Tar remover?

[The Boosh!]

how do i know if i need some of this? what is tar? whats it look like?

looking to give the car some serious cleaning.

can anyone help

 

[GavB]

mate its small black spots generally along the bottom halves of a car, claying can take car of the tiny specs but for larger stubborn spots autosmart tardis is prop the best out there imo

 

[Emz_197]

what is tar?

tarmac off the road

 

[Marky_]

You'll know when ou've got a tar problem lad.

Looks like this BTW (excuse the rest of the dirt on there )

 

[Michael172]

black clumps of black s**t.

Can use clay to reove it or you could use a tar remover. Halfords do Autoglym tar remover but there are better available like Tardis which can be found at polished bliss.

 

[Henry]

it's just the bitumen/tar from recently resurfaced roads - gets thrown along the bottom of the sides of the car. you can wipe it off with petrol if you don't fancy spending £5 on 325ml of Autoglym's tar remover

 

[AlexG]

if its not left on for ages then it should just pick off really. mine just pics off then wipe with a cloth and it comes off with no effort at all. if you do it often then you wont need to use harsher action when it builds up!

 

[mattjk]

Penetrating oil, white spirit petrol will all remove it too.

 

[Emz_197]

do you think rain x would remove tar?.. as it is petroleum based

 

[Rich]

After seeing what petrol does do paint today - ie removing it - I would not suggest using it as a tar remover - does a nice job of removing paint from the inside of the race car though!

 

[mattjk]

How long did you leave it on there for? Again I wouldnt leave it on there for hours only wipe it off with it lol

 

[Rich]

On contact as it leaked out of the fuel pump, as we wiped it away it took paint with it !

 

[mattjk]

The finish wouldn't have been clearcoated though inside

 

[Rich]

Must wipe away clearcoat like it does basecoat though ?

 

[mattjk]

I quite often spilled petrol round the petrol filler with no problems (I'm careless lol)

 

[Emz_197]

After seeing what petrol does do paint today - ie removing it - I would not suggest using it as a tar remover - does a nice job of removing paint from the inside of the race car though!

I wouldn't try it tbh, just someone else on here (Henry) said you can wipe it off with petrol

 

[pecan]

you can wipe it off with petrol if you don't fancy spending £5 on 325ml of Autoglym's tar remover

At today's prices the Autoglym stuff is probably cheaper!

 

[RussZS]

True

Get the AG stuff - its great and has multiple uses

 

[Henry]

you're not going to wipe your paint off with petrol; it's common to see discolouration of paintwork around filler caps due to neglect (it polishes out) but you don't ever see bare metal. it must be that the lacquer protects.

use tar remover if you're worried - although i would have thought some are petroleum based anyway - ?

 

[The Big Yin]

megs #16 wax is good for removing tar

 

[BIFCAIDS]

meggs bug n tar remover works every time.