Vandals got me!!!!! Stupid Kids!

[saj3n]

lol, i know right...

[Fetch]

wtf, all you say is stupid kids?
I would be beyond furious.

What the **** is wrong with kids? I'm being completely serious.

[CharlesAFerg]

wtf, all you say is stupid kids?
I would be beyond furious.

What the **** is wrong with kids? I'm being completely serious.

I'm a recent graduate of the teenage years (20 in August)
They weren't raised right, and/or they had nothing to do.
How lame.

I'm glad I was raised right... Any reason why they did it, any parents get pissed off at you? There had to be a reason...

Anyways, that should come off, it looks like your paint needs a polishing anyways by the looks of those swirls, so use the bug and tar remover quickly and then clean w clay and wash it...then you could polish some of that off ith a very, very light abrasive.

Did you have the teflon wax on it? It doesn't look like you had much on, that stuff does wonders on repelling that kind of small splatter, but you already knew that.

Oh, and no "Paint guns" don't actually use paint Dave M.

[saj3n]

That's the same thing I told my Fiance... "See, its a sign that I should be waxing my car more often". I wish I had the teflon was on it then...

I had the chance, skipped a class, and took the car to a nearby detailer. They are going to do a 2 Step Heavy Compouding with the Teflon Clear Coat, a 3 hour job, garunteed to get the paint out, and make the entire car look much better, for $85. Figured its not too much and I don't think I'd have the time to do it all myself, being midterm week and all.

[Omega]

Have you had the car professionally cleaned now? I hope all the paint came off.

We are just about to "celebrate" halloween tonight in the UK. I can hardly wait (sarcasm) - I hate this time of year. It's legalised thuggery. If any one comes within 20 feet of my BM they can expect to spend the rest of the evening picking up their teeth from my driveway.

All you have to hope is what goes around comes around.

[saj3n]

Most of the paint was off as of last night, after pressure washing it, but there were alot of little paint spots all over it still. Almost like someone sneezed with paint in their mouth....

[Spasso]

I know this is late in the thread but this may help for future reference for everyone.

If it is latex paint you can soften it and remove it with alcohol, denatured. The alcohol will take any wax off but shouldn't hurt the clearcoat too much. If it is an oil based paint you can use a Naptha based cleaner similar (lighter fluid) to that used at body shops.

When all the heavy spatter is removed and there is still heavy staining you can try a cleaner polish. If that doesn't work you can wet-sand the clearcoat with 2000 grit paper, dual action polish, swirl remover and finally wax. You'll never know it happened.

One of the hardest things is to get clean is the trim and rubber mouldings. After cleaning the rubber treat it with 303 Aerospace Protectant. It is absolutely THE BEST you can do for your rubber bits including tires.

When all is said and done, this is MUCH better than a "key" job.

[saj3n]

Thanks Spasso! I will be saving this information for sure. You are right about that rubber and mouldings. Even when the paint was still wet and coming off of the car without too much hassle, there was no hope for the mouldings. I'm glad it was all taken care of at the detail shop.

[Spasso]

My pleasure.
Having owned a black car once (and only once) I know how labor intensive it is.

That's why mine is silver! HA!

Less of a target too.........................

[skr]

this made me realy sad and angry and it's not even my car. i hope you find whoever did this. personaly i whould break all their fingers(and hands too) with a large hammer. you know wht they say: "eye for a tooth".
i hope u get your paint back in order cause it's one of the most beautifull cars around here...