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My car was tagged

Post by RN 36 »

Some low life has tagged my car with a paint pen. Almost half the bonnett.

Anybody know the best way to clean this crap off the car without destroying the paint.

Thanks
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Post by Mick. »

RN 36 wrote:Some low life has tagged my car with a paint pen. Almost half the bonnett.

Anybody know the best way to clean this crap off the car without destroying the paint.

Thanks
Can you tell me what type of car it is and I should be able to help.

Cheers Mick.
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Post by ajsr »

try with prepsol (wax and grease remover) it won't hurt paint.
if that doen't work pray its painted in two pak.
what type of car is it?
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Post by droopypete »

If his username is acurate, he has a short wheel base hilux.
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Post by beerdog »

A low strength product like Metho or turps woud be my recomendation. Maybe even some wax and grease remover (prepsol or similar). Don't use anything stronger like thinners or acetone as this can cut through clear coats and the like. Polishes would even make a tough job of it so I wouldn't bother trying to buff it out.

But like all statements, I'd spot check it on a small patch first. I've painted a lot of cars over the last 20 years (as a job) but I'm not a tradesman spraypainter. So I just don't want to be persecuted at a later date for my opinion, but I'd just like to cover my ass in replying. I still stand by my comments above.
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Post by brad-chevlux »

get to fast with some Bolt-off. then wash it well with hot soapy water and give it a good polish.
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Re: My car was tagged

Post by Mick. »

Mick. wrote:
RN 36 wrote:Some low life has tagged my car with a paint pen. Almost half the bonnett.

Anybody know the best way to clean this crap off the car without destroying the paint.

Thanks
Can you tell me what type of car it is and I should be able to help.

Cheers Mick.
I should also add what colour it is? If it's a Hilux and it's white then it's painted in Commercial paint which is thinner and much harder to remove other contaminates, paints etc from. If it's a metallic or pearl then it will be cleared and you'll have a much better chance of removal

Also DON'T park the car in the sun until it's removed or it will not come off. The sooner you remove it the better chance you have off removing it.

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Post by RockyF75 »

I'd take a photo of it too 1st, so if you ever see some punk spraying the same tag somewhere else, you know what to do ;)


That and you should probably report it to the police even though you won't get any compensation or anything, if/when the little turd gets caught there will be more to charge him with.
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Post by berad »

Put an ad in the paper, $100 dollar reward for address of so and so he'll be dobbed in. ahh the joys of catching someone defacing my or anyone elses stuff.
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Post by RRover85 »

brake clean works fairly well, we use it at work when we get stuff on customers cars we shouldnt like oil and grease and air con dye (funky stuff!), there is also Graffiti remover you can get from Mitre 10 that says it wont hurt the original paint...
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Post by stockhorse »

If paint is fresh wd40, spray a liberal amount and wipe with rag.
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Post by RN 36 »

droopypete wrote:If his username is acurate, he has a short wheel base hilux.
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Thank god it was not my beloved short wheel base hilux

No it was a 2001 ford falcon, white in colour

It was tagged some time in the last 24 hours. I have parked it under cover till i decide how to get it off.

Thanks for the tips
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Post by lump_a_charcoal »

My missus' car was also done, I used cut and polish - worked a treat.
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Post by PJ.zook »

I 2nd brake cleaner, brilliant stuff.
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Post by Santos »

brake cleaner will eat at the paint underneath, use it as a last resort

(great if you want to strip paint off plastic)
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Post by MUD CLUB »

spray on oven cleaner, gerni off then polish
I used to use it to remove sign writing off vans when i was a detailer
you can watch it work so dont let it sit too long
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Post by TRobbo »

I second the turps recommendation. Will need to wax the bonnet again afterwards as I am sure you will with any of the suggestions coming forward.
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Post by GQ Bear »

Sorry for the hijak, i couldn't resist.

My GQ got tagged once after a 4wd trip (just finger on dirty paintwork). It was one of those stupid names they write, so i wrote "is gay" underneath it. Lasted 3 days before the wanker scrubbed it all off :rofl:
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Post by purplebus »

we sell 2nd hand parts and the wreckers write on them in nikko pen and we use black and gold fly spray(no frills type). tried aeroguard one day and it hardly budged it.
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Post by PJ.zook »

Santos wrote:brake cleaner will eat at the paint underneath, use it as a last resort

(great if you want to strip paint off plastic)
We use it frequently on paintwork with no problems, maybe the one you used is more harsh or chemically dissimilar.
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Post by RN 36 »

Thanks for all the help guys.

Ended up using wax and greese remover which took off most of it but still had a very dark shadow of the writting. Finished it off with cutting polish which took the rest off nicley. I think i will keep going and do the rest of the car. The bonet came up well.

Thanks again
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Post by zagan »

Goto Big W.

Goto the cleaner dept.

Take a good look around for a 3 bottle pack that 1 bottle is for carpets 1 bottle for walls and wood floors last bottle is for getting ink/paint off paint walls/cars etc.

Done by some german guy, morksun or something like that for a name.

$10 or so for all 3 bottles.
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