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| | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 | Simple question!!! What has anyone found to be the best tar removal with out damaging the paint.. Its hardened real good. Any Ideas | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 709 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2001 Posts: 709 |
Bruce
Old Toy: Ol' Betsy stock 59 Apache SB Stepside (Gone but not Forgotten)
New Toy: 1962 Impala SS Coupe
The Driver: 1990 Toyota truck
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | gasoline will take it off too but you will most likely have to repolish | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | agree with Bruce, wd-40 works well,you can buy other stuff but the 40 works well
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | I'll 3rd the WD40, diesel works also but much more smelly & messy. Brian | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 | Well I tried the wd40 no go. Remember this tar has been on for a while when i got the truck early this year... its not soft....Peter | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 709 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2001 Posts: 709 | You may want to try the more aggressive gas or diesel using outside or with good ventilation. You don't mention where the tar is but I am guessing on a vertical surface. WD-40 would "work" on the tar if a horizontal surface where it could be allowed to soak. Wash thoroughly with soap and water and wax/polish if you get it off with anything harsh. Are you sure it is indeed tar?
Bruce
Old Toy: Ol' Betsy stock 59 Apache SB Stepside (Gone but not Forgotten)
New Toy: 1962 Impala SS Coupe
The Driver: 1990 Toyota truck
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | On one road crew truck I bought, I used diesel fuel sprayed from a garden sprayer & a cheap plastic putty knife-but do not smoke, Brian | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 327 | Well its lumpy and black it must be tar. Peter | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 38 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 38 | Try softening it up with a hairdrier first,and before it cools soak it with the WD-40 and rub it with an old wash cloth or anything terrycloth so as not to scratch anything.
Rezman
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | You can use mineral spirits if you have a good factory paint job or a well cured 2k paint job, but try it on an invisible area first. I used it to remove graffiti on one of my previous cars, worked great. Rinse it off quickly because it will eventually soften paint.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 12 | Try some mayo from the kitchen just put it on and let is set a bit then wipe it off. Works on fresh tar and tree sap but have never tried it on old tar stains.
Maybe worth a shot.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 345 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 345 | Mayo? See, I keep telling my wife not to put the stuff on our food! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | Acrysol, the best darn tar remover there is. We use it on new cars and it won't harm the finish. There are several distributors but it can be bought at most auto parts houses. The stuff we use is by Kent.
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