Ok guys I have like 10-15 huge spots of tree sap on my hood, windshield, trunk, passenger door. So my question is what is the best method of removing the sap without hurting the paint?

 

water, patience, bottle of goo gone and a micro fiber towel.

 

I've had good luck with bug and tar remover. Also claying with lots of lube.

 

yea thats what i twas thinking bug and tar remover

 

get it off fast...eats through paint like you wouldnt imagine.

 

are you serious?

 

sap is nasty on paint

 

A clay bar would do the trick also....but yeah, sap is like acid on paint

 

it has been on the car for i would guess about 3 days.....hope it is ok

 

ya, its like bird **** for paint...very corrosive... happened to my old silver infiniti fx i had...got the hood repainted in the end, just because i hate deficiencies...

 

Does your car sit in the sun? if it shaded then it would be okay for longer, but if it sits int he sun all day it starts cooking on your paint.

 

use rubbing alcohol and dont scrub it just go over it lightly as long as needed. i worked at a car detail shop for nearly 2 years and we used this every time and it worked great. so just use rubbing alcohol and a towel and you will be golden

 

if it is dryed on hard i recently took some off with servicol (alcahol solution) and rubbing compound... the alcahol didnt seem to do much, but the rubbing compound took it right off...

 

I just removed a bunch of sap from my car not to long ago. I have no choice but to park under trees. Anyways, just clay the car with a LOT of lube... once thats done, wax the car with 2 or 3 coats so your paint is protected.

 

Few ways to tackle it, use rubbing alcohol the one from the drug store is about 70% which will work, if they are very small clay bar or even our oxidation block will do, just make sure either way you choose to go, that you protect the surface after you have remove the tree sap either one of them will remove the wax from the surface

 

Vegetable oil will remove sap. Wash and wax after removed.

 

methyl hydrate will very easily but you have to be very careful and gentle with it or it will eat through your clear coat.

 

this sounds weird but i used to use mayo....worked like a charm too...just use a little bit and you'll be scrubbing for a bit but it comes off....

and don't let it sit too long cuz it gets harder and harder to get off the more caked on it is.

sap = FTL

 

i used turtle wax bug and tar remover. the bottle even said "for tree sap too" it worked so well! all of the sap came off! thanks for all of your help you guys

 

How the **** did you ever come up with that one? Were you making a samich when you realized hmmmm... lets slather this on my car to see what it does??? LOL Entertain us would you.

 

actually someone on here posted it in a different thread who had asked. which is why im suprised no one screamed SEARCH when he posted this.

and i don't use mayo on sandwiches. bleh!