Is there an easy way to get paint overspray off door rubbers.It was painted quite a few years back by the previous owner and I want to tidy things up a bit,but i dont want to pull the rubbers out as some are still ok.
Cheers Geoff
I'd test these ideas on an old throw-away piece before doing it to the car.
1. Chemical - thinners or paint stripper on a rag, may eat the rubber though, watch the surrounding paintwork too.
2. Abrasive - steel wool, scourer or fine sanding block
3. Chemical - I picked up some degreaser the other day, biodegradable, made from sodium hydroxide and other salts. Stripped the grease off the parts a treat and softened the paint on the brush I was using. I think this is the same gear a company called Minus Paint use to strip cars of paint etc, a side-effect of the process is that is reguvenates rubber.
If it's only light overspray, to prevent damage to rubber & duco I've had success using some cutting polish. Cleaned up the excess dried polish with an old toothbrush. Hope this works for you too.
Leigh
Try Prepsol (Wax and Grease Remover). If its acrylic the paint will come straight of as it softens, if its enamel the you'll need to work a bit harder, maybe with a light scourer pad.
Good Luck.
Craig.
Iv'e never had a problem using thinners to remove acrylic overspray of rubbers, they used thinners a lot for cleaning rubber pedals etc in the 60's and 70's.
another way is to gently scrape it with a razor.
becuase the rubber is flexible it usually comes of just by scraping it with your finger nail.
polishes and compounds will take a long time and you will have to rub the shit out of the rubber with a solvent like prepsol or white spirit as the polish will leave a white residue ingrained in the rubber.
Alkaline type water base degreasers will leave streaky oxidization on the paint, they will only be effective as a lubricant while you scrub the rubber, white spirit would be more effective and safer as a lubricant that stays wet longer than prepsol but it will dry the rubber a little bit, vaseline can be rubbed in to rejuvinate the rubber, this is often coloured and sold as a silicone free rubber rejuvinator, you could probably use it as a lubricant to scrape the rubber with as well.
make sure you rub of all the excess vaso as it holds dust and gets messy.