Daves99

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a cleaning product that will remove tar spots from my Scoob. I gave it a clean yesterday and noticed that I have several on the wheel arches. Some of them are quite visiable so I would realy like to get them off without messing up the paintwork.

Cheers

Daves99

AndyC_772

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Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover - wouldn't be without it

HomerJunior

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I always use a tiny bit of white spirit but make sure to wash it down with plenty of soap and water afterwards!

austen_wrx

another vote for white spirit

dietbruboy

Same as I use - melts them away right before your eyes!

wide

T cut and re polish

chris's scooby

Clay bar.

Fulham71

Clay bar will just lick them off

wide

Whats clay bar

Fulham71

Swissol or Meguirs make them ! Check out one of their sites

Nick

Don't use a tar removal product, or white spirit, these will damage your paintwork. Instead use a small amount of Flora (the margarine spread). Dab it on the tar spots & rub gently with your finger. Then have a coffee for 10 mins & then polish off using a clean cotton cloth. The tar comes off easily, no damage to your paintwork & it's very cheap! You'll use less than a tea spoon of the stuff.

Idea passed to me by Mark Underwood aka the Wax Wizard.

Fulham71

Please explain how a well lubricated clay bar will damage the paintwork ?

chrisp

meguiars clay bar detailing kit, awesome

richiewong

Damn right dissolves tar like nobody's business, quick polish afterwards and

njkmr

A bit of WD40 will get it off.

Squadron-Leader

Mer polish does it for me, but does use up time and elbow grease.

Clay bar is good too.

J.

Nick

"Don't use a tar removal product, or white spirit, these will damage your paintwork"

Where did I say a clay bar would damage the paintwork?

Fulham71

Is a clay bar not a tar removing product

Carl2

Last time I used Autoglyms tar remover it left my paint cloudy where I had used it and it kept coming back after polishing for about a year before it stopped. Suffice to say I won't be using that again

new3466scooby

anchor butter for me

chris's scooby

Can't believe it's not butter...

StickyMicky

tar and glue remover

Scott.T

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Standard Autoglym polish. TBH it's all I use it for now, tar removal and bee poo!!!!
That's since using zymol as the cleanse/wax.

Daves99

Thanks for the info I think clay bar will be my choice.

Thanks once again.

Daves99

vindaloo

With spots or blobs you may well be right. With 'smears' of tar and the like, WD40 will shift it.