recently, my car had some body work done. The car looks great, but there appears to be some overspray on the rear vinyl seat and part of the new seat belt straps (5 years old). The overspray isn’t a huge amount but is noticeable, Does anyone know how to remove the paint from teh vinyl seat and straps. The vinyl seat is not original to the car and is very soft. This wouldn’t typically be an issue but it’s a convertible. Thank yiu in advance for any advice and/or suggestions.
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The seat belt webbing might be a lost cause (maybe somebody else has an idea), but for the vinyl, hand sanitizer gel containing denatured (Ethyl) alcohol works. Spread a good coating of it on the paint and let it sit a few minutes before going at it with a plastic scraper. You may have to spend some minutes and repeat the process a few times so have some patience.
If the overspray is fairly fresh you might try lacquer thinner on the seats (try a hidden test area)
The seat belts are another matter. You do not want to dissolve the paint on those as it will then soak into the fibers. I think you are best to try something like a dry Scotch Bright or Magic Eraser to rub it off. If you were dealing with oil or grease on seat belts, Prep-Sol works well on that. I learned that doing new car prep at a dealership.
Cleaning vinyl with Lacquer Thinner - Last Resort type cleaning
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The seat belts are another matter. You do not want to dissolve the paint on those as it will then soak into the fibers. I think you are best to try something like a dry Scotch Bright or Magic Eraser to rub it off. If you were dealing with oil or grease on seat belts, Prep-Sol works well on that. I learned that doing new car prep at a dealership.
Sounds to me the best solution is for the people who did the work to buy you new upholstery and seat belts. That's just poor workmanship.
Thank you everyone. I really appreciate all the suggestions. The paint on the vinyl is a light haze, which is a good thing. From previous posts and websites, I learned that no chemicals, etc should be used on the the seat belt webbing. I like the idea of the magic eraser or dry scotch brite. The gentleman who did the work is excellent. I think the overspray came from under the convertible top boot from the trunk. It wasn’t a lot but enough to haze the seats. The rear seat belts (shoulder harness type ) are secured below the boot, which is why they had some paint on them. He is very good and well respected, and will always do the right thing. I will speak to him to see what he wants to do, I really do appreciate all your help.
Update:-I did try the suggestions and was not able to get a good result. Rather than continue and risk doing damage, I bought it back to the auto body shop. They auto body shop was amazing in that they wanted to make it right. The auto body gentleman and his coworker were able to remove the haze and actually clean up the seat belts. The seat belts actually look cleaner than before I brought the care in. It was a vapor that caused the hazing. Thank you again for all your assistance.
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