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Old May 23, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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Taking off 20years of tree goo.

Hey guys, not a camaro Q but maybe some poor bastard with a camaro has the same issue.
I bought a 70 C10 thats been sitting under a cedar tree for a very long time. Its not so much sap thats on it but a green, awful film that will not come off. The paint is single stage olive green with lots of metallic that should shine quiet well if I get this **** off. The truck looks like its flat green at best.
I have tried a few chemicals but they just smear it around. I think a buffing pad would just fill up instantly. You will end up with a green finger if you wipe it across the hood. You wipe it off then as soon as it drys it looks like crap again. I think as soon as you wash it the stuff migrates over onto the "clean area".
Rubbing it with my finger seems to work well, but thats a lot of surface to use my fingers on .
Hopefully you guys can help.
Old May 23, 2004 | 05:08 PM
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Well 1.5h, bunch of rubbing compound, 2 towels, pressure washer, and spray nine, the right side of my hood STILL look like ***. Better, but still terrible. What I need is a spray on, scrub, hose off thing. I dont think anything else will take it off. I will see what a detailing shop will do it for as I think the truck is worth spending up to $200 to make it shine as well as I think it can. Dunno if any of them will be dumb enough to try for less than that though . Pics of my...... progress.

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Old May 23, 2004 | 06:40 PM
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That is a neat green under there, from what I can see.

Have you tried WD-40 on it? And a lot of old cotton towels with it?
Old Jun 1, 2004 | 01:19 AM
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trying claying it off with blue glass cleaner and clay magic ,Try some Acetone,or some more powerful Laquer thinner
Old Jun 2, 2004 | 05:47 PM
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Thanks guys. I found the perfect solution. It was quiet simple really. Required almost no effort from me at all. I just sent it to a detail shop and let them sort it out .
Turned out about what I had expected. The truck looks MUCH better in person now. Some (BIG) pics.

http://members.shaw.ca/surquip/70
http://members.shaw.ca/surquip/702

Also got them to clean the glass for me so I can actually see.
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