Dilemma !!!

[Purple_Popple]

Help, I just washed my car and noticed the whole of the front bonnet and bumper and number plate covered in tiny fleck of paint !!! navy blue car...and it looks bad ....Ive tried T-cut, WD40 all to no avail.. it looks a mess close up, how can i remove it please,..TIA x

[Purple_Popple]

sorry, that should have read thousands of tiny pin pricks of white paint, like someone close by has used a sprayer...

[Milvus]

If you can feel the flecks it could be spots from a Lime tree. Have you recently parked under/near trees?

[Purple_Popple]

Its white paint fleck....on a dark blue car....not near any trees.

[AlBags]

It's been near a building or something that's been sprayed.
Very hot water to soften and wet T-cut might work.

[Andyvon]

Hi Purplepopple,

There's a paint restorer called G3 which you can buy from many outlets including Halfords. It's more effective than T-Cut and that would probably remove the spots without much difficulty. It's about £10 a bottle.

Hope that helps.

[Purple_Popple]

Thank you all as always for your answers, but someone told me to use turps/white spirits to remove the paint flecks and it worked a treat, had to wash and polish again but worth it.

[AlBags]

Well if its Farecla G3 (Superfine) it will do less that T-Cut .. It's a non-silicon cutting/polishing compound. Much finer than T-Cut.

[Andyvon]

Sorry to hijack the thread Purplepoole.

Airbags - Are you sure? I used G3 this year after my car was resprayed (for door edges, sills etc). I bought it on the recommendation of the sprayer who said it was more effective than T-Cut and "Be careful". It was good stuff and did the job, I'm sure bettter than T-Cut. I've got the bottle here and it's 'G3 Formula, Professional Paint Remover'. It doesn't mention a grade though.

[JonnyBoy12]

Sorry to hear that bad news. I have heard that brake fluid gets rid of paint but that would get rid of all the paint not just the unwanted flecks. Not sure what to suggest but the really hot water sounds a good idea.

[AlBags]

Sprayers use Farecla (incl. G3 Superfine) because there is no silicone in it. If silicone gets anywhere near a paint shop .. it spells curtains to quite a few paint jobs, because the contamination wreaks havoc. I use it myself.
Ferecla use the G3 as the grade.

[Andyvon]

Thanks AIBags.