Remove duplicolor from Original Clearcoat?

[Final 204]

ok so i did a lil bondo+ body work recently,, Used Duplicolor Primer, Paint, and Clear coat to hide it. however i covered alot more area with the primer/paint/spray clear then i would have liked or needed to ,and would like to know if there is a way i can remove these products from the original factory clear coat areas that don't need to be covered, thus decreasing the amount of area covered with the duplicolor.

so the question is, anyone know a good way to remove primer,paint, and spray clear. from over top of the Original clear coat ?

i'm thinking some kinda paint remover or something i dunno. someones gotta know if it's possible.

[uncle_el]

paint thinner anyone?!

or you could try a mild rubbing compound, or a polish. hopefully accordztech will chime in with some recs.

[Final 204]

yea i just don't wanna use anything that is gonna hurt the clear coat, wouldn't paint thinner hurt it?

[uncle_el]

yea i just don't wanna use anything that is gonna hurt the clear coat, wouldn't paint thinner hurt it?

that's why i posted about the rubbing compound or polish.

also, if you decided to go the paint thinner route, after applying that, getting rid of the excess paint, and drying, you would apply clear coat again. :shrug:

[Final 204]

hrm i dunno anything about rubbing compound, and polish i doubt would do the trick, there is a fair amount of coats on there...

the paint thinner sounds possible but i ideally i would like something that i wouldn't have to spray clear coat. i just wanna go down to the original clear coat, not remove it

[92accordlex]

dude what u did is kinda unreversable, paint thiner is ur best route unless u grind that shit off :evil:.

[Final 204]

dude what u did is kinda unreversable, paint thiner is ur best route unless u grind that shit off :evil:.

yea i figured it was prolly unreversable but i figured what the hell, who knows

[i_love_cb7]

I wet sanded my misstakes and it did an ok job, just give it a good poilsh and use 600 and up grid

[YK86]

I've done a few patchup jobs and from what you describe, I wouldn't really touch it. If you use something too strong, it will strip alot of the new paint right off.

If it really bothers you, the only thing I would recommend is maybe wetsanding the area where the old paint meets the new to get it to blend better. Use a very high grit wetsanding paper (like 1800 or 2000 grit) and a block, keep soaking the sandpaper so it's always got lots of water on it (VERY important) and rub it out very lightly (sort of like claybaring your car, just let it slide instead of forcing the sandpaper against the paint). It will look a bit white/faded after it's all smoothed out but once you go over it with polish/wax, it'll shine really nice.

[92accordlex]

just lightly apply paint thiner on a terry cloth until u get that stuff u don't want off. then use clear coat and compound tha shit outa it till u get ur desired shine.

[mrvinyl33]

If it was just paint overspray I'd say clay it off...I'm using that in spots now after my car was partially repainted.

[Final 204]

clay? please feel free to elaborate :)

[mrvinyl33]

Check this article out on "How-To Clean Your Paint with Clay" its a good overview:
http://www.bettercarcare.com/articles.php?articleId=14

[hpaccord91]

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[cb9tunerguy]

sounds kinda lame but use easy off oven cleaner, ive used it before to remove painted on pin stripe. worked out for me with minimal effort :shrug: