2012 Ford Flex – Splattered house paint on your car? I can fix it – Paint Correction

This is a 2012 Ford Flex. This particular job was a rare case. This is the case of the splattered house paint. My client was having his house painted when the wind caught caught the paint in the air and it landed on the his 2012 Ford Flex.



My client’s son found our website on google, and called me. The son was a former body shop painter and told me through his experience it would probably need to be wet-sanded out. In order to bring it back to original color and clarity. Both the owner and the painter were understandably upset. The owner because his car is now damaged, and the painter, because he is now thinking, he is going to have to buy a new paint job.

Fortunately, we were able to work the paint splatter out by doing a 3 stage paint correction. This type of job requires a great deal of time to remove the paint splatter. The reason for this is, in order to remove the paint splatter, a solvent based cleaner needs to be used. Unfortunately the house paint that was being used, was a fast drying house paint. Couple that with the extreme heat in north central Florida, 100+ degree heat, and 2 days later, the only option was to compound it out.

After experimenting with multiple compounds, we finally decided on using heavy cut compound from Swissvax Mechanic Paint Repair. This is such heavy compound, the only safe way to apply it, is by the tips of your fingers rubbing it into the spot to remove the paint splatter.

Now finally I was able to start polishing this 2012 Ford Flex paint. I was actually quite surprised by how this Ford paint responded, when I started polishing it. After using Swissvax to prep and remove the defects and contamination, I switched to the Rupes variety of polishes and results were nothing short of impressive.

If you have any issues with your vehicle, you would like to discuss, please don’t hesitate to give me a call or text. I will be happy to discuss anything you need.