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Old 16 July 2001, 04:40 PM
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I parked under a freshly pruned tree last night.

My bonnett now has lots of large lumps of tree sap stuck to it, I used a hot water jet wash on it & the lumps just melted a bit, moved about and thats all.

How do I get this stuff off the car with out using 1 gallon of SUL & a match ??

I dont mind using some elbow grease I just want this muck off.

PLEASE HELP
Old 16 July 2001, 04:48 PM
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I have the same problem, as I park under lime trees - no option.

The car has been waxed from new and I just use hot water and car shampoo.

To get it off, try hand hot water. Once off, wax it and you'll find it's no problems whatsoever to remove in the future.
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And if that doesn't work, try the cleanse.

But I'd think that hot water with car shampoo and elbow grease will be the best
Old 16 July 2001, 04:56 PM
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Cheers

Job for tonight, & pruning the tree at the roots.


Old 16 July 2001, 04:57 PM
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Some sympathy as last week I drove through a spillage of gloss paint which sprayed up the side of the car and parked at a party over the weekend a large amount of candle wax got spilled on the car. Very hot water, shampoo and rubbing hard with a sponge seems to transfer most of the sticky gunge on to the sponge. A mild cleanse such as WW #1 will shift whatever marks are left.
Old 16 July 2001, 04:59 PM
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Tree sap!!! AARGHH!!!
The devil's work!!!!!!!!
Old 16 July 2001, 05:00 PM
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Try any tar remover or if that fails, t-cut the barsteward. I cant remember which one does it best, But one of them does.
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Old 16 July 2001, 05:05 PM
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You can get hold of mesh covered sponges now that reduces the amount of elbow grease required. + there not abrasive. Worked ok on my old White PUG and the copius amounts of suicidal flies on my scoobies bonnet.

Cheers

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Old 16 July 2001, 08:28 PM
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Clay bar, clay bar, clay bar....
Old 16 July 2001, 11:05 PM
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Try white spirit. Don't rub too hard. Then wax polish.
Old 17 July 2001, 08:19 AM
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Brillo pad and Jif.

Bye Bye tree sap

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Old 17 July 2001, 02:11 PM
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Clay bar, clay bar!!!! Its so easy and so simple and astonishingly quick.
Old 17 July 2001, 03:29 PM
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I'd have to recommend the clay bar.
I know when I did my car, it took all the rough crap off the paint and left it feeling like the proverbial baby's botty
Top product.

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Old 17 July 2001, 04:47 PM
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Go on then,

What is a Clay bar ?? is it anything like a mars bar ??

How does it work ??

Who sells it, how much etc etc etc.

I got most of it off last night but the is still an trace of sticky.


Old 17 July 2001, 05:32 PM
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Mark U - I use your clay bar to remove tree sap, the only thing that concerns me is I end up having to do 90% of the car (You'd think I parked in a forest). Am I stripping all the wax off each time I do this? Should I really re-cleanse and re-wax the whole car?

Help!!
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