Goof Off haze on vinyl siding

JBurd

JBurd

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Quick help guys. Some of my workers sprayed goof off directly onto vinyl siding to remove some overspray and when it dried it left a white haze that is almost like white paint. I can apply more goof off or gasoline and the vinyl will return to normal for about 1 minute then the haze returns. I don't think its stripped the paint. This is brand new vinyl and alot of it that will need to be replaced if I can't find a quick solution. please help.
 
JBurd said:
Quick help guys. Some of my workers sprayed goof off directly onto vinyl siding to remove some overspray and when it dried it left a white haze that is almost like white paint. I can apply more goof off or gasoline and the vinyl will return to normal for about 1 minute then the haze returns. I don't think its stripped the paint. This is brand new vinyl and alot of it that will need to be replaced if I can't find a quick solution. please help.
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Call Eaco Chem!!!!! Quick!!! they have some products that work good on restoring vinyl
 
Yeah I agree Ron mike is great and very helpful.
I've the pleasure of talking to the staff on a few occasions for tech support and they have been very helpful.
 
I applied the gas cause I was trying everything I could think of. Is gas bad for new vinyl? It was oil based stain overspray and they didn't see it in time to get it before it dried. I have a box of Restora by Flood that I picked up from Ace hardware on clearance. It says it returns the luster to faded vinyl. I guess its worth a shot. Any other ideas are welcome. I will try eaco chem also in the meantime.
 
Now that this is finally settled, I'll post how it turned out...The only thing that would get me a decent fix was to use gas to temporarily remove the haze, wd40 to "enrich" the vinyl, then a brush on vinyl restorer by Flood to "seal" the deal. Unfortunately it gave me 90% results so most of the siding had to be replaced anyway. Put me back a couple hundred bucks because I honored the owners request to have the siding installers do the fix, but in the end everyone's happy and I learned my lesson to ALWAYS TEST SPOT a cleaner.
 
That sucks. A petrolium product on mostly all plastics will melt it usually. I can think of only two that can take it xlpe and pvc. pvc is actually not the best but it will not melt instantly. It being "a haze like white paint" seems like a reaction not a melting damage or what you would expect. Live and learn I guess.
 
That is good advice, mask before spraying as the wind can carry stuff all over the place and cause hundreds or thousands of dollars in damage/repairs to fix the problem that a few dollars of tape and plastic could have prevented.
 
It would be great if you could save a piece of the hazed siding and experiment on bringing it back to life
This way we all could know what to do the next time a situation like this happens. Savy?
 
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