💦 Detailing Removing Road Paint

[jason05gt]

My tires picked up some road paint this afternoon and I now have white road paint on my passenger side splash guards. What would you recommend using to remove the paint? I tried 3M Adhesive remover and that didn't seem to work.

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[10thSVT_03]

Gasoline or brakleen

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

I used brakleen on my Frontier once. the building @ work was being painted and there were all these small white specs on my truck.

I looked through a few videos.
Sounds like diluting acetone 50/50 with water is a good place to start. You can increase the dilution if needed, 70/30 for stubborn spots.

1 guys soaked it with WD-40 and used a credit card to scrape it off.... i almost fainted.

One other guy used lacquer thinner. Another young kid just used clay.

It would be wise to wash and wax or seal the area immediately after.

 

[muskie]

If it is any kind of textured plastic you are not getting it off unfortunately.

I had something similar happen with my Terrain and every high end detail shop I took it to said I’d be better off replacing the parts. Road paint is more like epoxy than paint. 5 years later and none of it ever came off.

If it were on the painted surfaces some gasoline or light polishing and wet sanding/buffing is what I was told.

 

[Bird1989]

Professional strength goof off might work, 0 degree pressure washer on the area sometimes can knock it off, plastic razor blade might work as well. Can you post a pic up?

 

[jason05gt]

If it is any kind of textured plastic you are not getting it off unfortunately.

I had something similar happen with my Terrain and every high end detail shop I took it to said I’d be better off replacing the parts. Road paint is more like epoxy than paint. 5 years later and none of it ever came off.

If it were on the painted surfaces some gasoline or light polishing and wet sanding/buffing is what I was told.

This is spot on! I was able to get the paint of the metal painted surface with quick detailer as a lubricant and a plastic razor blade.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the paint of the plastic painted splash guards fully. The spots that I was able to remove left a stain in the paint and Acetone/Gas/Goof Off Pro seemed to take the clear off.

Not a big deal, I searched Ebay and scored a new set of OEM paint matched Infiniti splash guards for $29.99.