What should I use to remove spray paint?

[jlee]

In its prior life, my motorcycle had been dumped and somebody spraypainted over the dent in the (blue) tank with (yellow) spray paint. Some of it has worn off, and I can scrape some off with my fingernail and the paint underneath looks okay. There's a massive amount of overspray, and it'll be much less noticeable if I can clean it up.

Any ideas?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Your best bet is to strip the entire tank and repaint it. This will give you the opportunity to properly repair the dent in the tank too.

 

[SearchMaster]

I don't have any suggestions, but my cousin is a Corvette collector and had mentioned to a friend that he'd like to have one of them painted. His 4 year old son later got a can of spray paint and started the job for him 🙂

 

[AMCRambler]

Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I don't have any suggestions, but my cousin is a Corvette collector and had mentioned to a friend that he'd like to have one of them painted. His 4 year old son later got a can of spray paint and started the job for him 🙂

OHHH NO! That's gotta break your heart.

 

[alkemyst]

claybar should pull the overspray. If the finish is baked on from the factory, lacquer thinner may only pull off the spray paint. I'd find a forum for your bike and ask there, tank repairs would probably be popular esp redoing someone else's work.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
claybar should pull the overspray. If the finish is baked on from the factory, lacquer thinner may only pull off the spray paint. I'd find a forum for your bike and ask there, tank repairs would probably be popular esp redoing someone else's work.

Yeah..I will end up taking it to a body shop to have the whole thing done, but it's painfully ugly right now. 😱

 

[exdeath]

+1 on the clay bar. Is there a clear coat on the original finish? If so just lube it up nice and good and go gentle and be patient (no innuendo intended), and polish out the clear after.