Thankfully not my truck but the wife;s minivan was parked in a parking lot near where someone was painting and is now covered in little white spots. The van is dark red so the little bastards really stand out. Does anyone know of a way to remove the spots...

 

Try a clay bar kit. Send the painter's a bill because it's a lot of work to get overspray off.

 

This happened where I work, they were painting a building about a block away and over spray got all over everyones vehicles. We got the painters to claim it on their insurance to get it fixed.

 

What did the painters say when you or your wife talked to them?

 

She did not notice until she got home. So we are not even sure where is happened...

 

clay bar or extremely fine wet sanding followed buy a good buffing will do it

 

Use some diesel fuel... it will get it off.

 

Clay bar is almost certain to get off water based paint. It won't take any paint off, where sanding with fine paper and buffing will. Won't leave swirl marks either.

 

Find out if other cars have the same overspray. If many other cars have the same thing take it in and get the whole ar re-painted. send the bill to the painting company. Thats BS, it happened at the company I work for a few years back. Company said they would buff out all the cars the smart employees had their cars re-painted and the painting company covered their bills.

 

try some wd40. cleaning stuff off the truck like tar and sap is the only thing that i have ever found wd40 to do well.

 

I had this happen too, I suspect mine was from road construction but don't really know.

Two clay bars and almost a full day's worth of elbow grease is what it took to get it all off. Don't force it, it will come off it just takes time.

 

+1 on the wd-40

 

Try a solvent based degresser, the same as the use in body shops, depending on what kinda paint it is you may get lucky.. Make sure you give it a good coat of wax afterwards though

 

Acetone should do it and it won't harm your paint or leave a residue.

 

DO NOT USE ACETONE! Acetone is a fairly "hot" solvent and will damage your clear coat. (I used to run a painting department for a Fortune 500 company.) As other have already stated, a clay bar (with proper clay lubricant) will generally do the trick. If you're not comfortable with the process, take your truck to a professional detailer. Since the painters are paying for it, get it done right.