best cleaner to get rid of tar on bodywork
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best cleaner to get rid of tar on bodywork
On the girlf's car she has a lot of tar up side of bodywork from last summer-whats best tar remover to get it clean again please?
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Failing that I have used cellulose thinners* on really badly contaminated cars (avoid unpainted plastics and stickers though).
*NOTE: DO NOT use celly thinner if the car has had a cheap re-spray/repair or chips-away type smart repair. As if the paint was cellulose based it will remove it. OE spec Water Based or Isocyanate paint is fine. Wear nitrile gloves and do it outside as it can soak though your skin and make you a bit 'giddy'
Failing that I have used cellulose thinners* on really badly contaminated cars (avoid unpainted plastics and stickers though).
*NOTE: DO NOT use celly thinner if the car has had a cheap re-spray/repair or chips-away type smart repair. As if the paint was cellulose based it will remove it. OE spec Water Based or Isocyanate paint is fine. Wear nitrile gloves and do it outside as it can soak though your skin and make you a bit 'giddy'
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Believe it or not, WD40 gets it off a treat.
got some some spray same as wd40 at home and thought of this but didn't know wether it be ok using over such a large area as her car has it all flicked up back of car and all along bottom of sills.
got some some spray same as wd40 at home and thought of this but didn't know wether it be ok using over such a large area as her car has it all flicked up back of car and all along bottom of sills.
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most valet cleaners will have tar and glue remover in big 1 gallon containers.
i just go down a and give the guy a fiver to fill up a water "scooshy" bottle lol
some bigger bits of tar take a while to come off, but once its done, then washed then waxed u can really see the difference.
i just go down a and give the guy a fiver to fill up a water "scooshy" bottle lol
some bigger bits of tar take a while to come off, but once its done, then washed then waxed u can really see the difference.
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I work with liquid tar though the summer and Baby oil and cotton wool work well for getting if off your skin for every thing else wd-40 works well also diesel we use a chemical called de-tar takes tar off in seconds but if used on skin it strip the skin of its oil
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WD40 is a good one as people have said . I have used this stuff and find it will remove most things very easily
http://www.greasedlightning.co.uk/vi...cts.php?set=35
http://www.greasedlightning.co.uk/vi...cts.php?set=35
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