Fresh road paint sucks

[jakabony]

Tried to avoid, but not totally successful, some fresh road paint yesterday. My passenger side front and rear wheel well got sprayed, as well as the rocker panel. I was able to get all the paint off of the front inner wheel well and rocker panel. However, the rear wheel well is made up of a different material and cannot really be scrubbed. Anyone know of any products that will clean it? If not, I will probably just get out the black spray paint.

By the way, the only trick with road paint is to get it off as quickly as possible. If you wait a few days, you will be kicking yourself. Words of advice from a long time detailer here.

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[zroger73]

What is "road paint"? I don't guess we have that down here in Texas - unless you're talking about the white and yellow paint used for lane markings, etc. When they do that here, a machine applies the paint, sprinkles reflective material on it, and cures it with steam all in one step. It's "dry" immediately.

Felt is used in the rear wheel wells to reduce the sound of splashing/spraying water from transmitting into the vehicle.

 

[jakabony]

In Western PA, our lovely road crews spray the paint, and it basically air dries. So the nice new paint has tire tracks in it all over the road, because they paint during daylight hours.

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