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Argh! Ronseal on paint work.

  • 15-08-2007 10:42am
    #1
    Stevo11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭


    Neighbour got a bit carried away while spraying his gate and managed to cover one of my cars in droplets of Ronseal wood stain spray... any ideas on how to remove?? Can take it off the windows with a razor blade.. but its all over the car on the paintwork (NOT easy to remove even with my nail, in some cases it won't budge at all..).
    T-cut? White spirits? Not sure what to use as its a stain rather than a paint...
    Where do I stand if it doesn't come off? How would I break it to them? I've called in and showed the damage to Mrs Neighbour (plus took pics.... of the paint ;) ), she agreed that it was brutal..
    Cheers
    Steve


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  • #2
    spidersonmars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 188 ✭✭spidersonmars


    Your Neighbour that sprayed your car is liable for any damage caused to you car. This is no the first case I have heard of this. I would take photgraphs of your car for insurance purposes. I don't want to be "american" about it promoting the sue culture, but your car has been damaged due to someone not taking precautions and causing damage to another persons property/possession.


  • #3
    git_ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭git_ireland


    I did the exact same thing on my neighbors decking. ended looking like wood word. Had to pay €450 to get it professionally cleaned. Something I wont be trying again!! Hard lesson to learn. Realistically someone who does paint repairs on cars should have something to take it off. something like a tar remover


  • #4
    Stevo11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭Stevo11


    pics attached

    Will try T-cut/Mer/DiamondGlaze this evening and see how it turns out.


  • #5
    8~)
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭8~)


    Hey, I recognise the car...

    What a bugger - you can try T-Cut but I reckon it won't remove it; it'll just churn up the red paint of the car. I wonder would heating it soften the stuff; it is designed to soak in to timber but obviously can't soak in to metal. However, if you have to spend a day with a hairdryer picking bits off the car that'll cost you in both time and self respect. Even if you do get it off it may well leave marks if the car's paint is anyway soft.

    I have a car that got spattered in either mortor or concrete - either way I have spatters of it on the car and some scratches where the previous owner picked it off. Pity, because the paint is otherwise good.


  • #6
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Buy a Clar Bar...........it will come off almost immediately, with little effort !

    This happened recently to my '03 CLK. It was the day before one of the big classic shows and I had bought a Clay Bar at the Techno Classica in Essen to use on my W111.

    It took about 30 minutes for the whole car, though it was washed previously which is important. Also keep kneading and turning the Bar !


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