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CY
 


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How to remove paint marks (from car doors etc) from your car

Washed the car this evening, only the inside though, it got dark before I had time to do the interior Rolling Eyes . That's tomorrow's job.

Anyway, a few months ago, some blithering idiot opened the door of their blue vehicle into the side of our clean silver Disco. Having only just got round to doing something about it now, I tried this trick - and it worked. Simply apply a splash of nail varnish remover (find the Mrs') onto a cotton pad or piece of paper, and rub thoroughly into the paint mark, pushing hard on it. Then, using a dry towel or cloth, rub the paint et voila, it should come off in your hands Very Happy

Did it on our blue scratch today and it worked like magic. Here's some before and after pictures:

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Here's my real problem though...

Unfortunately, the Disco was scraped along a white-painted gate when reversing out onto the street a couple of weeks ago.
I literally splashed on the nail varnish remover for this Rolling Eyes but no joy. I've sprayed it with plastic trim polish and rubbed it and washed it over and over but it wont budge. Any tips?

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Just buy some new arches Thumbs Up
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AndrewS wrote:
Just buy some new arches Thumbs Up


How much is that gonna set me back? Otherwise, I think it'll just be left until it comes to sell it on at the end of the year, and all of its bumps and scrapes will be repaired Confused
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Nitromors - car paint and gatepost paint use different base solvents Wink
  
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Nitromors also melts some plastics.

For spares try Nick Evans on 07702 903536 he breaks D3s
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CY wrote:
AndrewS wrote:
Just buy some new arches Thumbs Up


How much is that gonna set me back? Otherwise, I think it'll just be left until it comes to sell it on at the end of the year, and all of its bumps and scrapes will be repaired Confused


Between £45 and £100 according to...

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll...category0=
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Thats a complete set Thumbs Up
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AndrewS wrote:
Nitromors also melts some plastics
yer, if you leave it on long enough Wink a bit of nitromors on a rag & rub it until the paint loosens has worked for me on other vehicle plastics - the D3's plastics shouldn't be any different  
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10forcash wrote:
AndrewS wrote:
Nitromors also melts some plastics
yer, if you leave it on long enough Wink a bit of nitromors on a rag & rub it until the paint loosens has worked for me on other vehicle plastics - the D3's plastics shouldn't be any different


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Find a black gate some where.
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CY wrote:
the Disco was scraped along a white-painted gate when reversing out onto the street


My Tip .... someone should get lessons on reversing!!!

sorry, couldn't resist it CY
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My wife scrapped the side of our RRS on a green metal gate post. The trouble with the RRS is that it doesn't have the plastic wheel arch protection, so it made a mess of the wing and rear door.

She now drives something smaller - a Mini.
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ronp wrote:
CY wrote:
the Disco was scraped along a white-painted gate when reversing out onto the street


My Tip .... someone should get lessons on reversing!!!

sorry, couldn't resist it CY


Fortunately for me it was someone else in the family driving! But in their defense, they are deceptive gates...somehow! Shocked
And it's a busy road - too busy making sure we dont reverse out on top of somebody Wink
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