F#CKING TREE SAP - how do I get it off?
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F#CKING TREE SAP - how do I get it off?
Unfortunately, my car is usually parked under a tree this spring. I washed the car this weekend and could not get some of the sap stains out no matter what I did, even with some TurtleWax Bug & Tar Remover. I'm wondering - should I wash the car with Dawn and strip all the coats of Zaino off to try to clean the spots? Is there some other product designed for this situation I should use to get these spots off without damaging the paint? I hate to push hard on a NBM car and get swirls....
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well if you had enough coats of zaino the sap should come right off, unless its in clumps. if its specks and it doesnt come off with a carwash or z6 you can dawn it then use the tree sap remover, goo gone should work too. when i used zaino a few years ago the sap would wipe right off. just fyi
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Originally Posted by jaljohn
and btw, with is an NBM camro?
My original thought was the bug & tar followed by claybar. Hmm... are they little spots or clumps?
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finally got it off - thanks for the responses - I used the Clay Bar, kept going right over the stain and it would not do jack. Then I used a different Turtle Wax Bug & Tar remover (in a green spray bottle) and it worked great. Maybe the other stuff I had in the blue/white metal container was old or something....
by the way - anyone have a good experience with this "clay bar" - I've used it on a few of my cars and never saw any "contaminents" it picked up or any noticeable improvement anywhere. Worthless to me, overhyped ball of clay....
by the way - anyone have a good experience with this "clay bar" - I've used it on a few of my cars and never saw any "contaminents" it picked up or any noticeable improvement anywhere. Worthless to me, overhyped ball of clay....
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....by the way - anyone have a good experience with this "clay bar" - I've used it on a few of my cars and never saw any "contaminents" it picked up or any noticeable improvement anywhere. Worthless to me, overhyped ball of clay....
As for the clay .... well with a well maintained car, which it sounds like you have, clay is not that important, but on a car, with quite a bit of environmental fall out on it, make a bigg difference.
The test . . . put your hand in a thin plastic sandwich bag, gently rub a back bumper of a car that hasn't been waxed in a while, the bag will be "grabbed" by the debris. Then clay a small area, and you will be amazed. If you can "see" the crap in the clay, you need more than clay . . .