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So today at school, someone put silly string all over my truck. I took it through touchless wash 3 times for it to get off and it's still there. God I'm so mad right now. I wanted to ask if this messes up the paint. Thanks. :shakehead:

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jenricco Enthusiast

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It only messes it up if the string is on there for a long period of time. Give it a good handwash and wax, and then you should be alright man.

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It can, yes. If it's dried up and hard to get off, give a steam cleaner a try. High pressure steam is something often used by cleaners and detailers alike to remove stubborn things such as wax and grime. It should help get rid of that shat too. Any reason they chose to F with your nice new truck?

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Jealous. If I can't have it, then I want to be sure you don't enjoy it either.

 

Unfortunately, that is too often the truth.

 

Nice new pic, Fred.

VMax2007 Senior Enthusiast

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So today at school, someone put silly string all over my truck. I took it through touchless wash 3 times for it to get off and it's still there. God I'm so mad right now. I wanted to ask if this messes up the paint. Thanks. :fume:

 

Normally it won't...UNLESS you run it through a touchles wash. :shakehead: J/K man, find out who did it and hook a tow strap to their car and yank it around the school parking lot like a tube behind a boat. :fume:

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So today at school, someone put silly string all over my truck. I took it through touchless wash 3 times for it to get off and it's still there. God I'm so mad right now. I wanted to ask if this messes up the paint. Thanks. :fume:

 

Normally it won't...UNLESS you run it through a touchles wash. :shakehead: J/K man, find out who did it and hook a tow strap to their car and yank it around the school parking lot like a tube behind a boat. :fume:

 

 

Or pour acetone all over it. Just for fun, of course.

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So today at school, someone put silly string all over my truck. I took it through touchless wash 3 times for it to get off and it's still there. God I'm so mad right now. I wanted to ask if this messes up the paint. Thanks. :fume:

 

Normally it won't...UNLESS you run it through a touchles wash. :shakehead: J/K man, find out who did it and hook a tow strap to their car and yank it around the school parking lot like a tube behind a boat. :fume:

 

 

The string is everywhere. The engine, where the windows come out, between cab/bed!! I swear if I find out, I will drag the d**n thing. I'll even make a video.

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What a shame. People are gutless: if you want to mess with someone, then mess with someone -- not their personal property. Hope it eventually comes off for you.

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Yeah man that sucks. Somebody at my school thinks the bed of my truck is a trashcan because I keep finding their Chic-fil-a bags and half empty drink cups when I walk back to my truck after rugby practice.

hubbycap Senior Enthusiast

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Jealous. If I can't have it, then I want to be sure you don't enjoy it either.

 

Unfortunately, that is too often the truth.

 

Nice new pic, Fred.

 

 

Thanks Daddy. I thought it needed freshening.

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Check with the schools security office/campus rent-a-cops or campus PD....

 

be surprised where they have cameras now-a-days....

 

Like you, I would get more even than mad if I found out who those slime balls were..... :shakehead:

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