I just got my car back from being painted and since they had my hood off of my car (Carbon Fiber hood), it appears to be overspray or something all over everything in my engine bay. My civic is red and now everything in my engine bay (block, tranny, valve cover, hoses, intake, EVERYTHING) has a red/pink tint to it.

Whats the best/easiest way to clean all of this up without taking everything out?

 

Take it back to the shop who painted your car and tell them to clean it up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by WihaSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Take it back to the shop who painted your car and tell them to clean it up. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I would really rather not trust Maaco to be around my engine bay.

Any ideas for how I can clean up my engine bay?

 

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I would really rather not trust Maaco to be around my engine bay.

Any ideas for how I can clean up my engine bay?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Maaco, eww...yeah I wouldn't take it back there lol. If the paint job is still fresh I would try some 3M adhesive remover on the overspray, it works really good on overspray if it's fresh. Or maybe try an engine degreaser, let it sit for a few minutes then pressure wash it off. If neither of those work you're gonna be scrubbing like crazy.

 

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Maaco, eww...yeah I wouldn't take it back there lol. If the paint job is still fresh I would try some 3M adhesive remover on the overspray, it works really good on overspray if it's fresh. Or maybe try an engine degreaser, let it sit for a few minutes then pressure wash it off. If neither of those work you're gonna be scrubbing like crazy.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I thought about pressure washing, would I need to cover/block off anything else other than the intake if I were to do this?
I got alot of it off of the liquid tanks, but the entire motor and tranny (which used to be decently clean) are now pink.

 

daym man. that sucks. which paint job did u get? base/clear or lower grade?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by luckii &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">daym man. that sucks. which paint job did u get? base/clear or lower grade?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Went with the single stage with the integrated clear coat. Came out nice for the money.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 5Point7Liter &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I thought about pressure washing, would I need to cover/block off anything else other than the intake if I were to do this?
I got alot of it off of the liquid tanks, but the entire motor and tranny (which used to be decently clean) are now pink. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You don't really need to cover anything. If you have a SRI you can put a plastic bag over the filter, and if you want put a bag over the distributor. The detailers at the shop I used to work at never covered anything in the bay, and there were no problems.

 

Try rubbing compound, takes off overspray and spray paint nice.