PAINT OVERSPRAY REMOVAL
Removing overspray is a common problem in the world of auto detailing, and a service that I specialize in.
Paint
Overspray is pretty common out in the world of cars. It comes in many
forms and from many sources. The majority of people have no idea that
their car may have overspray on it.
What is Overspray?
Think of some of the examples of life.
Your neighbor
next door is getting their house painted on the exterior. The paint
contractor uses an airless spray gun to spray the house. But a sudden
breeze blows through and blows paint "overspray" right onto your car.
Now
depending on the two colors at play here; the color of your car and the
color of the house being painted. You may not be able to see the
overspray. You will certainly be able to feel the overspray...and you
will certainly be in need of removing overspray.
That is of course
you happen to feel your paint one day and now feel what feels like
thousands of little dots attatched to your paint on your car.
What
if it is days, weeks, or months later that you finally feel your
car...are you going to remember that the paint overspray came from
there?
Or...what if the neighbor kid next door decides to spray
paint his bicycle. He hangs his bike frame from the tree in the front
and starts to shoot paint onto it. Except not all the paint goes onto
his bike frame...
some of it gets blown over to your car where it lands and sticks to your car.
What
if your car was parked at work and the office building next to yours is
getting painted? Would you know to look to see if any paint overspray
made it to your car.
More About Removing Overspray
Having
been in the car detailing business for as long as I have, I have seen
many examples of this. And let me tell you that every painter I have
talked to, always insists that the paint will be dry by the time it
reaches something else.
They don't want to believe that the overspray will actually
reach your car and still be wet enough to stick, and they don't want to
believe this because then they would actually have to do something about
it.
I must add that there are always exceptions to every
rule...there are some truly reputable paint contractors out there that
truly recognize this dilemma, and take precautions to avoid this. I have
also worked with many of them over the course of many years, and have
been sent out to deal with the problem when an accident really was an
accident.
I will add that when it comes to removing overspray, the
sooner you can get it removed the better. It is a specific process that
must be treated in proper fashion. And this doesn't mean arming
yourself with a buffer, and buffing the overspray off.
It is
important to find a car detailer that has experience with this and can
treat accordingly. Let me offer a list of things to remember regarding
paint overspray removal:
- chances are, you will notice the overspray long after it has happened
- not all auto detailers know how to properly do the service of removing overspray.
- there
are many materials to a car; glass, metal, rubber, plastic, paint, etc.
overspay is not partial- if it is on your paint, it will also be
attached to the windows, trim, rubber, wheel, tires, etc.
- does your car detailer know how to deal with all these materials...safely?
- there are areas of your car that overspray just can't be removed from; you may have to live with a little bit of it.
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