Can someone please tell me the quickest, easiest, & cheapest way to get tree sap off of my car? I've been overseas for 2 months... after commin back and cleaning it up, i found 2 big sap buildups on the paint. Why'd some tree decide to bleed all over my car?!

 

clay bar.

1. wash car with dish soap
2. use a clay bar

that should do it.

 

yeah, claybar with liquid dish soap should get that stuff right off.

But don't make a habit of washing your car with dish soap, and make sure you wax your car right afterwards... the dish soap (especially blue DAWN)will take ALL the preexisting wax off. That's not something you want to do every time you wash your car.. it can really damage your paint in the long run

It is good however, to strip the wax once a year with DAWN, or right before using a polish like Zaino.

 

Hey i just got my first sample of tree sap..
I went to this detail store and they took it off w/ paint thinner...
Well my car is white.. so i dono if you really wanna do that.. to the mica

 

You may want to try either WD40 and a rag, or try using Goo Gone and a rag. I use WD40 to get off all the road grime that regular washing doesnt remove, and it takes it right off.

 

You can but Bug and tar remover at just about any auto parts store!!! works good too!!! than was clay bar and Wax it!!!!

 

I can definitely attest to the effectiveness of a claybar for the sap removal. I had an 87 Saab that sat on a lot, in an industrial part of town, under what I believe was a large maple tree for about a year and a half. I tried all manner of wax polish and compound, and eventually tried Maguire's detailers spray and clay. Came together in a package. Before that, the hood looked like complete crap. After the clay treatment it was like a new paint job (with the exception of normal swirl marks and such you'd expect from a 13 year old car) Definitely go the clay route. Keep it wet and work in small areas with circular strokes, and just keep plugging away.

~~Sel