Paint on car

If it's only on the tyres and inside the wheel wells I wouldn't bother!

The natural wear & tear of driving will take it off....tyres will get changed eventually, the wheel wells will get sandblasted with road dirt.

Aren't there more fun things to spend time on?

If you do try it you will probably end up dirty, smelling of turpentine and ruining your clothes...have a barbeque instead!

(This is not meant to be 1 unhelpfull, 2 agressive or 3 irritating...although I reserve the right to be nos 1 and 3 )

Del

I am with Dell, the paint will come off the tires over the course of a few days. The wheel wells will take longer, but it will come off. The wheel well material in many cars is plastic, and the paint may not stick to it very well. If it has dried and you are irritated with it, you might just try to peel it off. You may be suprised that it comes off without much effort.

Or not....

THank you so much for your answer. My husband is going crazy about this. My 16 year old son who has only been driving for 6 months by himself did this.

Tell husband to chill out and go easy on your Son, (why give himself a heart attack over it?) ... tell Son to buy Dad a pack of beers ! (It always works for me)

Gee at least he didn't prang the car and hurt himself.....

Failing that bang their heads together and demand they take you out for a nice meal!

Del

There's a solvent on the market (kind of hard to get) called Acrocyile. It removes most crap from a cars finish other than the car's paint. If you can find this and it works, remember it also strips wax off of any surface as well.

Many, many years ago a friend and I pranked a neighborhood girl that we were both sweet on. We shoe polished her car with general wooing comments. Thinking nothing of it we initialed (yes we signed our vandalism) and went our ways.

The following day we were informed that the TX sun had baked the polish into the Cutlass' paint.

Her parents were not happy. My parents were not happy. My friends parents were not happy. I was not happy. Her parents homeowners insurance company was not happy either.

cr3

Ah the blissful stupidity of youth.... I remember it well !

Makes me smile.....

My old Landrover was left outside the pub one night, in the morning the thing was covered in flowers done in lipstick! I got the lipstick off but couldn't shift the flowers from the paint!

Don't even try to remove the stuff. You can spray the wheel wells black -- or whatever color you choose -- and just cover the alien paint. After all it's a wheel well, fortunately not body surfaces.

For the tires -- not the whitewalls if you have them -- you can buy tire black. NOT tire treatment such as Armoral, but an actual petroleum based tire (paint??) black. I'm not sure if it's really paint.

Otherwise scrub the tires with a wire brush and some mineral spirits. The mineral spirits will not harm the tire as long as you are not soaking it for long periods. After the mineral spirits and wire brush wash the tire with soap and water to remove the residue, then Use the Armoral type treatment for consistent appearance and a little UV protection.

If it were my sons it would be their SERIOUS elbow grease correcting the problem.

In your case cover up is far more easily done and very effective, unless this is a show car.

Just drive it through some mud, the paint won't come off, but you wont see it and the car will look like you've been having fun.

Maybe it's a good thing. If he had swerved round it and killed a few folks,....because his dad din't want paint on the tires..you would have wished he had run over the paint (or the dog or cat)

Jim

Light rub with rubbing compound or polishing compound will fix it.

Not a new problem, it has happened to many people

I will concur with Del & Steve, if it is only the wheels and wheel wells it will come off eventually.

However, If it is on the body of the vehicle there is a way. I confirmed my actions with a few paint shops on the removal of some neighborhood artistry from the drivers side of my 3yr old White Chev Blazer, which was painted this spring with some lewd comments. (and of course, I drove it proudly for the first two days back and forth to work, knowing I was man enought to live up to this implied homage-or too stupid/lazy wanting to wait for the week-end)

They all suggested that I use a white rubbing compound and work it lightly over the undesired message. Depending on the age of the finish and wax, (unless your finished has already oxidized) these topcoats can be easily removed with patience and very little elbow grease. But I recommend that you work from a less noticible area to verify the condition of the existing finish.

The operation was a complete success, I then applied a new wax finish over the surface.

Paint will most probably come off the dirt in the wheelarches and the tyres (to which it will only be lightly stuck) if you used a half-decent pressure washer. Unless of course you pressure-washed the arches that morning!

I like the beer and barbie solution, that sounds much the best; ok if in Utah stick with the Barbie

As long as it is not on a painted surface, gas line antifreeze should take it off.

If it is a painted surface, use rubbing compound which you can buy from any auto paint supply/auto body supply store. Very micro fine particle paste which takes a small layer of clear coat off. Wipe clean with a wet sponge and buff with wax after.

Using any chemicals or solvents on paintwork is risky and could cause the owner to tilt and light up despite having slabs of tinnies available. You may try ON A VERY SMALL HIDDEN AREA applying nail polish remover via a clean soft cloth. It worked on my sons car when he managed to get oil based paint on his car. High Risk - Be careful!!