mrsystems

What a cluster#@#! I live in a condo and there was a crew varnishing some wood in the garage a few days ago, they sprayed it on and of course it went everywhere including all over my 993 and motorcycle, argh! Its a fine mist but its there. Running my hands over the paint instead of smooth I feel the hardened varnish. These guys are saying that a little turpentine on a rag and it'll wipe right off but i dunno, i can't stand the thought of someone rubbing turpentine on my car, any ideas? Anyone ever run into anything like this? Of course HAD they spent an extra few minutes covering the vehicles this would not have happened, so it goes...
Thanks!

Ed Hughes

I'm showing this to my wife to remind her we'll never live in a condo.

That is a fairly benign substance, but I'd make them pay to take it to a detailer. BS on them telling you how to clean.

Ed Hughes

If they gripe, I'm sure your city would like to know that they are allowing overspray like that to migrate from the work area.

goofballdeluxe

Tell the president of your condo's homeowners' association and/or the property management company about it. Go get your car detailed at the place of your choosing, and then submit the bill to your homeowners' association/property management company. Let them deal with getting reimbursed, or not, from the vendor they hired that sprayed your car.

Get the motorcycle detailed, too.

Make it their problem, which it is, not yours

Quadcammer

could try a clay bar

jimbo3

Turpentine will not remove dryed polyurethane. I can't think of any liquid that will only remove polyurethane without damaging the paint. There was a product that I've seen that removes graffiti spray paint from surfaces that include automotive finishes without damaging them. I'll be working at a hardware trade show tomorrow and will see if I can round up the name of the stuff and whether it will work on poly, but it's a bit of a long shot.

I would file a report the property damage to the police and have them get a statement from the painter now so that the painter can't later say that he had nothing to do with it.

As suggested by Goofball, ask the HOA how they're planning on fixing the problem their agent caused.

jimbo3

I was thinking clay bar, too. If the car still had a bit of wax on it, might be an easy fix. I'd leave it to a detailer of the OP's choosing.

PNogC2S

Sounds like you get a free detailing.

95_993

+1 on clay bar. It'll usually remove overspray.

IXLR8

All I can say is I used kerosene when I prepped new VW Beetles back in the mid 70s. It was used to wash off the wax that they were coated with during shipment.

Now the paint back then may have been different.

mrsystems

Thanks your input is much appreciated! I'm going to try the clay bar, seems like a good starting place, if that doesn't yield good results i'll take it to a good detailer. I generally detail my own car but i've never tried to remove Sikkens Translucent Wood Finish from my car before. Oh yea, thats the stuff, Sikkens, good name seems appropriate, ha!

Aussie Alan 993

I feel your pain, same thing once happened to me but with a black overspray over 2 of my cars, but I had no idea who was responsible.

Good luck with the repair, but it sounds like you are on the right track.

mjsporsche

Clay bar should work. It took off light paint overspray on one of my cars.

Mark

DanL993

Once again, Quadcammer and I agree. I'd try to do the work myself then go to a pro if it doesn't work, and I think the clay bar just might do the trick especially if the surface was well waxed or otherwise protected.

TRINITONY

Turpentime...haven't heard or use that word in over 30 years. Sure brings back memories growing up in the islands....