Tree Sap.......how to get it off?? Is there any products out there thatll help take it off......or is there any homebrew way of doin it?

 

try a clay bar...they seem hard to find around here, but are very good at taking anything ( tar, bugs, ect.) off the surface of paint without harming it. good luck

 

Use bug and tar remover. My friends have used it to remove the side rails on their TA's and to take off the remaining glue. It doesn't harm the paint on their cars.

 

I wouldn't recommend a clay bar. IMO you are better off chemically removing the sap like with Bug and Tar remover or bumper sticker remover or something like that with Xylene in it.

 

I have used clays bars in the past with excellent results on some very neglected vehicles. The lube of choice for this project is a car shampoo (1-2 cap fulls) in 16 oz of water. You will not only remove the sap but also all embedded gunk in your finish safely. A solvent (gasoline, bug and tar, xyxlene) would also work but the embedded gunk will still be present and your finish will still require a claying.
One claying step will perform both tasks.

 

Other than pine sap I have never seen any kind of tree sap that simply did not wash off with water and car wash, if it is tree sap you can use stuff like 3M Wax and Grease remover or Goo Gone...

 

I use rubbing alcohol and it works real good.

Brian

 

I'm not exactly sure how to get it off but do it as fast as you can because my friend got that stuff all over his Eagle Talon and it just ate away at his paint. It left white spots all over his car.

 

wd40 and a rag

 

a friend of mine told me the dealership said you can use mineral spirtis to remove it. i have never needed to test it.

 

Just plain water. Tree sap is mostly water anyhow. It rained on my car once after getting a nasty case of tree sap and it was all gone.

 

um, not for painted surfaces, unless you like discolored paint look.

 

yeah u can use it on painted surfaces. trust me it does not fade paint.

 

WD40 is fine as long as you have a good sealant on there. Zaino and Klasse are two sealants that will hold up just fine to WD40.

 

Maybe it is ok, but i wouldn't risk it. I detail cars all the time, and i've never had to resort to anything extreme like that. And I've done some cars that were in BAD shape. Claybar has always worked on the tough stuff.