davyboy

I have a white car and it looks very nice and clean when I have washed it.

On closer inspection it has lots of little black dots on it.

When you try and remove the dots with your nail, you leave a nice brown streak. I guess its tar, how the heck do I get rid of the little buggers!!

Richard Askew

Dave
I think Halfords do a tar spot remover which is safe for paintwork...
The white wagon is minging so I might re-do it before too long
Hope this helps

davyboy

I guess you need to wax it again after?

Richard Askew

I never wax my car - I polish it and wash it with a wax based wash...

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

AutoGlym do a good tar spot remover

Timo

Dab a little petrol on a rag....works best and fastest!!

CAUTION...dont smoke a *** whilst performing this operation!!

Tim

carpet

Ive used the autoglym one b4 and can say its good !

PSI3

Clay Bars are excellent for removing tar spots either from Wax Wizard or Halfords.

simon

Richard Askew

Tim - what if the tar mark has "broken" the paint - will petrol **** it up??

Timo

if the tar marks have broken the paint then you must have a major problem already!!!!!!!!!!

Tim

Richard Askew

Disco

T-Cut is also good

MikesWagon

Normal polish such as Autoglyms super resin does the job, just concentrate on the spots, don't cover large areas and let the polish do the work (don't rub too hard).

At least that's one prob the DBM doesn't show up too much.

Dave T-S

Clay bars (used wet) work better than ANYTHING on tar spots.

Dave T-S

Richard
Tar spots won't break the paint, and if it was broken petrol wouldn't hurt anyway

muddy

Being a bit of a perfectionist when polishing my car, I have gone through quite a lot of different products for this. I have tried Halfords Own, carplan, Autoglym Tar remover, and a clay bar to name just a few. I find that you have to work hard using polish.

The best thing I have now (and I wouldn't do without) Is Autoglym Tar and Adhesive remover (I think it is only supplied to the Trade!)It's a green liquid, just wipe it over the tar spot and it comes off without any effort. It is also good for brake dust that has not been removed after washing the wheels.

And it's absolutly amazing on glue!!.

Muddy

Great~taste~Bloke

Clay bar is by far the best.

Funkii Munkii

Margerine, honestly !!!, I was told about it a couple of years ago and it does break it down, slowly though. give it a try.
Not that organic rubbish.
Dave

mole

Try a wee bit of WD40 on the tip of a clean cloth.

Yes it will need to be "re-protected" with whatever polish you use.

Cheers, Moles Dad.

TURBO7379

If I'm polishing the car I remove tar spots by mixing 50% petrol and 50% WD40 ( the stuff you get in a gallon can ) , putting it in a spray bottle , squirting on the offending panel , leave 5 minutes and wipe with a cloth , taking all the tar spots off . You can use neat petrol but it evaporates before it has done its job . A bloke I know who valets cars professionally uses this method , and he has the valeting contract for most of the dealerships round here . The only drawback is that it also removes any wax on the car so you must polish afterwards .

Derek

davyboy

So what ever happens it means some sort of effort on my part then?

Damn.

Who wants a job?

Toerag

My old forester got absolutely splattered with exhaust tar when overtaking a quarry truck in france a couple of years ago. Got a bottle of tar remover from a hypermarket (aren't they great?) and it took the GF and I an hour to get the spots off the car, then another hour to re-wax it again. Grrrrrr!!!!!

ChrisB

Is AutoGlym Tar Remover or Clay bars good for removing those well splatted insect marks?

albob

im with Funki on this --- maragarine! or slightly more expensive Butter like "Last Tango in Paris"
dont know why, but it works ...
alan