Removing white paint from tires and wheel wells

[Bpogue]

Some asshat contractor let a white paint can drop out of his truck in front of me and I ran through the puddle. Apparently KO2s are great for spreading paint if you’re looking to touch up your wheel wells.... I tried to get home as fast as I could but after 45mins of trying to scrub it off with my car wash supplies I haven’t made headway.

Any ideas on what to use for tires, nfab bars, and wells to get this crap off? Should have thought to get their number from the side of the truck...

Thanks for any help!

 

[emailjoe2]

Omg what a nightmare. You need a pressure washer stat. Do the best you can with that. You can’t use anything caustic really. You may then need to use some bedliner when things dry up to cover up the white that’s left in your wheel wells. It’s going to be almost impossible to get it all off. The least of my concerns would be anything on your painted surfaces. There are a bunch of cleaners and light polishing compounds that you can use. You have more options there.


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[Jarheadoo7]

Mineral spirits in a spray bottle, saturate the areas and let set for five or ten minutes. Then get the pay and spray or power washer and rinse that off. The mineral spirits won’t eat your paint unless you have a single stage dupliolor bomb job. Then wax it cuz it will be stripped of wax.

 

[johnbt]

Water base or oil base?

I had that same thing happen with with white latex. The stuff wouldn't come off for love or money. After two or three weeks of summer heat it had cured enough that I sat on a bucket one day in the shade and peeled it off, one strip at a time. I used the tip of a pocket knife to start the end of each strip and off they came.

A power washer might have been better, but I didn't own back then. Then again, water and latex paint might just make a mess out of dried paint.

 

[Bpogue]

Water base or oil base?



I had that same thing happen with with white latex. The stuff wouldn't come off for love or money. After two or three weeks of summer heat it had cured enough that I sat on a bucket one day in the shade and peeled it off, one strip at a time. I used the tip of a pocket knife to start the end of each strip and off they came.



A power washer might have been better, but I didn't own back then. Then again, water and latex paint might just make a mess out of dried paint.

It looks like latex


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