phillydude Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Last night, I accidentally crossed my front bumper with a pillar in a parking garage. No damage to the car, except for a nice new accent color stripe of highway yellow across the corner of my bumper. Any ideas on the best way to remove it? I was thinking a soft "scrubbie" like you would use on the dishes... being very careful to just scrub down far enough to remove the yellow without damaging the car's paint. Would that work? Or should I be thinking of some kind of solvent? Lighter fluid? Or some combination of both? Input and advice appreciated as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jims93sts Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 I would try a fine course rubbing compound first (3M etc) skip the the other stuff, you might do more damage to the paint...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry94 Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 You could try a solvent. The Base/clear on the bumper is quite resistant to most solvents, however "postpaint" is likely just an enamal and would dissolve before the base/clear. Try some paint thinner on a part of the base/clear (under the bumper where it wont show) to see that it wont harm it, then try to dissolve the yellow. If you use any kind of "mechanical" method to remove the paint you will damage the clear coat. Sometimes gasoline will dissolve some of these enamals. Barry 2008 STS V82016 Colorado Z711970 Corvette LT-1 Coupe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoo Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 goo gone.. wd-40, mineral spirits... just clean it off after you are done with soap and water.. if there's a lot of scratches you will need a rubbing compound or sand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msilva954 Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Try the mr.clean eraser or a clay bar..........The eraser may get it out.....its ment to get stuff like that off of interior walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoo Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 That mr. clean eraser thing kicks *smurf* .. however it can take off the dye from vinyl and leather and all sorts of stuff, it's like hitting it with sandpaper so be careful with it.. I accidentatly took some color out of my trim on the inside with that thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msilva954 Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Did you??? Wow, never has happened here........im always careful with it...but it is one of the best products for the home and car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Polishing compound will take it off without damaging the finish also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedog Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 did the exact same thing in my old caddy <_> except with a red painted post...i was able to just use my sponge that has the rougher stuff on one side, got the car good n' wet and it came right off! Crystal Red Tintcoat Exterior | Shale/Brownstone Interior | 32k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67coupedeville Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What I heard works good is some nail polish remover. Pretty similar to solvent or alcohol . Lots of other really good ideas too. Spence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHE Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 What I heard works good is some nail polish remover. Pretty similar to solvent or alcohol . Lots of other really good ideas too. Spence DO NOT USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER!!! Nail polish remover is acetone and will eat the paint down to the substrate!!! Kevin '93 Fleetwood Brougham '05 Deville '04 Deville 2013 Silverado Z71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillydude Posted August 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Thanks for the ideas... I'll try what I have around the house (WD-40, Nail Polish Remover, Lighter Fluid, Gasoline) without (and then possibly with) one of those scrubbies before I run out and buy something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67coupedeville Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Thanks KHE, I just asked my buddy and he said that's what he had used and that's what he said . I'm gonna tell him that he'll need some new paint where he removed the other paint from his other paint... yea that's right. Spence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted August 16, 2004 Report Share Posted August 16, 2004 Don't use nail polish remover. That is laquer thinner. You'll remove your paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebus Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 You might also try Bug & Tar remover. My wife once got into a scrape with another car and there looked like there was some minor damage. The other driver's insurance company paid us over $700. I went out with some Bug & Tar and all of the paint transfer came off and there was no body damage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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