tree sap removal.... whats the best way

I was lucky enough to have a maple tree drop some nice sap on my car. the car has good paint so messing that up isnt an option. anybody got any cures for my illness? thanks

 

Soap and water. Stu

 

HotRodWillie uses Rainx for sap and bugs , says it works great.

 

try WD-40 should work.

 

i have a jackaranda tree in my front yard and every summer when it blooms flowers it drop tons of pin head sized sap drops all over my cars in the driveway. all i do is give them a wash with normal car wash soap and its always gone

 

Last summer I discovered Gumout carb cleaner takes it right off with out damaging the paint. I wouldn't let it sit on it. I just sprayed it on and wiped it off.

 

what ham-boned-ford said... yep WD-40 take off road tar too if you let it set on there...

 

I got nuthin for ya if your running suede good paint.

But if your running shiney paint kerosene works wonders. That's pretty basically what bug n tar remover used to be and it did a good job on sap also.

 

I dunno about try Gumout or WD40. I swear by "Goo Gone", smells like oranges, and its never not worked for me. Also Cut that tree down and build a garage with the wood.

 

Try a piece of ice, freeze it, then pick off.

 

Lots of the manufacturers that make professional detailing products make a tree sap remover. "PRO" is the one that comes to mind, but I know there are others. They sell you a 20oz or so bottle of the stuff for $12 & it is %100 rubbing alcohol.

SO....go down to the drugstore & get that 20oz bottle for .97.

Cheap, plentiful, & works great.

 

thanks for all the advice. Ill give it a try.

 

3M degreaser/wax remover work's too, if you have some on hand.

 

The Big guy that invented tree's, invented water soluble sap! other wise there would be 6 inches of sap under every tree. don't even need soap

 

Well, that was my point when I posted. Why in the world would you want to use a petroleum based product on a water based clinker? Stu

 

I've found pancakes tend to take care of any maple problems I have.....

seriously though, any of the above should work fine. Soap and water is good if the sap is still fresh, otherwise I use alcohol

 

I dont remember seeing any Sugarmaples or Sugar Houses for that matter last time I was in Jax

 

we had to disguise them as pine trees and waffle houses to keep the revenuers off our backs...

 

Try a clay bar. You'll be amazed how dirty your paint really is after rubbing it down with one.

 

A lot of these suggestions sound good for maple tree sap ,but if you've got pine trees, the only thing that works is gasoline.

 

or rubbing alcohol

 

WAX!

Wax is an excellent bug, tar, and tree sap remover. Why use questionable chemicals when the best thing for your paint (wax) works great! You're gonna have to rewax that area anyway once the harsh chemical is used, right?

 

Don't park it under a tree!DUH!Find a nice neighbor with a garage.

 

this sap has been on the car for a few months. Its on there pretty good. Little black spots of sap. Im gonna try some of these then let you know.

 

Cut the tree down!!!

 

I scond the Goo Gone. Pretty cheap for a big bottle at the WalMart. Works great to remove decal residue, caked grease, bug guts, tree sap and line paint (when the wife crosses new lines) if you catch it early enough. Straight Simple Green works pretty good for all the above also.

 

I'll be over with some 80 grit and show you how its done.

 

I've used finger nail polish remover and then buffed the area,but if you got the patience you can use alcohol.

 

use very "HOT" water with something like dawn dish soap. be carefull with the solvents like wax an grease removers, or gas an such. i`ve been custom painting for 20 years and had a guy who brought me a motorcycle tank that he had literaly rubbed the paint off to the primer with solvents to get the sap off, i washed it off with very HOT soapy water, then quoted him a price for repainting his tank. "carefull"

 

Mineral spirits work fine.