Removing paint transfer?

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imported_ChrisNJ

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What is the best/safest way to remove paint transfer. A friends vehicle was rubbed against and has the other car's paint on it. What products would work best to remove the paint transfer? And on a side note, does some Folex sound like a good way to remove some red/white wine from the carpet? 2 bottles broke on the floor and since there were no cleaning products available, he drenched it w/ some water and tried blotting it up. Some came out, but not all. That was about a week ago.
 
velobard said:
Some folks have luck using clay.
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Yeah, my late father was *always* getting paint transfers :o and I could usually get them off with just clay. It's about the gentlest thing you can try, so it'd be my first choice; you can always get more aggressive if it doesn't work.
 
You could try a less abrasive/more chemical paint cleaner such as Deep Crystal step #1 or Color-X, but I'd probably just use the Scratch-X if that's what I had on hand (it's pretty mild stuff). Ideally (well, ideal for the stores that sell such stuff ;) ) you'd have a wide range of products to cover every application..but nah, that's more, uhm, Autopian than most people need to get. It *is* good to have a non/minimally abrasive paint cleaner on hand though.
 
Had some to fix just yesterday. First off I tried to clay it and it didnt really make a dent in the transfer. Next I used optimum polish, new formula, and worked it @ 1200 over the paint. After about 3 applications of the polish the transfer was 99%. I had to use a razor blade to get off one last spec to achieve 100% perfection.



Greg
 
clay didnt do it for me on a customers car, so I jumped up to 83 on a burgandy pad on speed 6 and it was gone in two passes....completely gone! then I went back over it with two coats of 80 and yellow pad and it was looking like new!
 
Folex would be your best bet for the carpet. For next time, before the liquid dries, douse it with club soda and salt and let it sit for a second. Clean up and its all gone.
 
toyotaguy said:
clay didnt do it for me on a customers car, so I jumped up to 83 on a burgandy pad on speed 6 and it was gone in two passes....completely gone! then I went back over it with two coats of 80 and yellow pad and it was looking like new!
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Do you have a link to those products? ((i'm still kinda new to all the stuff available out there))
 
There is more aggressive clay available, body shops use it to remove overspray. You might find some at a body shop supply place.
 
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