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s14SRguy · 04-08-2013, 11:34 AM

I was going to post this in the small questions thread, but I figured its a bit more off the wall than "how much oil goes in my car?" and probably require more coverage. And the fact I already searched that thread (among others + google) and couldn't really find anything other than removing vinyl and miata vinyl mildew removal. You get the picture.

Anyways,

So I work at a Paintball Park, and the other day at work a stray ball flew over the woods from a field and landed on my hood (Whoever parked next to me got the worst of it) and it was roasting in the sun a bit while I was working. When I get off work I notice it and clean it, but it looks like the orange dye "cooked" into the vinyl per say. I washed it with soap and water right when I got home, with no result.

I read WD-40 can lift water based applications from vinyls, so I tried that and it came out a bit, but there's still this dark orange glop on my matte black bothering me. If anyone knows any option other than re-wrapping my hood, (and getting a car cover of course, NOT dealing with this again...) any help would be much appreciated, as I haven't found any on removing polyethylene glycol dyes from a car vinyl wrap.

tl;dr: Paintball Paint (polyethylene glycol) has stained my vinyl wrap, Anyone have experience removing REALLY tough stains from their car vinyl?

04-08-2013, 11:34 AM	#1
s14SRguy Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: riverside Posts: 132 Trader Rating: (2)	Removing Paintball Stains from Vinyl Wrap I was going to post this in the small questions thread, but I figured its a bit more off the wall than "how much oil goes in my car?" and probably require more coverage. And the fact I already searched that thread (among others + google) and couldn't really find anything other than removing vinyl and miata vinyl mildew removal. You get the picture. Anyways, So I work at a Paintball Park, and the other day at work a stray ball flew over the woods from a field and landed on my hood (Whoever parked next to me got the worst of it) and it was roasting in the sun a bit while I was working. When I get off work I notice it and clean it, but it looks like the orange dye "cooked" into the vinyl per say. I washed it with soap and water right when I got home, with no result. I read WD-40 can lift water based applications from vinyls, so I tried that and it came out a bit, but there's still this dark orange glop on my matte black bothering me. If anyone knows any option other than re-wrapping my hood, (and getting a car cover of course, NOT dealing with this again...) any help would be much appreciated, as I haven't found any on removing polyethylene glycol dyes from a car vinyl wrap. tl;dr: Paintball Paint (polyethylene glycol) has stained my vinyl wrap, Anyone have experience removing REALLY tough stains from their car vinyl?