O/T: Removing Hi Vis Spray Paint

Thanks Lance
Will pick some up 2 morrow and give it a go

You should be using kerosene not thinners on the tar problem. The kero actually will make your car shine too, I spray it out of a hand spray bottle, leave it for 3 mins of so and then wipe off the tar. Kero was used during the arly part of last century as a car polish.

Hard to 'prove' it was 'their' can - circumstantial ? - yes, probable ? - yes.

I reckon I would be on a hiding to nothing trying to get them to pay out on this one

Good Luck........
It is very unusual for a can of spray paint to be left on a road job in the first place. In particular where there is machinery. You were very unlucky Kiwi. It is a well known rule that all paint cans must be picked up if not empty and if they are empty then a hole is usually put in them by hitting them on the edge of a star picket. reason for this is to stop little vandals painting machinery with a stray can left on the ground.
As for taking pics and sending them to the main contractor groove?
Who (Which Subbie) left the can there in the first place? Was it the Project manager, engineer, foreman, surveyor, drainer, telstra, optus, grader driver or a labourer etc?
Having said that it may be possible to write a letter to the contractor expressing your concerns and if nothing else it would be adressed at the next toolbox so hopefully it wont happen again.
Peter

If its not too far away then the can wouldve sprayed onto the road too and a pic of this with your car beside would be a clincher I reckon.

Hey extfilm, your 4 daughters are cute, they sure dress up your rig pic.

I DO like a lateral thinker :-) :-)

Kiwi angler,

I had a new thought, its great when the brain is not running on ethanol,,,

When working as a service tech in the dive industry, I used to use silicon spray to get off paint pen off of dive tanks etc. Smudged it a bit at first, then use a second rag to take off the remainder. It may just work, you could try a small inconspicuous spot to see. This used to do damage to the paint of scuba cylinders and the likes.

Gidday Wayne good to hear from you again mate

ahhhhh - but the question is:

would you have asked who owned the PINK 4x4 parked outside?? - now remember you ARE in the Birdsville pub now, where men are men not some inner city trendy club in Sydney :-) :-)

Got told about about a female fieldy for RSG or one of the other contract fieldy mobs who was sacked for painting the whole cruiser when arig was broken down.
She couldnt understand why coz she thoght it looked better