I have some clearcoat overspray... or it could be colour. Either way it's covering 60% of my windscreen and is only visible as a haze when light is directly in front of it. Pissing me off.

Anyway it's been on there a while and I'm annoyed at it. Any method of getting it off? I might try a paint scraper... Or a new windscreen lol

One of those little blades..... best thing to get anything off glass

Edit: Are they little specks or is it really $60 covered....... because that could take a long time!

Edit 2: Could you use thinners or metho or a bit of hydro acid and water or something, I dont know my chemicals very well but you could maybe rub it off with something nice and strong.....

some thinners.... or a razor blade.....

i have it all over my car..... white speckles on my black rubber trimmings,windows,and chrome strips!!!!:rant:

Meguiars clay block, used with Meguiars Quick Detailer will get this off easy.

Yeah it's just little specks, so thankfully not opaque... my god that would be a nightmare! Might do the razorblade thing when I get home, sounds like a good idea.

Clay block you say? I will investigate that if the razor doesn't work :)

Razor blade and window cleaner.. Hold the blade on a 45 deg angle and rub across the screen.. Make sure the blade is new and do not run the blade over any part of the glass that isnt wet.. Dry glass will scratch.. Dont be scared to use plenty of windex and give it a good scrap.. do small patchs at a time.. same 30x30cm patchs..:) take your time.. Dont rush it.:)

Razor blade and window cleaner.. Hold the blade on a 45 deg angle and rub across the screen..)

Don't for the love of God have the blade at more than 45 degrees... the lower the better as it'll scratch the glass....
The lower the angle the better it'll come off.... have plenty of blades handy too... as soon as it gets a little dull grab a fresh blade...... and careful around stone chips too.

Steve

I'd go with Schnell's recommendation ... clay block. Maybe $20-$30 with a spray detailer lubricant. Cheaper than replacing a scratched windscreen, and you probaly won't need to use all on it this job. It's gentle and you can use it on your duco to remove more stubborn marks.

Ken

Don't for the love of God have the blade at more than 45 degrees... the lower the better as it'll scratch the glass....
The lower the angle the better it'll come off.... have plenty of blades handy too... as soon as it gets a little dull grab a fresh blade...... and careful around stone chips too.

Steve


Yeah Blade at a 30 deg angle to the glass would be ideal...:) No need for clay.. blades to a better job..

Also fine steel wool does the job too..:)

Yeah Blade at a 30 deg angle to the glass would be ideal...:) No need for clay.. blades to a better job..

Also fine steel wool does the job too..:)
I have a razor blade paint scraper ;) That'll provide optimal angle and a totally sweet handle... It's also red so I'll get the job done faster :2cool:

I once used 1200 wet sandpaper and that worked well too.

Gimme Your Address And Ill Send Ya My Industrial Strength Window Cleaner Works Wonders[did Mine When I Had Overspray]

I have a razor blade paint scraper ;) That'll provide optimal angle and a totally sweet handle... It's also red so I'll get the job done faster :2cool:

lol Ralliart paint scraper. Does it have parras?

lol Ralliart paint scraper. Does it have parras?
Yeah, came stock with an Enkei blade, two tiered wing and no turbo lol

Do you have a Verada paint scraper I could borrow :redface: lol

How did it get on your car in the first place?

I have the same thing... it really sucks when you are driving into the sun... and I have nfi how it got there.... maybe dad when he was using some spray paint in the backyard and some blew onto my car with the wind or something...

Note: Don't use a scourer!! My mate had a drop of bird **** baked onto his windscreen and he tried to get it off with a scourer... hahaha now he has one ultra scratched patch that you cant see through right in the middle of his windscreen... it annoys me and I don't even drive the car!!

Also fine steel wool does the job too..:)
For the love of god don't use steel wool on your windscreen, some fool tried to clean some stubborn marks off the TR's windscreen years ago and it left nice swirly marks on the middle of the windscreen. Got it replaced for free when an ex-mechanic put our windscreen wiper arms on backwards and cut a hole in the bottom of the windscreen :P

Got it replaced for free when an ex-mechanic put our windscreen wiper arms on backwards and cut a hole in the bottom of the windscreen :P

I can see why he's your ex-mechanic lol

I have a razor blade paint scraper ;) That'll provide optimal angle and a totally sweet handle... It's also red so I'll get the job done faster :2cool:


dude, get some clear indicators on that thing.....quick!

an ex-mechanic put our windscreen wiper arms on backwards and cut a hole in the bottom of the windscreen :P

FAIL :bowrofl:

How did it get on your car in the first place?
Well I'm not sure if you know, but when you spraypaint, if you don't mask up enough (we thought we did, evidently this wasn't the case..) overspray occurs :nuts:

Well I'm not sure if you know, but when you spraypaint, if you don't mask up enough (we thought we did, evidently this wasn't the case..) overspray occurs :nuts:


ROFLMFAO - A real beginners mistake, that one!!

I'd start out trying some clay (like the Meguiar's stuff Schnell suggested) - it's the first thing that pros try to remove overspray with....

And as a bonus, if you're into detailing, you can use it on the rest of your car's paintwork too.

Just hit it with the ralliart razor paint scraper... Epic win. Here's a pic of my limited edition paint scraper.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g35/z0mgluke/ralliartyo.jpg

Another problem solved by the bored people of AMC, kudos gentlemen.

hhahahaa, where did you get that clear indicator from and how much? (i got in first hehehe)

****in classic:bowrofl:

Thats better....
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2339/ralliartyocopydb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2339/ralliartyocopydb5.efbe560c40.jpg (http://g.imageshack.us/g.php?h=294&i=ralliartyocopydb5.jpg)

:bowrofl: Oh Luke.....Mitsubishi Australia never would have folded if they had you as their ideas man!

Haha, I got my KE grille, license plate holder, and on top of that used the wrong colour paint :( Fail.

:bowrofl: THATS ****ING AWESOME
HAHAHAHAHA:bowrofl:

I'd go with Schnell's recommendation ... clay block. Maybe $20-$30 with a spray detailer lubricant. Cheaper than replacing a scratched windscreen, and you probaly won't need to use all on it this job. It's gentle and you can use it on your duco to remove more stubborn marks.

Ken

Yep, although Ive never heard of it called a clay block, only a claybar???

Anyway, I woudl think a lot easier than a blade, ive used it to remove tiny hardly visible brake caliper paint overspray off the paintwork of nearly the whole car, worked magic.

Ollie

+ 1 for some thinners

Yep, although Ive never heard of it called a clay block, only a claybar???

Anyway, I woudl think a lot easier than a blade, ive used it to remove tiny hardly visible brake caliper paint overspray off the paintwork of nearly the whole car, worked magic.

Ollie
I'll use the claybar on the bonnet when I can. The razor took care of the on-glass overspray with ease!

Yeah, my bad, it's "claybar" not "clay block". Was probably trying to multitask at the time.

Don't use thinners on your car, too much risk of touching the duco and damaging it with the thinners. Unless you're absolutely sure of what you're doing, start gentle and escalate.

Ken

Yeah, my bad, it's "claybar" not "clay block". Was probably trying to multitask at the time.

Don't use thinners on your car, too much risk of touching the duco and damaging it with the thinners. Unless you're absolutely sure of what you're doing, start gentle and escalate.

Ken
Agreed. Thinners does nasty things to plastics and paint.

Agreed. Thinners does nasty things to plastics and paint.

yah, I know that from experience :redface:

Agreed. Thinners does nasty things to plastics and paint.

So does brake fluid :redface:

So does brake fluid :redface:
Brake fluid is also the best damned weed killer on God's lil earth. Years ago I had bamboo growing in the garden. Was told that no weed killer would get rid of it and only thing to do was dig it out. So I chopped it all down to the ground and looked around in the garage for what I had. Two spare bottles of brake fluid. That'll do. bamboo never came back......:P

Brake fluid is also the best damned weed killer on God's lil earth. Years ago I had bamboo growing in the garden. Was told that no weed killer would get rid of it and only thing to do was dig it out. So I chopped it all down to the ground and looked around in the garage for what I had. Two spare bottles of brake fluid. That'll do. bamboo never came back......:P

My brother and I used to play with brake fluid 'from the back shed' making fire bombs in coke bottles.... I think we mixed it with pool chlorine. Man, we used to scare the neighbourhood to bits haha... It was actually pretty dangerous though.

The good old days. :D