Yep, that’s not pollen, that’s yellow house paint, on all my bikes.
Landlord got a cheap house painter to come yesterday and start spraying all over the place. Didn’t even know the guy was painting in the vicinity of the bikes. Moreover he didn’t even move them when he was working. I get back home to find all my stuff covered in this mess, just misted in yellow paint.
I’m furious. Luckily it seems the paint is acrylic based. Are there any safer solvents you recommend to remove all this crap?
by ThatWayneO
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I would suggest trying Goo Gone first. It’s a citrus based solvent that will actually soften and help remove dried paint several years old. But, it’s kind of slow in that case, and involves a lot of elbow grease.
In your case though, the paint is pretty fresh, and the Goo Gone might work rather well. The harsher you get with solvents the easier it will take the stuff off, but also the more hazardous it may become to your finish.
I’ve used Goo Gone on every used bike I’ve ever bought, most often to get white scrape marks off, where people have let the bike slide against white interior walls.
I used lacquer thinner to remove freshly painted yellow road striping splatter from the fenders on my truck. Road paint came off with no damage to the clear coat. Looks perfect. Definitely check a small area on your bikes first if you try this. I don’t know if automotive clear coat is the same stuff used on bikes. Good luck.
There’s a clay putty stuff that is used to get overspray off cars etc. i forget the name of it. I just recall referring to it as overspray clay. It works a treat tho!