guy with the pub over the road suggested aeroguard.

We thought he was having us on. The SO tried it all the time thinking that someone somewhere was filming him for funniest home videos or something, but to our amazement it worked.

Bit like getting price label goo off cd cases with Mortein Surface Spray... these bug sprays are amazingly versatile it seems.

What confuses me is why did someone try it in the first place???

Dave

Gidday Brian,

I experienced a similar vandal attack back in August. I tried all the proprietary fixes including Prepsol, but the paint (enamel) had too long to set.

One of my neighbours saw (heard me cursing) what was going on and bought out a bottle of EUCALYPTUS OIL.

It worked like magic. You'll still need a little elbow grease but far less than the others. Give it a bit of a wash with soapy water afterwards, followed by non-abrasive wax and that'll restore the shine. (The eucalyptus oil will remove the old wax).

Get it in Franklins or Woolies etc for a few bucks. The larger bottle will give you about 3 attacks worth :-((

Hi Brian I am an automotive spraypainter unfortunatley my advise oven cleaner
little trade secret spray on wait then wipe off

Thanks everyone for your advice.

You have given me some good ideas and we will give them a go and hopefully get it all cleaned up.