Elmer Fudpucker

...is it easy enough to remove from car bodywork?

Thing is i dropped my (previously)prestine STi off for a service this morning at a main dealers.

only to return home after picking it up,some 200 odd pounds lighter and notice that said car was completely plastered in bluddy tree sap

Cheers, Main Dealer

dij

Bit of a pain in the backside but it just requires a bit of elbow grease.

Wash with a good shampoo,chamois dry,and wax.

I find 'Simoniz bug & tar remover' is best for getting off any stubborn stains,and it works as a polish too.

subaru-impreza.org

Bug and Tar remover should eat it.... Another technique is neat screen wash... Gets it off real good... Try not to get the neat screen wash on the window though (same applies with tar remover)... But if its on the windows just go for it...

Yorkie

As long as you wash it off straight away there should be no problem. Just remember to keep the car well waxed with something like Maguiers and it washes off easily

Elmer Fudpucker

I was rather hoping it would come off with hot water,car shampoo and extreme minimal effort

'cos if it doesn't, Mr main dealer will be having it back first thing on Monday morning:raging mad:

...I thought as a courtesy service,they might have given it a bit of a rinse and vacuum before handing the car back in the first place!

Jon

BAH

Clar Bar....

RON

I would have thought that withh all the wax you've got on it it should just wash off!!!!

Try that first!

r32

Hot water and car shampoo, oh and dont rub to hard, try and melt it off with the water, then moan like hell to the Dealer, that just not on. But its a good job they didnt clean it for you

Rasher

it should do mate

Elmer Fudpucker

Panic over chaps!

I've just driven up the M27 through a fairly major downpour and most of the sap carnage has been 'magically' washed away

as Ron pointed out..probably due to the three inch thick layer of Swissol on it,lol

RON

I went to the GT racing at Castle Combe last week, there was a Bentley GT that was absolutely mullered with the stuff, I guess that's where having money gets ya eh!!

mrklaw

Mine was like that. Just washed it before, and the dealer mentioned how it had just finished with 'the valeter'. It was caked on!

I also live next door to a guy with two 18m high conifers, which overhang my car, and recently found my right hand side really bumpy. Wouldn't come off with hot water and shampoo either. So I've gone and got some clay, which better work.