I just got my car back from the shop, there were doing a motor change for me, and the car is covered in tree sap . It is all over the car, the paint and the glass, what is the best way to get the crap off?

 

1000 grit sandpaper .....no seriously, tar and grime remover, buy it at any automotive parts store, walmart,,,etc

 

Damn, I think I alittle nervous about doing that!!!

How should I use it?? Just lightly rub off the sap?

 

go to autozone and ask for something that removes bugs and tree sap. i think its called goo-be-gone or something but im not real sure... anyway it works great taking off sap.

 

rubbing alcohol works 1000 times better than anything else. i am a detailer i use it all the time. your problem is solved well disolved for lessthan 2 bucks

 

Thanks man, thats the kinda of tip I was looking for .... I'll just have full day of detailing ahead of me

 

just wash it with hot water,did my wifes car today because of that

 

CLAY BAR!!!

That way you aren't rubbing chemicals all over your car

 

good idea, because I was going to clay the car any ways.

Is clay baring the best way to get rid of surface scratchs?

 

No, a clay bar will not remove surface scratches. It will however make your paint very smooth because it removes all those impurities from your paint like sap, overspray, metal shavings.....

 

Before you do anything else, you may want to try posting this over in the "Show and Shine" forum.


-Mike

 

"Goof Off" works great, looks like a little bottle of lighter fluid. it removes sap, road tar, bugs and just about anything else that gets stuck to the paint. Good stuff.

 

Hehe the show and shine forum will zaino him to death

 

I would not use a clay bar to remove tree sap. You want to chemically remove the tree sap. Rub LIGHTLY with whatever you pick (rubbing alcohol, goo gone, bug & tar remover, etc.) but whatever you do, don't SCRUB it like crazy. Let the chemical do the work for you and dissolve the tree sap.

I'll move this to the Show and Shine forum..

 

LOL, I know, why is that?