paint overspray on seat

[mercolini]

I had my car painted and they oversprayed on my brand new recovered seats that I did. 1967 Plymouth Barracuda, legendary seat covers. How would I go about removing the overspray; I would rather do it or get someone to and charge the painter for the sevice. I just want to make sure they don't use any chemicals that would damage the seats.

Thanks
Michael

[Duster440]

A little lacquer thinner might work. Test it in a highly inconspicuous spot. Once paint cures it can be tough to remove. What color are the covers? If black, worse case is, you could use some SEM dye to mask it.

[mercolini]

The seat covers are black and they oversprayed with RED!!

[Duster440]

Like I said, you could test a little lacquer thinner. I've seen it attack some plastics but I don't know what it would do on vinyl. SEM makes a vinyl "dye" (Landau Black) in a spray can that would probably cover it fine. It works really well on plastics and vinyl.

[5258]

I would try the lacquer thinner as well.  I have not had to remove paint from a seat in one of our cars yet but I do refinish antique furniture on the side (to make car $$ don't ya know) and have had to do it on chair seats, ect.  What I do is have two rags; one I wrap around my index finger and the second is clean and in my other hand.  Dip your thinner rag directly into the thinner so it is saturated, the object is to get on the paint fast and heavy then wipe away everything with the clean rag. The thinner is going to flash off very quickly taking the moisture in the material with it so after you have removed the paint you will want to spray and rub in some armor all or something to get the moisture back in the material.  Good Luck!

[urchinhead]

A little acetone ( nail polish remover ) on a cotton ball might do the trick, just be judicious in your application.

[eldubb440]

 id  try a leather and vinal cleaner first, the paint may not be adhered as well as you think; then id go with a mild solvent and see what happens. laquer thinner wouldnt be my first attempt.

[qkcuda]

I've used nail polish remover to clean overspray from the plastic lenses in my glasses, and it works great.  I would probably try that first.

[mercolini]

Thanks for all the input. I started out using a mild cleaner and worked my way up; what worked was GOO GONE! I also applied Armor All after I was done. I will keep putting on the armour all for a couple of days just in case.

Thanks again everybody for your input.

Michael

[Jamakin]

GOO GONE is awsome! 

[Duster440]

Ah, yes, Goo Gone to the rescue again. I forget about that stuff and it works surprisingly well. And, you're left with that nice citrousy scent.

[twistedsix]

you should have left the paint on, with the way chrysler put some of these cars together you could have called it an unrestored survivor and most people would have believed it.

[DustMan]

Is it on the seat-seat where you sit?

If it isn't, I have used black shoe polish and rubbed it into the vinyl and it worked awesome.

[mellow yellow]

you could also try some WD40 let it stand for a couple of min.Should lift it off.