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Default removing "paint scrape" from our car

On Feb 19, 12:32*pm, Ohioguy wrote:
* *My wife ran up against the painted wooden edge of our garage door
while backing out the car. *Now we have a scraped bright green against
our dark grey, which shows up quite a bit.

* *I used a lot of elbow grease, plus some soap & water, hoping that it
might just be water based paint that would come off somewhat easily. *It
didn't work. *Then I tried mineral spirits, hoping that might take it off.

* *Most of the paint is on a plastic or rubber "bump guard", but a small
amount of it is on the actual driver side door.

* *Anyone have any suggestions on other concoctions that I might try to
get it off?

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thanks!


Screw a plank/bit of wood down on the floor big enough to be felt when
hit with the wheels. You can do that in the garage as well.