What if the car is doused with paint
Tips / / December 19, 2019
You suddenly discover that some hooligans poured your car paint. The situation is unpleasant, but not fatal. Layfhaker learned from the experts how to remove paint from the windshield and body elements, and you need to do to protect themselves from unforeseen costs.
Alexander Politov
Chief, paint and body repair "Petrovsky Autocentre».
What if the paint got on the windshield and prevents Review
Paint with a windshield can be removed in two ways:
- If the paint has dried, it can be removed using a plastic spatula, as with home windows when painting. Remains of the easiest way to remove a cloth soaked in solvent.
- If using a plastic spatula to remove the paint does not work, try to clean the surface of the metal or a razor blade, but very carefully, making a movement parallel to the glass, otherwise it can be scratch.
At service stations paint with glasses is removed the same way as with the painted surfaces - by abrasive polishing.
How is abrasive polishing
The procedure consists of the following steps:
- cleaning;
- abrasive polishing;
- re-washing;
- soft polishing.
For cleaning chemicals used to rid the car of various contaminants, including chemical.
Abrasive polishing removes the top layer of paint of several microns, thereby destroyed small cracks and defects on the body. Procedures for special pastes used:
- coarse, removes scratches;
- medium-grained, planarizing layer ink;
- fine-grained, removes tarnish and circular divorces.
After polishing the vehicle must send back to the sink to remove any residual particles of abrasive pastes and paints, and then dry thoroughly.
This is followed by a soft polishing step, which is also produced using special tools. Its result is additional protection of the metal from reacting with oxygen and imparting luster.
For holding polishing is necessary to have a polishing machine with speed control, At least two kinds of pasta, a large amount of clean water, foam discs of two kinds and degreasing means.
Pasta:
- krupnoabrazivny material for primary polishing;
- fine-grained basis to remove small scratches;
- polish finish, gives shine.
What else you need to know about the paint is removed from the body
With rubber and the structural parts of the body is practically old paint is not removed, the damaged cell to be replaced.
If your car has got the ink used when applying road marking or painting fences and bridges on motorways, it is likely that the only possible way to solve the problem - coloring element, since the chemical composition of these enamels corrodes not only the upper layer paints vehicle, but also a second layer pigment.
Sergey Vornovsky
CEO "AvtoSpetsTsentr Kashirka 39».
Is it possible to remove ink stains from the vehicle on its own
All industrial paints have a so-called adhesion property, that is sticking to the surface due to mechanical or chemical attack on the plane. Therefore, if the paint got on the case or the glass of the car, quickly and easily will not work to remove it.
At home, the small droplets of paint materials can try to remove the gasoline, acetone or soap solution with car shampoo. Paint stains on glasses can be removed for cleaning snow scraper or razor blade to pry gently. But all such actions are fraught with obliterated paint on vehicle and scratches on glasses. If the machine poured paint on the surface stains remain, it is best to contact the service station.
How to get rid of the paint in service centers
In the specialized service centers stain removal of paint and varnish materials occurs smoothly to cover the body of car, because for this purpose, special means and tools.
To remove a small amount of paint the master used a special plastic scraper or abrasive clay, which due to its properties can gently separate the solids from the surface car.
Removal of large ink stain occurs chemically. Preformed body or parts are immersed in the heated solution to 75-80 degrees caustic soda for half an hour and then for another certain time in a hot water having a temperature - of at least 45 degrees. After the chemical treatment solution residues from the surface are washed away cars jet of cold water.
The cost of work depends on the contamination area. The process of removing paint materials with a surface of the car can take from one to three days.
Svetlana Loginova
How to protect yourself
To protect yourself from unexpected expenses, for example, if your car will pour paint, enough to purchase insurance CASCO, which provides for such a risk, as the illegal actions third parties. Virtually every policy CASCO includes this risk.
If acquiring a policy Hull, you bought the option "emergency commissioner on any insured event," that this man comes and looks at the nature of the damage estimates the repair costs and, in accordance with the terms of your policy, or is a district or will refer you to repairs.
If you do not have this option or the emergency commissioner leaves only an accident, you must call divisional get help in form or protocol № 3 / resolution of an administrative (criminal) offense. And then, in the usual way the application of the insured event to act in accordance with the instructions given with the purchase of the policy of the period of application of the insured event.
What if the insurance refuses to pay
In this case it is necessary to file a lawsuit. Determine the amount you are going to seek to include in it all the requirements: the indemnity costs for examination, legal services, postal expenses in connection with payment and others. If the amount is not more than 50 000 rubles, it is necessary to apply to a magistrate, if more than this amount, then the district.