car spray-painted. how to remove?

[poolupwai]

Dear Sifus,

My car has been vandalised with spray paint dis morning. and its barely 1 month old!!

I wonder if any sifus out here can advise on the correct method to remove the paint without respraying the whole car? it has never been waxed nor polished before, just the fresh coat of paint right out from the factory.

here's how it looks like:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2198/img00188201105070653.jpg

please help!! thanks in advance...

 

[K3N]

compounding would remove them....no worries

 

[poolupwai]

K3N,

thanks for the advice. but does compunding works on d rear lights? and the emblems too? he seem to purposely spray on the "CPS 1.6" and LOTUS emblem.

 

[K3N]

can...lots of patience and elbow grease will get rid of them...
Debadge the affected emblem and do it patiently

 

[Veloc]

Wow you offended anyone?

anyways, try compounding/polishing. Start with the least aggressive. But since it's all over, you might want to send to detailing shop? Or else you'll be tired if do without machine...

 

[TitanRev]

You can do compounding then polishing but need to use a rotary to be effective as your hand is not fast enough like a machine.

Those that did this really deserve to die. Simply go vandalize other people's property.

 

[poolupwai]

K3N,

patience i do have, but time is not on my side. i would rather send it ot a detailing shop for the guys to get rid of the major ones, while i'll handle d itsy-bitsy parts myself...

Veloc,

i'm the type that would rather stay away from a fight than start one. As can be seen from the above picture, i did not block any vehicles other than those in my own house. the car is parked as it is since i got home last nite until i woke up to go to work this morning. so this is a case of unprovoked vandalism... will report to police later and let justice runs it course.

but wat is done is done, i just wana concentrate on repairing the damages done. i will consider sending it to a detailing shop to have it done. thanks for the advice, bro.

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TitanRev,

Thanks bro, for the advice... my hands r not that fast unless i do alot of "syiok sendiri" exercise... (u knw wat i mean )

its a new car, for god's sake!!! hope he rot faster than gardenia bread...

 

[s1tl]

PM muyo, he can settle for u =) if u wan, pm me i give u his hp number =D

 

[muyo]

wow.. got abused kao kao. must be some kids who did this.

 

[poolupwai]

s1tl,

thanks for the advice bro. i got it done on that evening already. dont want any delay as damage is harder to remove by the minutes.

muyo,

unfortunately, he is a so-called educated high-ranking banking official who stoop to such low heights to do such acts on young ppl like me. obviously being highly educated does not mean anything to him. ooh, bro muyo, r u a detailer too?

all,

thanks for all your valuable advices. i have collected my car last night n i must say the detailer did a very good job in recovering my car. what they did was compound + polishing the whole car to remove the top layer of paint and as a finale, they add on beading coat (was it called that?) to protect the remaining white paint. total damage is rm6xx which is believe is very worth the time and effort (they spent 10+hours on the car). now 98% of the car is free from the green paint, whilst d remaining 2% are hidden in nooks and crannies which are not so easily noticeable by eyes.

again, im really glad that all u brothers come over and render me your valuable advices. its great to have u guys around. :proud:

p/s: hope the bastard pee his pants later when the police comes around later in the evening. :proud: cheers!

 

[Veloc]

s1tl,

thanks for the advice bro. i got it done on that evening already. dont want any delay as damage is harder to remove by the minutes.

muyo,

unfortunately, he is a so-called educated high-ranking banking official who stoop to such low heights to do such acts on young ppl like me. obviously being highly educated does not mean anything to him. ooh, bro muyo, r u a detailer too?

all,

thanks for all your valuable advices. i have collected my car last night n i must say the detailer did a very good job in recovering my car. what they did was compound + polishing the whole car to remove the top layer of paint and as a finale, they add on beading coat (was it called that?) to protect the remaining white paint. total damage is rm6xx which is believe is very worth the time and effort (they spent 10+hours on the car). now 98% of the car is free from the green paint, whilst d remaining 2% are hidden in nooks and crannies which are not so easily noticeable by eyes.

again, im really glad that all u brothers come over and render me your valuable advices. its great to have u guys around. :proud:

p/s: hope the bastard pee his pants later when the police comes around later in the evening. :proud: cheers!

Haha... Muyo is like a paint reviver... See his thread on detailing a camry . Oh by the way,

Dear sifus here, our friend here did the job for RM6xx! Is that the normal rate for detailing? How much is a full detail? I mean... I don't know because here at my place, normal soft waxing is charged at RM80 per car for normal sedan and cutting wax is charged at at RM160 for sedan. So I thought detailing is around that line but a little higher. Say RM300? Haha... Sorry for my noobness...

 

[^pomen_GTR^]

errr...detailling i'm sure not only consist waxing..maybe thats the reason price was "more" than usual one time job

 

[poolupwai]

erm... d price might be a bit steep, but as explained by the detailer,

"the damage is so deep (the spray so kaw, until the proton logo oso barely visible) that we need to compund n polish for 5-6 times to totally remove all all the green paints. the polishing part will be rm4xx, add on another rm2xx for the coating (to protect the thinning layer of original white paint)... so total rm6xx. all these include free interior leather polish + 3 times free car wash... :fisheye:"

overall im very satisfied with the results, but as mentioned Veloc n pomenGTR, d prices might be lower (i duno... im noob in this too...)

p/s: i'd like to think my car has undergone a "rescue operation" rather than just plain detailing procedures, so that might have justified the high price. sifus, pls advice... =)

 

[DanzEterna]

wat happened to the guy bro? has the police caught him?

 

[mick87]

i guess this time you need to cover your car each time you go home! This time I think you need to be more alert when you see suspicious person walk near your car.

 

[Veloc]

How did the police raid went? Let us know if the bugger got caught. It's best to park your car inside. I think using a cover but parking outside not much use also... The bugger can open the cover. And cover are known to give scratches to paint...

 

[es2611]

maybe u can contact sifu kc @ detailing dewa. he will give u necessary advice.
just my 2 cents.
anyhow.. good luck in restoring the car. pity u bro.

 

[Kevin Lee]

try getting a cctv camera in front ur house, it saves a lot of headache, perhaps it could even spot the stupid culprit who did this

 

[mewhoyou]

Dude,

If your renting then MOVE even after you polish they will be back to do it again. Fix the root of your problem before repaint.

In another hand its a good opportunity to go fade mat color.

 

[Veloc]

Dude,

If your renting then MOVE even after you polish they will be back to do it again. Fix the root of your problem before repaint.

In another hand its a good opportunity to go fade mat color.

Hahaha... That's one optimistic way to look at things!