How to remove dried in car paint from stone chip repair as well as dried in wax?

AJ91

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Hello!

So first question is how do you remove excessive car paint (Chipex etc) from the original paint if you realised you used a bit too much at some area and its been dried in for a rather long time now, months perhaps? Is there a way because right now there is one spot which really buggs me out as is visibile in a certain angle when the sun is out.. a bit too much paint was applied so it looks like its floating above the Surface. Would I need some sort of alcohol or would clay bar do the trick? I guess clay is too much of a long shot.

Also noticed I have a lot of dried in old wax under my rear bumper left side behind the Wheel which becomes visible when dry and being the perfectionist that I am it just bugs me out, would clay work on that?

Just checking Before I book a respray.

Thanks!
 
I've used Tardis to remove excess touch up paint, should also work on your old wax problem as well
 
Thank you I will look it up!
 
White spirit should work if you don't have Tardis


Yeah cant find tardis in Sweden it seems.

I will try when spring is here and when its detailing time then, this wont damage the clear coat?
 
White spirit is similar to the solution supplied in the chipex kit to remove excess paint - don't confuse white spirit with paint stripper though
 
Cheers, hopefully it will remove it even tho its been dried in for months.
 
Will check it out.

Won't do any detailing work until spring now though as I just got my doors replaced and painted and they told me to lay off wax and such for a month at least.
 
Fresh paint does need to cure properly over upto 3 months to let it breath otherwise you'll suffer from popping where the gases are trapped in and tiny blisters appear as the gasses try to escape.
You can buy bodyshop safe polishes which let the fresh paint breath