I have tree residue on my car?

Question

I have small black specks on my car which was parked under a tree. I can pop them off with my fingernail. Yet it would take 10 hours and seams to be marking my paint. Any help out there?

Answer 1

i would not scratch the sap off ever your removing the clear coat from your paint and your paints finish. wash your car rub the spots with the tar/bug cleaner. follow it up with a cleaner wax, it will remove any residue and clear up the paint and finish.

Answer 2

Wash your car with a normal car shampoo first (Meguiar's Gold Class works well). This is to remove all loose dirt and is important so as not to scratch the paint when doing the next step.

Next, use a clay bar and lubricant (Meguiar's, Mother's, Clay Magic all work). Clay bars are one of, if not THE, best way at removing embedded contaminants. Follow the instructions on the box. You can find this at an automotive store.

Finally, use a wax to protect the paint from future particles trying to imbed into the clearcoat. You should do this a few times a year, depending on the wax. Regular carnauba wax will give you a month or two of protection. Synthetic waxes are more like four to six months. Try Meguiar's NXT Tech wax for long-term protection if you don't want to do it as often.

Answer 3

I assume this is tree sap on your car? If so, there are a few different methods you can use to safely remove it without damaging the paint.

You can buy something called Bug and Tar remover at hardware stores.

I've also heard that you can use mayonnaise, but I've never personally tried it.

There are some more suggestions here:
http://www.ehow.com/tips_10396.html

Good luck!

Answer 4

Yes. Car shampoo & hot water (as hot as you can stand)! Well, it worked for us. we had sticky stuff all over the car which couldn't be washed off with the usual dishwasher liquid we use. If it is tree sap, or bug residue, try and wash it off sooner rather than later as neither is too good for the paint.

Otherwise if that doesn't work, you could ask your local car dealer for some ideas, I'm sure they'd be happy to sell you something! ;-)

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Answer 5

Try tar and bug remover, or WD40 on a rag and wipe it clean.
add some wax on the finish and it shoulkd be easier to remove if it happens again.
good luck

Answer 6

get a bottle of goo-b-gone
its cheap and safe and works really good