New paint on my bike

[Dag]

When I was in Stavanger last week a guy were doing some painting work at the hotel.
The painter sat on the roof with his paint bucket and managed to miss the bucket. It landed next to my bike, wich changed color (on one side) immediately.

I did fortunately not see the incident, but when I came out after breakfast I saw a guy who was washing my bike.
It is quite common that people stops and look at my bike, drool a bit as well (so I've always carry a towel in my sadlebag) ... but I've never seen anyone like my bike so much that they wash it for me.
The painter was beside himself, and was almost in tears, poor thing. I asked him to get rid of all the paint, and that he must not use any solvent. -I had to hurry to a meeting.
When I came back to the hotel 4 hours later, he still was washing my bike. I could not see anything more paint immediately, but I asked the hotel for a confirmation of the event so I could potentially come back with the bill if something was damaged.
When I got home I washed the bike properly, dried it with compressed air and then with leather cloth.
I found some Small white spots -what is worse is that the aluminum coating that has been in contact with paint has become completely gray.

I have asked the price of full polishing the bike. I have received confirmation from the paint company that they will pay the bill.

Right side cover after the paint is likely to be scraped off

[Jabba]

Suck man... but at least he, and his company were stand-up about it.

Good luck Dag.

Jabba

[Big Rig]

What were they using for "paint"?

YIKES

[Spirited-6]

Dag, that is the PITTS.  I bet polishing will not correct. Good luck.

[Dag]

What were they using for "paint"?

YIKES

They used some acrylic paint.
I'm pretty sure he used solvent to wash off the paint 

[Jess from VA]

Dag, that is too bad.

I spent ten years (summers) doing industrial steeplejack painting, and I can tell you we got paint on cars, buildings and other people over the years.  Because I had the patience to clean dried tiny paint spots off new Cadillacs and Lincolns, I was often pulled off the job and sent to a warehouse to clean cars of our overspray.

Believe it or not, you can try to pop tiny paint spots off good paint with the edge of a safety (one-sided) razor blade.  Keep it wet and go slow.  The longer the paint is on there, the harder it is to remove.

Best of luck getting this repaired.

[X Ring]

The current method is using a clay bar as it won't damage the vehicle's surfaces.  Razors are still used on the glass while keeping the glass wet.  A shipyard near where i worked painted an oil rig with epoxy paint with the wind blowing into our parking lot.  The shipyard hired a detailing company to come in and take care of all the vehicles damaged.  I stood out there one day, watched them and asked questions.

Marty

[~ Timbrwolf]

...I gotta lil ...paint story...for ya Dag


....bout 8 years ago when I was living back in jersey had just detailed my State to perfection...was an awesome end of summer day and I rode our for coffee...after reading the paper I decided it was too nice a day to not go for a lil putt...riding down a 3 lane highway I was in the middle lane when I spotted a Harley boy and his ol lady in the fast lane comming up to a red light...so I sped up a bit to catch him at the light and let him oggle my gleaming State....just as Im approaching the red light I spotted a white...5 gallon paint pail...laying on its side right inbetween my lane and the slow lane...and a lady in a car was comming up fast on it...I was about 7 O Clock to her...she hit the pail which was about...half full....and it *exploded*.. right in my face...in a split second I rode right through a white cloud of paint....I looked down and my arms were white...I remember thinking to myself...God...PLEASE DONT LET THIS BE PAINT !!!. ..I leaned over and smelled it....it was...I looked up and the Harley boy and his ol lady were looking back with a...Holy Sh*t look on their face...I immediately took the jug handle and pulled into a car wash...desperately I tried to wash the paint off...but the more I sprayed...the more it looked like it had more on it...my black State was almost...all white....in pure desperation I rode home and washed my bike over and over and over and over......all day long...with hot water and rags...at the end of the day I stood back and looked...and there was still paint...everywhere...I was almost in tears...I thought for sure my baby was ruined...that it would never be the same...thats when I got an Idea..I went to a department store and bought the best steam cleaner they had...then I sat back and everyday for a month...I steamed cleaned that bike all day long...over and over...everyday...at the end of the month I stodd back and looked at her...I had gotten about 98 % of the paint off....but...if you looked clsely...you could still see ...tiny little white dots...everywhere...it took me about 3 years of seeing one...rubbing it off....before they were all finally gone...thank God it was latex paint....when I take my wheels off to do a tire change...I still have white stripes..up the inside of my fenders....  

[flamingobabe #44]

Dag...how is the removal of the paint coming...are you going  to have to re-paint???

[Dag]

I dont have to re-paint.
The hotel pays for polishing + some new parts