Whats best for removing TAR!!!

[craigieeb]

Just been out washing the car as it was dirty as fek,
came to wash the sideskirts and door pods, and there caked in soft tar, which will just not budge, not evan with the megs i was using,
so anyone got any good tips/know any good product for removing it without causing any damage to the paint or the plastic?

fekin roadworks!!!

[StuBeeDoo]

Tar & glue remover. IIRC, Autoglym do one.

[craigieeb]

http://www.waxpoetic.co.uk/index.php?ma ... ucts_id=75

that sort of stuff?

[fuzzy]

nitromors and a brillo pad.

[StuBeeDoo]

that sort of stuff?

Aye, that'll do it.

nitromors and a brillo pad.

[craigieeb]

nitromors and a brillo pad.

wonder if that would work on the bird shit on the carbon bonnet

[e30den]

nitromors and a brillo pad.

[BadDave]

nitromors and a brillo pad.

Just an off the wall thought
BTTTTTTTTTTTT

Have you ever seen what happens to tar when you spill diesel on it.
It goes rather soft very quickly


HMMMM
I wonder if that would work?

Tar removers normally contain petrol, so the logic is reasonably sound

[grantfk10]

Petrol works pretty well.
I used it to remove wood-stain that had been accidentally over-sprayed on the cabby.

[bilal-ali]

try some turtlewax tar remover. does the job but make sure u polish the car after..as it leaves the paint kinda dull

[paulmitchell1984]

claybars work wonders on this, depending how thick it os depends on the harshness of clay needed, but petrol and elbow grease works just fine

[Speedtouch]

Traffic Film Remover (TFR)

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/items/__traffic+ ... 459_228460

[craigieeb]

Managed to remove it with some megs and a shit load of elbow grease
this is how it looked after a good wash and before i removed the fekin tar..

http://s670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62 ... t=Tar2.jpg

http://s670.photobucket.com/albums/vv62 ... nt=Tar.jpg



forgot to get some of aftershots, but it just looks like it should

[TheRu]

I use the AutoGlym Tar Remover - Works a treat!

[kevin316i]

Be careful using petrol or strong solvents when removing tar. They will remove the tar a treat but may damage the paintwork. I use Autoglym tar remover and it works fine. Give the car a good wash and polish afterwards.

[fuzzy]

petrol or diesel will work fine and as it doesnt damage the paintwork at the filler cap it wont damage the paintwork anywhere else. unless you rub it to hard using something abrasive.

[Frenchguy]

WD40 works fine.