Help! Spray paint on new Rubicon

[Old Dogger]

OMG... Take it to your Wrangler Dealers Body Shop, and see what they think. One doesn't want to do it wrong and damage the new paint.

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[mnjeeper]

WD40 why hasn’t anyone else mentioned this

Because it's a water displacer. That's my guess.

 

[Carolina Jeeper]

Pretty inconsiderate of your neighbor. Test a small area of the overspray with a simple wax applicator and some wax. You might be surprised how easy the overspray rubs off if you already had a good coat of wax on already. As far as your soft top windows a mild solvent may be needed there. But be careful since you are likely to make it worse.

My first reaction is that it's 100% your neighbor's fault and responsibility to correct to before the event condition. I wouldn't be mean about it, but I would take nothing less than the condition it was in prior to the oversoray.

 

[Heimkehr]

Because [WD-40 is] a water displacer. That's my guess.

Mm. We use any petroleum distillate product on automotive paint at our peril, no matter how "gentle" it is purported to be. Proceed with much care.

 

[whiterubicon]

Clay bars glide over the surface and remove things that are stuck on. However, removing small amounts of overspray might be asking too much for the normal store bought piece of clay. The synthetic clay that is out there now is not even as aggressive as the traditional clay you can buy from the auto parts store. You have two options here :

1. Start looking into more aggressive clay and some compound. You can compound by hand, but you will most likely end up with one arm looking like Popeye. A dual action machine makes it so much easier and you get better results. However, depending on how aggressive you go with the compound, you might need to polish out the scratches that you introduced with it. Once again, a machine makes it so much easier. After that, follow up with either a wax or synthetic coating.

2. Take it to someone, have them do it, and then give your neighbor the bill. I understand the through of not involving him to "keep the peace", but the Jeeps we buy are not cheap and having this happen to mine would drive me nuts. If you are not confident when it comes to working with polish and compound, this might be the best route. Even with a dual action machine, if you use to aggressive of a compound and pad, you can do some damage. This might be your best route.

Of course, all of this is just my opinion.

 

[John VonJeep]

Time to file against your neighbor’s homeowners insurance. JFC.

 

[BigFeet]

Because it's a water displacer. That's my guess.

Yes, and it will work. It gets under the overspray and will let the overspray be wiped off.

Spray on, let sit for a short period, and then gently wipe off. Clean with Dawn, or other after. This is for the paint only.

Never used on vinyl windows and soft top material, so not sure there. I would assume it would take it off, but what would be left behind long term... ?

 

[The Last Cowboy]

In this case, the OP has no experience dealing with this type of issue. So I don't recommend her trying anything. I'm sure it's on every surface of the Jeep, just worse on the side that was facing the neighbor.

Try using the windshield wipers and I bet there will be all sorts of roughness vs a smooth wipe.

Could some of us clean this? probably. But I think a pro should handle this for her.

 

[HungryHound]

As other have stated, clay bar the paint. Straight razor to clean the glass.

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Spray the window down with WD-40 to reduce the chance of scratching too.

 

[HungryHound]

WD40 why hasn’t anyone else mentioned this

My thought too. Would need to use a plastic scraper or very careful work with a razor, but the WD-40 works great to reduce scratches with this type of work.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

0000 steel wool on the glass. Real glass, not clear plastic.

 

[whiterubicon]

I would personally never use WD-40 on a car. Using a razor blade on the windows will work, but you can scratch the glass pretty easily. That is why you can buy plastic razor blades for this. However, I have to say that this is going to be a pretty complicated fix and I think it would be best to consult a professional in this case unless the OP is comfortable working with aggressive cleaning tactics.

 

[Wbino]

I'm not sure my neighbor would be around to take care of it after I realised for the first time their infraction and the callousness/envy/clear head of the actions.
That turquoise furniture would at least be on top of their car.
That's after coffee, before it Id probably just follow them to an ATM lol.......

 

[haligen]

Xylene or goof off (which is xylene and acetone) for the body. Put on a microfiber and wipe off the over spray. Has worked great for me before removing overspray, tar, sticker residue etc, but ymmv.

 

[whiterubicon]

Please be careful putting anything on the paint that is not made to go on paint. Paint has oils in it - naturally. When we put stuff on there that is not intended to go on there, it can dry out the paint. Everything will be fine at first, but the long term damage can happen. You really do not want to dry out the paint. I would suggest taking it somewhere that can fix this without solvents.

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