My 2008 Ford Expedition was sprayed with a clear coat "paint?" before I bought it. The dealership had someone spray the car right after it was washed and water droplets were under the paint and they sprayed the entire car without taping off anything. I did use a razor blade to get windows clear. I had the headlights changed for clear lights again.
After all that my question is "is there something to remove this clear coated spray on finish"? The black plastic trim is now showing a frosted finish that cannot be returned to original finish. Will some paint remover work?
@jimz
Wow, reading this actually made my brain hurt. Unfortunately, I think that you might need to have to whole car repainted if you really care about how it looks. Otherwise, I would just live with it.
Your brain and my rearend. 🙁
The clearcoat was don over a wet car. The water droplets made spots in the paint. This damage is to the entire car and rubber trim shows it more than other trim. Eve the plastic door trim was wearing off and all the damage is right in our faces.
I did some checking for paint removers and if I do use a remover it will have to not damage rubber and plastic. I guess if the stripper is kept in plastic jugs it would not damage the rubber but some stripper is not recommended for rubber parts.
I will end up using a stripper and carefully apply to not damage other paint. Going to be a risky business.
The lesson learned from this is to never buy a used car, or new for that matter, on a rainy day. The rain hid the damaged spots and the dealership suddenly became the biggest bunch of ignoramuses ever gathered in one spot. I bought more cars since then but not at that dealership. I do not even buy oil or parts there. Screw me one shame on you. Screw me twice shame on me.
Im sorry but as for your plastic trim pieces there is nothing you can really do about that besides removing all the paint and re-painting it yourself. Clear coat and paint have almost the same properties so chemicals such as a paint remover will remove not only the clear coat but the paint too. Anything that is preferably metal and doesn't have paint on it you can easily clean off with some paint remover and it wont damage anything however that is about all you could do.
@marshall-sweet
I was afraid of that. Thanks.