oldgits got it right,with the best will in the world some paint sometimes gets onto the glass
As said put some thinners on a lint free cloth and wipe all the glass ,try and miss the rubbers or you black streak everything.
A proper window scraper is good (all decent paint stores stock them) but the blade can dig into the glass and it will leave a permanent mark
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Celullose thinners will not harm glass though will harm window rubbers, wipers, paintwork etc.
As said above T-Cut will do the job beautifully, it actually clean glass very well without abraiding it, wash it of with water and wipe over with vinegar and your screen will be as good as new.
A nylon scourer (white) is fine on glass and OK if used gently on paintwork however the green "brillo" type ones are best kept away from cars.
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The respray was done on the cheap about 1 and a half years ago. I've been putting up with the overspray for a while, but with the low sun in the early evening its getting beyond a joke. I also think that the bits of spray are wearing out my wipers prematurely.
I have tried a clay bar which worked up to a point. What I have left on the windscreen a tiny flecks of paint which you can't really see even from close up without the sun glaring throught the windscreen.
I think I'll have a go with some t-cut, I think my dad has some in his shed. If that fails I'll try thinners (very carefully)
Thanks for the advice re: not mixing rubber and thinners - didn't even think about that one.
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The respray was done on the cheap about 1 and a half years ago. I've been putting up with the overspray for a while, but with the low sun in the early evening its getting beyond a joke. I also think that the bits of spray are wearing out my wipers prematurely.
And now we hear the full story! And you have waited a full 18 months peering through a grotty windscreen and prematurely wearing out your wipers.........tut, tut tut.
Why did we all bother?
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(sorry) I thought I better come clean on the matter.
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Depending on the degree to which to the paint has 'cured' will depend on what can remove it and how easily.
After nearly 40 years in the paint industry in R&D and as my Ex firm's Analytical Chemist, I am still amazed (shouldn't be really) how easily some surface coatings can be removed but, as I say, it depends how long they have been 'set'.
Personally, I would start with the least polar solvents and work upwards, so to speak. The trouble with a lot of rubbing is that if one is not scrupulously clean and careful you can exacerbate the problem by scratching your windscreen with a wee bit of grit etc. picked up on your cloth.
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Brake fluid?
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Brake fluid?
dot 4 or 5 best? ;-)
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Personally, I would start with the least polar solvents and work upwards, so to speak.
Polycell brush cleaner is another possibility. I always use it on bodywork and wheels to get tar off.
As the paint is now fully cured IMO there are only two options.
1.Grind / scrape it off. So T-Cut or a credit card or a bladed scraper
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2. Paint stripper. I would go with paint stripper. On a dry day try it on a small area applying it very thinly. Allow it it to totally dry and then wipe of with a damp cloth and finally hose off.
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Jet wash?
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One of those glass scrapers with the Stanley blade in will do - but use gently, very little pressure.
I would be tempted to ask the body shop why they didn't used masking.
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>> Personally, I would start with the least polar solvents and work upwards, so to speak. >> Paint stripper. I would go with paint stripper. On a dry day try it on a small area applying it very thinly. Allow it it to totally dry and then wipe of with a damp cloth and finally hose off.
Funnily enough, I was going to suggest paint stripper and wrote quite a bit about how to use it in these circumstances, however I chickened out and deleted what I'd written, when I realised what could go wrong if used incorrectly.
Our friend here has already left it for eighteen months before doing anything about this problem, it seems.
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I think I've come across as a bit of an idiot in this post! I'm not, but have to put my hands up to being a bit (read: very) lazy.
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