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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 04:55 AM
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ran over white paint on road, need help

there was some white paint that spilled on the highway and accidently ran over it, tried to avoid it but there were cars in the lane next to me. now there is paint in the wheel wells in the both passenger rear and front, also have some on the tires and some on the side rockers. does anyone know how to saftely get rid of this? I used water and a tootbrush to get most of it off on the tires but there are some clear spots. Also used it to get rid of all the paint on the inside mud flaps...but is there a better method? thanks
Old Oct 12, 2006 | 05:38 AM
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Depending on how bad the tire is, you can rotate or flip them on the rim so the inside is showing on the outside. Or replace them if they are worn down.

Inside the tire well, I would shoot some undercoating in there, kill two birds.

Dunno bout the rocker panel.

Old Oct 12, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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Try "GOOF OFF" it usually does the job. Do you know if the paint is latex base?
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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You can't or shouldn't use undercoating on the plastic front fender liners. Thats not what it's ment for. Goof off would be your best bet for getting the paint off your rockers and the front plasic fender liners. You can cover up the rear inner quarters with undercoating if their covered in paint as well.
Old Oct 12, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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Try some nail polish remover. I'm not sure if it will work on that kind of paint, but it did the trick in getting white fence paint off my neighbor's black Taurus.
Old Oct 13, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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kerosene or brakleen will work, but will take off ur regular paint as well, that sucks dude.
Old Oct 13, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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Use laquer thinner and a rag in a ventilated area .Polish and wax any painted areas you rubbed with it after the white paint is gone
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