How to remove minor paint-overspray

My car was re-painted a few months back, and the body shop has since gone out of business. an appraiser recently looked at my car and pointed out the "overspray" - how can I remove that? my car is a 2002 Cabrio, and the paint was done on the bottom of the INSIDE of the passenger door, where a bolt rusted. some paint got on the bottom of the outside of the car, behind the front passenger fender. the bottom of my car is painted black from the factory, but the body is silver. you can see some silver paint on the black part. any way to wipe or clean off the silver paint from the black part?
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Wax the area (with whatever you normally use) after the fact.
so, i will hit Target or Trak Auto and look for "cleaner wax" - just apply it. Then wash/wax the car?
i need to wax the whole car anyway - good to do after the summer months and before winter, right?
also, both of my silver VW's have had paint issues. parts of the finish are lighter silver, almost like bird dropping shapes, but never any bird droppings. is there something on the metal, but under the paint, that can cause these paint "cancers" to appear in late model cars?
But cleaner (not cleaner/wax) is probably safe, but again, don't press on it too hard.
Follow Mr Shiftright's advice if the milder cleaners don't work - be careful in any case.
I've been detailing cars since I was 13, and have been known to use an SOS or Billo pad to remove junk like that - but only on light colored paints and with the finesse of a feather.
Clay removes many imperfections including overspray, just keep the area lubed and run the bar over it a bunch of times. Worth a shot before resorting to the more abrasive ideas.
thanks for all of the tips!! as soon as i get back from the beach this weekend, my project will be to get the overspray off the car (along with the bugs and salt and sand).
I had overspray over the entire top half of my car. It was really light overspray, I couldn't really see it, but the paint was rough all over the car when I ran my hands across it.
I used Clay Magic claybar kit and it removed all of the overspray. Now the paint job looks like new!!!
Don't worry, it's easy to use. All you have to do is spray the lube and run the clay bar over the paint with light pressure and the overspray will be gone.
car looks great now. and with all the rain we are getting, it is beading up like crazy!
thanks for everyone's advice.
Next step in keeping your Black Accord immaculate is to read posts in the Zaino boards and/or store bought waxes and polishes. Scroll through and you will see pictures also. Dawn dishwashing detergent is very effective at removing old wax build up, follow with the clay on the whole vehicle, wash it again, follow with some 3M swirl mark remover (preferably applied with random orbit buffer) then multiple coats of Zaino (my first choice) or Klasse All in One (second) or whichever Carnauba based wax you choose from experience (third). I find the Zaino REAL EASY to apply, the shine and depth on a dark vehicle amazing and it protects for months not weeks! In those boards you will find some detailing fanatics that have some great advice and ideas. Good luck and keep clean!!!
You're welcome!!
As sequioasoon said above, if your mirrors have overspray, chances are the rest of the car has it also. Even if the rest of the car doesn't have it, Claying the paint will improve the shine of the paint job by removing other contaminants stuck to the paint.
A accord could probably be clayed in about 30 minutes. That's how long it took to do my whole car from top to bottom.
sequoiasoon,
0000 steel wool? What's that? where do I get it? I have overspray on my windows also, but haven't figured out how to get it off yet. Do I spray window cleaner and rub the wool lightly?