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Pine Tree Sap on Car

How do I clean dried pine sap off my car, without damaging the paint?

Pippa Kay from Hampshire UK

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RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car

I just successfully removed 1-1.5 year dried sap on my silver-colored car. What I used:
- Murphy's Oil Soap.
- a small wooden spoon (that was already saturated with oils - basically, I wanted a smooth, wood spoon that wouldn't scratch)

Prep:
1) Rainy day. Wax is a little soft (if at all possible).

Procedure:
2) I rubbed a lot of the oil onto the dried wax.
3) After 5-10 minutes, I rubbed it with a cloth. Then I used the wooden spoon scrape off the dried wax. Worked like a charm. The paint didn't come off. The wax came off like hard dried candied syrup.

After most of the wax came off, I rubbed the oiled cloth into the bits of dried pieces and they came off. I did this on the headlights as well and it worked well.

Pros:
- fast
- non-toxic
- cheap

Cons:
- None really. For spot cleaning. I had about 20-30 spots of dried wax (with a few bubbles of hard wax).

Post by skaypip

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