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they cut a tree down infront of my house and i happen to park outside that night and got Sap on my car and window. not Droplets of Sap, were talking chunks of Sap. like Thick Drops. Sad to say, they have been sitting there for a week now, lol. got any advice on Removing Sap w/o any harm?

Some people have told me:

TurtleWax
WD-40
Gasoline

the only one that sounds safe to me is TurtleWax. Any comments? help? suggestions?

thanks

-RoMeO

 

they have sap remover solvents at pep boys..it comes in a spary bottle. What ever you do, dont scrape or wipe it off! It will damage the paint. That happened to my previous car.

 

so I spray then what? pat?

 

its like a solvent..i havent personally tried it out yet, (i had to learn the hard way on my old car) but from people have told me, that should do the job..anyone else care to add the this solution?

 

Try this stuff called "Goof-Off". I've used it on my car to remove excess touch-up paint. It comes in a little red and yellow metal bottle. It's safe on paint but you'll need to re-wax when you're done.

 

not planning on re-waxing for maybe another week, so that doesent sound like somehting i wanna do.

a friend of mine (from here on the forum) Jun. is going to detail my car and give me a new clear coat on the side of my car. but i want to have this sap removed ASAP. Ive heard it can actually damage the paint by it just sitting there.

 

You NEED to use a solvent and re-wax. If you do not have the time . . make time. It is the most effective way to save your paint.
Listen to deedubb . . no scraping, be careful, and use a good solvent followed by a good wax. I have seen sap discolor cars before. So the sooner you do this, the better chance you have of fixing it right

 

yes it can damage the paint by just sitting there. you want to get it off quickly.

 

Romeo, these guys are absolutely right. Trust me, they don't call me the Zaino Master for nothing!
I've personally seen the work that Jun does and it's phenomenal...BUT... it wont' look as good if you've left the sap on there and he's polishing up a discolored car. Use the solvent and then just put on really quick layer of the wax of your preference. Heck, pick up a bottle of Blak Magic and you can wax that hood in about 20 minutes.
When Jun goes to detail your car, he can simply wash the hood with dawn soap to remove the blak magic and then you'll be all set.

 

I had to use a sap remover solvent kinda thing to get the globs off my car from the 5-10 minutes my car sat in my driveway in August while I was unloading groceries (gigantic Douglar Fir in the yard overhangs everything). The smaller spots came off okay with using the Zaino car wash stuff (the fruity smelling blue stuff) undiluted straight out of the bottle and letting it sit on it and soak for something like 20-30 minutes. It worked to get a lot of the larger spots off, but required this process numerous times before I could get it completely off. A large glob I had gotten on the roof just behind the moonroof required four hours worth of repeated soaking and rubbing. After the first time I did had to do this I got a small bottle of sap remover stuff at, I think, Auto Zone. It went much quicker and was much less labor intensive. After I was done I put a layer of Zaino over it and it looked great.

 

word up.

thanks people.
im gonna go do this tonight then.

I hope this comes off flawlessly.
I will update you guys when im done.

p.s. Sap Trees Suck Pistons!

 

I'm suprised no one has mentioned using a clay bar while washing the car.......

 

clay bar?

let me research on that... Ive never heard of that.

 

http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-clay.html

 

Never seen a drop of sap that clay couldnt take off, safely.

 

word up. Seems like this is on the top of my "safe sap removal" list. Im going to pick some of this up after work.

thanks peeps.

/Romeo

 

ahh, i always forget about claybar...

but yet, its probably one of the best contaminant removers for the car's paint.

 

yea man, sap isn't a contaminant to mess with. Go with the solvent that you spray on for starters...and if it leaves any residue, claybar that crap off.

Just as mentioned though...if it's been sitting for a week...DO NOT just try and roughly scrape it off...chip central.

good luck!

 

UPDATE:

ok, so I went to buy some Claybar, Oil, and filter, I changed my oil and then I tried out that claybar on the "Chunks" of Sap. It was working little to nothing (Mother Brand) I said **** it, I tried it over and over again. Still little or no diffrence. Then I said, **** it, Brought out the Alcohol, put some on a towel, came RIGHT off... the Alcohol dehydrated the paint on the car and left a white foggy look to the section. Busted out the wax, done deal. Looks like new again. So personally, Alcohol did it for me. Alcohol and wax is my Daddy. But i guess i have claybar for whatever other reason i might need it.

Thanks for the 411 peeps.

 

well done. now since you have claybar, just have x-ped use it when he details your car.

 

I grew up in the woods- claybar doesn't do squat for dried on sap. WD-40 works the best for me. I suppose alcohol would work fine too. Glad you got it cleaned off.

 

i had a truck with one of those fake leather bed covers that got sap on it. i used some mineral spirits on it and it came right off. then i put some armorall on it and it was good to go. i think it works on paint too, but you will still need to wax it again afterwards.

 

Hey Romeo, get on aim tonight. We'll set a date for me to detail your car, prob not till next sunday though as I have to study for finals this weekend and get my new bumper on. Then next sat. I'm booked for a new Z06. Just get a citrus based tar/sap remover, as I said turtle wax tar remover is available at almost every autostore. Get that tar off and leave the rest to me.

 

Meguiars Clay bar, wet the surface down with the quick detailer spray, rub clay in and wash off. it would be a good idea to wax the car after i personally use Turtle wax ice or NXT with a foam appplicator