Paint Overspray Removal On Car Services In Long Island
Rough texture to your paint? White specs of paint? We can help remove that.
See Small Specs On Your Paint? Rough Texture? It’s Paint Overspray.
When you see tiny colored specs on your paint or feel a rough texture on the panel when you slide your hand over it, it’s due to small paint particles that have landed on your vehicle.
Usually, this happens when you’re near a construction site, or someone is painting outside, and the wind carries a layer of paint particles over to your vehicle.
It’s most likely all over your vehicle; glass, paint, trim, wheels, etc. It’s not fun to see, let alone remove it from all those surfaces. And you have to remove the overspray to get paint protection film (PPF) or color-changing wrap done on your vehicle.
That being said, tiny specs on your paint and the rough texture feeling could be something else like other types of above-surface contaminants.
Don’t Do More Harm Than Good To Your Paint
Scratching and rubbing your paint vigorously with a towel, plastic razor, or brush will do nothing but install swirls and scratches into your paint.
We see this time and time again. It just adds more work to your vehicle because now there are two parts that we have to address:
The first part is removing the overspray. Sometimes it’s easy, and sometimes it’s challenging. It depends on the type of paint and surface it’s on (i.e., trim vs. wheels vs. paint vs. glass).
Many times, even with safe removal methods, it will cause minor marring to the paint. Because of this, a light polish will be needed to remove the marring.
However, if you aggressively scratch your paint, we’ll have to use a more intense method of paint correction to remove those heavy swirls and scratches you caused.
Our Overspray Removal Process:
Wash the vehicle, including wheels, tires, and fenders
1
Start the removal process with various tools and products; clay bar and adhesive remover
2
Wipe down the affected areas to remove any chemical residue
3
Light polish to remove any light marring, swirls, or scratches
4
Add spray wax for shine and protection
5
Dress tires, no-sling dressing
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Now, this service is good enough to get your paint back to where it was (and sometimes, even better). That being said, if you'd like to increase the vehicle's overall appearance, a Wash Wax or Paint Correction service will achieve that for you.
Overspray Pricing
Price will vary based on size and condition
$200 - $400
Paint Overspray FAQ
I tried claying the paint, and it’s still there. Now what?
A clay bar treatment is a great option to cleanse the paint from above surface contaminants. It’s what we do on every Wash and Wax service. However, when it comes to overspray, it’ll need to be “pulled” off differently. You can spend more time claying but won’t get favorable results. It’s a very tedious and time-consuming process.
Can you remove the overspray from plastic, wheels, and glass?
Generally speaking, yes. We can remove it from glass, wheels, fenders, trim, etc. However, that doesn’t mean we’ll be able to remove 100% of all the overspray. As always, we’ll follow our detailing methodology. But some areas and surfaces will be more problematic than others. Mainly depending on the type of paint that landed on your vehicle.
Can a rubbing compound remove the overspray?
It might be able to remove a tiny fraction of the overspray that has landed on your vehicle, but it won’t do much for the most part. You can work the product into the area with a towel, but you won’t see a significant difference.