Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a cleaning product that will remove tar spots from my Scoob. I gave it a clean yesterday and noticed that I have several on the wheel arches. Some of them are quite visiable so I would realy like to get them off without messing up the paintwork.

Cheers

Daves99

 

Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover - wouldn't be without it

 

I always use a tiny bit of white spirit but make sure to wash it down with plenty of soap and water afterwards!

 

another vote for white spirit

 

Same as I use - melts them away right before your eyes!

 

T cut and re polish

 

Clay bar.

 

Clay bar will just lick them off

 

Whats clay bar

 

Swissol or Meguirs make them ! Check out one of their sites

 

Don't use a tar removal product, or white spirit, these will damage your paintwork. Instead use a small amount of Flora (the margarine spread). Dab it on the tar spots & rub gently with your finger. Then have a coffee for 10 mins & then polish off using a clean cotton cloth. The tar comes off easily, no damage to your paintwork & it's very cheap! You'll use less than a tea spoon of the stuff.

Idea passed to me by Mark Underwood aka the Wax Wizard.

 

Please explain how a well lubricated clay bar will damage the paintwork ?

 

meguiars clay bar detailing kit, awesome

 

Damn right dissolves tar like nobody's business, quick polish afterwards and

 

A bit of WD40 will get it off.

 

Mer polish does it for me, but does use up time and elbow grease.

Clay bar is good too.

J.

 

"Don't use a tar removal product, or white spirit, these will damage your paintwork"

Where did I say a clay bar would damage the paintwork?

 

Is a clay bar not a tar removing product

 

Last time I used Autoglyms tar remover it left my paint cloudy where I had used it and it kept coming back after polishing for about a year before it stopped. Suffice to say I won't be using that again

 

anchor butter for me

 

Can't believe it's not butter...

 

tar and glue remover

 

Standard Autoglym polish. TBH it's all I use it for now, tar removal and bee poo!!!!
That's since using zymol as the cleanse/wax.

 

Thanks for the info I think clay bar will be my choice.

Thanks once again.

Daves99

 

With spots or blobs you may well be right. With 'smears' of tar and the like, WD40 will shift it.