DeWolf

Hey guys,

Anybody have a good method for cleaning auto enamel off the interior?

polecat702

Acetone, or mineral sprits, but it'll dry out the leather fast. If it's vinyl, it could dissolve. I'd try a sample area first, and work fast.

With leather, I'd clean the paint off with the acetone, or mineral sprits, then mink oil the leather.

MainePorsche

+1 for Joe's recommendations.
If you have to color any of the trim, I've had really good success with Rustoleum Flat Black Spray for vinyl and plastic. Other Flat Black sprays for vinyl and plastic were way to glossy. For some reason it is off the shelves here, so I last had to order some through Amazon.

jcorenman

Yikes! I would try the mineral spirits first, or even a leather-treatment oil if the paint is still tacky (unlikely, if it exploded because of heat). My concern with acetone is that it might eat into the leather coating.

Dave H.

i had a friend who had a "Fart in a can" spray can explode in his car. you got off light.

Nicole

+928

potdog

HI had good results after some one painted my car with 2 pack and left sun roof open over spray E.T.C.. Got the finest wire wool and renovating shoe polish very light application with polish and leather conditioner

FredR

Well you will not find an answer to this one in the WSM I rather suspect! First thing might be to determine what solvents are used for the specific paint type and the determine which is worse - the kill or the cure.

Some good advice given- key word here is "test" whatever you use in a discrete location first. No worries about the front seats - you may even have improved them a tad!

Short of putting another 10 cans in there and hoping to do the job correctly I have no pearls of wisdom on this occasion.

The leather will be an interesting one- for sure it is very sensitive to chemical attack. I might start with a soapy solution and a dish scourer of some kind and if that does not work an abrasive cream cleaner of some kind with initial tests out of sight as it were?

I was a bit puzzled as to how you managed to achieve this in the middle of winter until I spotted you were in Upside Down Land- was the can the right way up?

Seriously, you have my sympathies - wishing you a speedy and successful recovery. I will ask my friends in a local paint protection workshop if they have any suggestions.

Rgds

Fred

DeWolf

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MainePorsche

Sorry for your troubles.
That's all doable with some elbow grease.

DeWolf

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Dave928S

Acetone will definitely remove the leather top colour ... I've tried it.

Try a leather cleaner like Gliptone, which you can get here in Oz, before you ramp up to more aggressive solvents or cleaners. As Fred noted, test everything you try on an unseen area.

M. Requin

I would try a light application of xylene (xylol), using a rough cloth but nothing more abrasive. It is used as a paint thinner among other things (including, I have read, in some tanning processes) Keep in mind it is highly flammable, but it has the advantage of drying fairly slowly compared to acetone or even toluene or naptha, so once you have lifted off the paint you can wash it off before it drys out the leather. Attacks some plastics, so test carefully, etc. I use a respirator when I use the stuff because I have a lung "issue", but you could probably get by with a big fan.

linderpat

this raises a very interesting concern about keeping pressurized things in the car - what comes to mind are those fix-a-flat containers. I keep one of those in each car, and would hate to think it could explode.

M. Requin

Quite right- wasn't there a pic on here some years ago showing a can that had exploded part way through the rear bumper? I left mine in the shop after that and got a small compressor.