Removing tree sap?

[MoparToYou]

What is the best product for removing tree sap from paint?

Thanks,

MoparToYou

[hemi165]

No. 7 makes bug and tar remover.....it cmes in a thin white bottle and it works well. You may need to look a little bit to find it, but put a little on a small cloth, a little elbow grease to the area and thats it.

[challygirl]

Alcohol or the purell hand sanitizer if it's fresh sap. Just happened upon one it one day after hurricane Ivan decided to rip some of our roof panels off and nicked our car, brand new 2004 monte ss, thought the car had to be repainted but alcohol took the scuffs right off and did not hurt the paint. So decided to try it on pine sap and worked like a charm. By the way we live in florida where pine sap is an everyday thing. It will also take it off your hands if you get some on them. Works for us anyway. Hope this helps.

[5629SRT]

Goo Gone also works Can find it at any hardware store

[08ChallengerDad]

Originally Posted by challygirl

Alcohol or the purell hand sanitizer if it's fresh sap. Just happened upon one it one day after hurricane Ivan decided to rip some of our roof panels off and nicked our car, brand new 2004 monte ss, thought the car had to be repainted but alcohol took the scuffs right off and did not hurt the paint. So decided to try it on pine sap and worked like a charm. By the way we live in florida where pine sap is an everyday thing. It will also take it off your hands if you get some on them. Works for us anyway. Hope this helps.

I agree. Plain old Rubbing/Isopropyl Alcohol works great for sap ...... and adhesive from tape - on just about any hard surface. The colder the alcohol the better.

[mopar maniac]

Believe it or not good old WD-40----and no---it will not hurt your paint.

[HemiLV]

I used mayonnaise

[Nitelinger]

I use WD-40 or Goo Gone. There is another one I used and it worked good I think it was Goop Off

[392Cuda]

I had tree sap on my car early in the summer.

Bug and Tar remover did not work. So I decided to get on board with what I had heard about clay bars.

Car Bars work great! Soften up the clay, spray on the detailer, and rub back and forth firmly. It will get the tree sap off... it make take a bit of work, but you'll get it.

Bugs and tar also come of MUCH easier with the clay bar than the Bug and Tar sprays you can buy.

[aggiekyle]

The alcohol breaks down the chemicals in sap/bird crap. Whichever way you go you need to make sure you give it a good washing with soap and water after using any chemical regardless of what it is because these chemicals can and will begin breaking down your clear coat over time.