Removing paint splatter from aluminum H2s

[BudTX]

I must have run over some black paint somewhere, and have some thin tendrils of paint on one of my brushed aluminum H2 wheels. It is dry, and I worked for 30 minutes with WD40 and RemOil as solvents to try and get it off. A tiny bit of color soiled the saturated cloth that I was working with, but I could not make any appreciable progress. I also tried a stiff plastic scraper, which did nothing.

Do you guys have any suggestions on how to get this stuff off?

Thanks,

Bud

 

[dentpusha]

you might try heating it up with a heat gun,then using those solvents.thinner should get it off

 

[Tow Master]

Id say Carberator cleaner or lacquer thinner should get it off.

 

[BudTX]

Still no luck. I am afraid to try the heat gun for fear that it will melt the clearcoat on the wheels.

 

[whitetrash21]

you sure its paint?? i had some superheated grease splatter on a set of wheels i had on my old truck. grease melted the clearcoat and brake dust and burned it into the wheel. i never could get it out. wound up painting the wheels black just to hide it.....

paint is usualy fairly easy to get off...... only reason i'm askin, is that if you've done that much to it and it still aint coming off, it may not be paint. tar, hot asphalt, grease??

i dunno..... just a thought.

 

[BudTX]

I don't know what this stuff is. It looks like gloss black paint, and you can even feel the slightly raised texture on the surface of the wheel. Tar will melt right away with a shot of WD40, even after it has been dry. We have tar on the beaches in Texas, and I have had to clean my fair share of it off of vehicles, people and equipment.

I appreciate the suggestions. I'll post up what I can find that works.

 

[TIM Z]

Try some goof off on a rag bud, start in a non conspicuious area first. Or you can even try some 000 Steel wool but use it very very gently. This sucks, good luck.

 

[eng158]

this mihgt be a really dumb idea but i figured it couldnt hurt to trhough it out there. i know that a clay bar will remove all sorts of nastiness from the paint of a truck so why not try it on the wheels. it has to be better than steel wool. good luck Bud

 

[saratoga]

I second the clay bar, but don't the H2's have almost a sandblast textured surface? If it's stuck to those areas, I doubt the bar will work. I was able to get some thermal plastic highway paint (yes the white stripe crap) off of my fenders and rear quarters with a clay bar and some elbow grease.