Dont really know how to describe these properly. We've just got a new car, its black and while you're polishing it you can see tiny dot like things on top of the paint and as the polishing cloth goes over, it leaves a trail of polish behind it.

Wondered what causes it and whether a claying would get rid or would it need machine polishing?

 

don't mean to sound daft, but it's not tree sap is it?

it's just my silver birch has been dropping little pin ****** of sap on my car for a couple of weeks now, they come down very quickly and i've had similar(ish) problems when cleaning

 

sounds like tree sap or could even be paint speckels from people painting fences

megs clay bar shifts stuff like that

 

Had exactly the same thing happen to me on Saturday. cleaning the car on the drive, all clay barred and could see like these tiny rain droplets sticking to the car. But golden in colour. Fecking tree sap, and made buffing polish impossible as it spread around like bastid tar

So will wash the car round the front from now on

 

Is there anything better than claying for getting rid, if it is tree sap?

 

Use a strong solution of car shampoo as a lubricant for the clay bar, Alternate is glue and tar remover.

Our satelite dish gets covered in black dots, which is sap from the connifers (its a 2.5 metre dish). Which reminds me its due for waxing

 

I'd agree with Ali on the tar remover.

Could get a big ol' bottle of Autosmart Tardis from somewhere like Polished Bliss where you use a spray nozzle and cover the car, or you could get some Autoglym stuff from Halfords for about £5 which you apply on a cloth and wipe.

Haven't used the Tardis stuff but it gets rave reviews so will in the future, and can confirm the Autoglym Tar remover is good also.

HTH

 

I use Tardis, amongst some other stuff which the name escapes; does the job. (Although I have been known to use panel wipe or celly thinners in the past with really bad fall-out; use with caution if the car does not have factory paint).

Can confirm Meguires Bug and Tar remover is shyte though (smells nice though).

 

wd40 on a bit of kitchen roll then polish/seal after

 

Cheers guys, last nite i ordered a few bits of Megs stuff we had ran out of, including a clay bar, so hopefully it'll be here next week. Never tried Tardis, will go for that if the claying doesnt work.

 

Our stock advice for full and proper paint decontamination is as follows...

Decontaminate (once or twice a year, spring and autumn are the best times)

Step 1 - Autosmart Tardis & Accessories (to remove tar spots, tree sap, etc) - Autosmart Tardis - Autosmart Car Care and Detailing Products

Step 2 - Meguiars Quik Clay Kit (to remove industrial fallout, soot, etc) - Meguiars Quik Clay Kit - Meguiars Car Care and Detailing Products

More info on the reasons why here...

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...e-faq.html#2.2