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From: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Getting paint mist off my car?
Message-ID: <9369@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 21:21:19 EST
Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.9369
Posted: Mon Feb 24 21:21:19 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 08:26:36 EST
Reply-To: wales@ucla-cs.UUCP (Rich Wales)
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Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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Several weeks ago, my car got a fine mist of white or off-white house
paint on one side.  Apparently, I had the bad fortune to be parked on
the street next to an apartment building that had some touch-up paint
work done on it while I was away from the car.

The largest of the paint spots are less than 1 mm in diameter.  They
are on the passenger's side and are not noticeable unless you look
closely -- indeed, I didn't notice them myself until much later.  Since
I didn't see the damage immediately, and probably cannot prove who was
responsible, I see little hope of successfully suing the people who
repainted the apartment across the street.

What I want to know is, how can I get this stuff off my car?  The under-
lying paint job is in almost-new condition, and I've tried to keep a
good coat of wax on it (which I hope may help things).  Just to see what
would happen, I tried scraping the little spots off with my fingernail
-- no luck.

Would buffing, polishing, stripping the wax, etc., succeed in getting
the paint mist off without wrecking the original paint job?  What about
the mist that got on the plastic side trim?

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.
--
Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department // +1 213-825-5683
        3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, California 90024 // USA
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