Need HELP & Suggestions...Spilled Paint in Bed!!

A busy day, turned into a nightmare.

Working on a home remodel project, had a gallon of white latex (water based) interior house paint get loose and spill in the bed. Truck has bedliner, I can deal with the bedliner mess however, the paint spilled down between the bed and rear bumper and most of it over and off the back bumper, down the bumper trim, my flush mount bumper light and vehicles painted surfaces.

I took several rolls of paper towels and mopped up the heavy paint spill, that basically spreads it everywhere. I know if you let it dry you can peel it off in some cases that is fine for the bedliner.

I am not going to pressure wash it, had an experience with that on another truck, it turned the spilled paint to a fine mist went airborne and settled on the entire truck.

Any ideas and or tips/input would be greatly appreciated.

Detail guys, what would you use? I am concerned about anything caustic that will damage plastic, painted surfaces etc.

Thanks in advance.

 

I am by no means a professional just my best guess is power washing it once it’s dry that way you’re removing chunks at a time. Remove the rear bumper and cover any area that you don’t want to to blast with a tarp
Post some pictures
Hope that helps

 

Will post pics in the morning, got dark tonight while trying to clean up.

 

I'm thinking that covering the truck and blasting what I can. Im just trying not to add more work to an already huge clean up job. I am going to disassemble the rear bumper and clean those parts piece by piece.

Can anyone chime in on the plastic tread step pads for the rear bumper, do those just un-snap or are they held on with hardware?

 

Pressure snapped in, use some needle nose pliers pinch from under side to let loose

 

Thanks for that tip, thats the first step to get the step pads off. Then I can see how far the paint spread and clean piece by piece.

 

No problem, hope you get it cleaned up

 

good thing it's latex..
try very hot water.. it should release

 

Instead of using a pressure washer, how bout using a regular water hose with adjustable nozzle. You can still get pressure but not enough to turn it to a mist .

 

Folex cleaner I have found takes paint off just about anything

 

No kidding? I use that on carpets. Had no idea it would help with paint.

@TundraCoast luckily it’s not going to really bond with your clear coat. Shouldn’t be tough to remove. Get it off the best you can, then go get one of these and some detail spray from Walmart.

Mothers 17240 Speed Clay 2.0

$11 Mothers 17240 Speed Clay 2.0

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MPYDYWT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_-RERCbB982G22

That’s most likely going to get it all off pretty easily. Go ahead and clay your truck while you’re at it.

In the event there’s still some there, try a plastic razor blade, but be careful and keep it lubricated. It can mar your paint if you’re too aggressive.

As for the paint on the bed liner, get used to it. It’s there forever now. I know from experience.

 

Update, I ran by a friends Auto Body shop and have gave me a car bag, basically just a huge drop cloth. I bagged the entire truck and left the area with the paint spill exposed then pressure washed. Majority of the paint came right off. I then disassembled the rear bumper, step pads, flush mount light and clean each piece. I bought Krud Kutter, it's non-toxic, no solvents etc so its clear coat safe, that made pretty quick work of any residual paint in the nooks and crannies.

The paint on the Berliner (drop in style) came off complelty but was a PITA do to the texture. I plan on clay baring the truck this weekend, then polish/wax. As a side effect, I got under the truck on a creeper and detailed from the rear diff back, gonna work forward and do a full once over on the undercarriage.

A few lessons learned and personal take aways:

1) Any paint transported in the truck bed will be very secure and in a secondary container, then in another container, then wrapped in plastic, duct taped, zip tied, speed-wired and vacuum sealed

2) The pressure washer turns dried paint back into wet paint then forcefully covers you in wet paint (insert paint color of choice) any clothing or shoes that you want to keep do not wear for this part of the process.

3) Covering the truck font to back with a car-bag or drop cloth is essential if you plan to pressure wash as above, the paint is turned to "paint-mist" and will cover your truck in overspray which will prolong the nightmare.

3) The Tundra forum is always very helpful, thank you to all.

4) Oh beer, I forgot to mention beer, that is the first product you should buy while prepping for this project.