Paint removal...

The guy that had my mk2 before me was a painter and so it has tons of little paint/emulsion flicks on it.

Anyone know a good product/way of removing these?

Cheers

I use 'Tetrosyl standard thinners' at work. You could just get any kind of paint thinners though.

did you get the motor from Haverhill...??.....i nearly got that for myself but noticed you looking it over and when i came back it'd gone so i figured you must have got it......lol........he used it like a van with the back seats down fully loaded with paint and ladders

nelds wrote:

did you get the motor from Haverhill...??.....i nearly got that for myself but noticed you looking it over and when i came back it'd gone so i figured you must have got it......lol........he used it like a van with the back seats down fully loaded with paint and ladders

yeah thats the one mate! I've known the guy that was selling it for a few years now and he randomly text me saying it was for sale so I snapped it up! needed a bit of work but its definatly worth it and i'm already loving it! just wanna get it tidy as pos and go from there

try giving it a go over with a clay bar, should get the most of it off.

matty_mk1 wrote:

try giving it a go over with a clay bar, should get the most of it off.

Cheers for that I clay bar'd it this weekend and it got a fair bit of stuff off!

Unfortunatly though it's still kinda tatty, a lot of stone chips and stuff so might have to either find a magician or a painter :(

No worries mate.

Haha yeah youll never polish a stonechip out, unless your looking for a bare metal finish

haha i'd probably end up turning it into a rat if i keep goin!

Halfrauds were no use in trying to get a touch up pen for the colour so looks like it's gonna be pricey getting paint done on it!

tried VW for a touch up pen?

Yeah I have mate but when the guy from vindis bodyshop said 'f***king hell i've never heard of that colour' you know it's gonna be hard to get hold of one

They've told me to try Movac or Morelli?

Paint code should be on a White sticker in the boot mate. Anyone should be able to mix it then, including halfords.

BenxK wrote:

Yeah I have mate but when the guy from vindis bodyshop said 'f***king hell i've never heard of that colour' you know it's gonna be hard to get hold of one

They've told me to try Movac or Morelli?

Well you should have laugh at the guy and ask to speak to someone who knows what theyre doing

ive had the same trouble with halfords and vindis in sawston trying to get a touch up pen in the green concept colour

Well I just a quote back from Movac on them mixing the paint up

Alternatively go into discount auto parts in cambridge with your paint code and they will make you a touch up pot for you for about £12.