I've been searching around and can't find a consistent answer anywhere ..

basically I was doing a side job after work spraying some big scissor lifts with a single stage tan color ..

not thinking .. I finished up, cleaned out the gun, hung it up on the wall and was ready to get home ... jumped in my car and when I got home I noticed tiny dots all over my seat / door panel


does anyone know a safe, yet effective way to get some slight over spray off of leather ? .. there tiny little dots smaller than "."


I also got some "goo" on my door panel


Is there one product I could buy that would take care of both problems


I saw everything from "paint thinner followed by leather treatment" to some product that 3m makes

I use lexol every week or two on my leather seats to keep them clean / soft

just want to make sure before making it worse than it already is

 

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...t-leather.html

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...t-leather.html

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-int...her-seats.html

http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...her-seats.html

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/sho...=paint+leather

 

still confused ..


magic eraser?
water and a brush?
lexol and a brush?
paint thinner, then leather treatment?
talk to a leather shop?

like I said theres no consistent answers


I'll probably talk to our paint supplier tomorrow at work since they supply our detailing stuff too .. theres gotta be something for interior plastic / vinyl (coated leather) to get paint and goo off

EDIT - also noticed some saying Zaino gets stuff off leather really good .. might order the whole kit since I want the leather scent stuff too .. I miss that brand new leather smell I had 6 months ago

 

Water based paint?

 

unfortunately not ..

its automotive single stage (probably enamel?)

 

Then that is not good. I would use a simple leather soap. A stronger solvent will damage the finish. The prescription is worse than the disease. Leave it alone.

 

yea .. I'm about to order the Zaino kit for my car

want the leather smell back .. so if it happens to get it off then good, if not I'm not worried about it

you have to be within 6" to see the tiny dots of tan paint

 

I GOT THE PAINT OFF !!!



I ordered my Zaino kit sunday and got it yesterday .. its raining and sorta cold this week so I'm going to leave the exterior of my Z for this weekend (its supposed to warm up and stop raining)

but I used their leather cleaner and conditioner .. the cleaner works awesome, it got dirt off that lexol did not

their conditioner (leather in a bottle) is awesome too .. it makes the leather the perfect color .. not shiny like meguiars, or smelly like lexol .. and this morning it smelled pretty darn close to how it was the day I drove it off the lot

as for the paint .. it didn't take it off

but this morning at work I was talking to a body guy and he gave me a can of 3M Adhesive Remover .. it says on the can "safe on vinyl"

so decided to try it out ..

it took every bit of the paint off .. WOOOOOHOOO

its basically thinned / diluted xylene .. worked really quickly and wasnt super strong like straight xylene I use for cleaning rhino liner guns out with .. followed it up with some conditioner and the seat looks brand new again


so if anyone gets paint or something on the leather seats and can't get it off .. go grab a can of 3M Adhesive Remover