Pine Tree Sap on Car

RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By ThePanda (1) Contact I have no idea what dripped on my car. I've tried bug/tar remove, 70% alcohol, non-acetone nail polish remover, hand-sanitizer solution, and I've only been able to rub off a small portion of the dried up mess. It's a big drop about the size of two US quarters. The stuff is really caked in! I'll move onto WD40 when I get home later to see if that helps. Posted on 04/30/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Dobie Lover (1) Contact Just tried using the rubbing alcohol to remove pine sap from my car from almost a year ago and it came off very easily. It works great!!! Posted on 03/03/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) We had some nasty tree sap spots on our new car. Tried to remove it with car wash solution but it didn't quite come off. Then I applied car wax (the paste type like Turtle Wax) on top of it and let it sit for a while. Afterwards, it came off completely! Posted on 02/01/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) Key thing is to use the rubbing alcohol w/cotton swabs, dilute the rubbing alcohol with water, then immediately rinse with water. After rinsing, it left no paint damage and removed the sap completely. Try not to let sap stay overnight. Good to keep the car waxed for that reason. Posted on 01/29/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By DT (Guest Post) You guys are awesome! Hand sanitizer works GREAT! Thanks so much. Posted on 01/19/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By cheri (Guest Post) After trying the goo remover products at the store and scrubbing with hot water, nothing seemed to take the sap off. Then I tried finger nail polish remover. I was a little nervous about the paint, but it worked great and came off really easy. Posted on 01/09/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Mike (Guest Post) I read all the post and took the advice of using Hand Sanitizers and it worked. I was at work and parked under a pine tree and had 7 drops of sap all over my hood. Bugging me the whole day and could not think about work. Read the post and went out to my car with my co-workers, used Hand Sanitizer and boom it came off. I also brought some hot warm to rinse it. Posted on 12/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Annie (Guest Post) I had pine tree sap that baked in the hot sun and was really caked on. I cut a sponge up into pieces the size of each thick sap spot, placed a piece on each spot and then poured very hot water on each piece of sponge and let it sit for a few minutes. Then I very gently started to scrape the softened sap off with a credit card. I swear to you, the sap just peeled off. Then I used a soft cloth diaper and a tiny bit of I used acetone-free nail polish remover and removed the rest of any residue. Worked like a charm. (That diaper was 17 years old! Still good and so useful. I recommend buying a pack next time you see them in a store. They're a little hard to find.) :) Posted on 12/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) I used rubbing alcohol and it works great! My technique is to use a cotton ball, rub alcohol on sap in circular motion like waxing, then I have a spray bottle of water to spray on surface once the sap is rubbed off to dilute the alcohol and easily wipe of residue. After all sap removed I wash and wax car as normal. Thank you! Posted on 12/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) THANKS THANKS THANKS :) acetone free nail polish remover worked perfectly on my brand new black car...the 3 rock hard blobs on the roof were gone within 30 seconds, no paint damage at all ;) Posted on 12/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By nathanf (Guest Post) Guys, I just tried the 91% alcohol on my 2008 IS350 Dark Gray I bought. It was hard to see the hard tree sap spots in the day time. Just slightly. However in my garage under the lights at night you can see them clear as day. I tried the alcohol with no luck. I let it sit and worked on it. Got up the guts to try it and thank god did not make further damage. They are hard spots so need to know of any other suggestions. I have mineral spirits in the garage, just don't know if it will screw up the paint? Thanks. Posted on 12/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By beej (Guest Post) The acetone took off the paint on my audi....very disappointing. I will try the alcohol but I'm leary. I could chop down that darn tree but it's my neighbors and it hangs over my driveway. Unbelievable. Posted on 11/30/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Paul L (Guest Post) I just wanted to let you know how happy I was with this post. I had pine sap all over my brand new 2008 Honda Civic Si and I was not sure if I could get it off. I used 91% IPA and diluted it with water, applied it with a cotton ball and vwala! No more pine sap! Incredible! Many thanks and praise from here in the USA! Posted on 11/20/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Phantoma (Guest Post) News Flash! Nothing you buy at the store that says removes sap will remove pine tree sap! It is like super glue. I am going to try the alcohol! Posted on 11/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By CMDeva (Guest Post) Ok, I tried the old fashion way, wash with car soap. That did not work so read the posts on here. Great advice! I used "hand anti-bacterial hand sanitizer" and yes, it works great! Little bit on the sap some hot water and wammo - gone. Thanks so much, this a great service! Posted on 10/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Justine (Guest Post) I'm a seventeen year old girl and I tried the acetone-free nail polish remover with a paper towel on my black camry and it worked perfectly, it only took me about 10 minutes to get all the sap off my car and to hose it down with water. Posted on 10/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Jorge M (Guest Post) Dry Gas works great. Editor's Note: Dry gas is an alcohol-based additive used in automobiles to prevent any water in the fuel from freezing. Posted on 10/04/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Tiff (Guest Post) I used 91% alcohol and diluted it with a little bit of water and it worked awesome! And the pine sap had been sitting on my car for a long time and came right off! Posted on 09/23/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Andrew (Guest Post) I followed the suggestion to use a fabric softener sheet soaked in water. It worked great! Posted on 09/22/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Dave (Guest Post) 70% Isopropyl is the way to go. I used cotton balls for each sap blob or two on my year old Pathfinder and away they went. I then washed and rinsed with the automotive wash and wax as I would for a normal wash to get rid of residual residue. It appears that the sap will eventually wear off as the older blobs that had been around for a year or so had hardened but had also thinned out considerably, the newer ones were thick and tacky; all came off with the isopropyl. I recommend to practice with the blobs on the glass first to work out a technique and build confidence. Posted on 09/21/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse Hand Sanitizer By (Guest Post) It really does work! I was at the car wash washing my new black car. I noticed something that appeared to be water. After wiping the residue with my towel I discovered that it was NOT water. It smeared all across my windshield and hardened. After scrubbing for nearly 20 minutes I gave up. I then remembered that I parked under a tree the day before to protect my car from the sun. Well, NEVER again! Luckily I turned to this website before paying a ton of money! I was weary of putting straight alcohol on my new car so I tried hand sanitizer. IT REALLY WORKED. After putting it on there I recommend spraying some quick detail on it to maintain the gloss in your paint. Posted on 09/20/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) OMG this was wonderful i had alot of sap on my new truck i was PO'ed I read this and decided to use rubbing alcohol I used 91% and diluted it with water a little bit It came right off...it was amazing :) Posted on 09/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By adam (Guest Post) I used 50% alcohol and it worked great. Thanks for the help, I was out there with goo gone for 20 mins but the alcohol took it off in 20 seconds. Posted on 09/18/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By chris. (Guest Post) Nothing works.. I bought something at wal-mart to take off the sap. But I'm scared to put nail polish remover on it.. Does it really work? Editor's Note: I've never tried nail polish remover but I used rubbing alcohol on sap on my car the other day and it took it right off. Posted on 09/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Tim Sams (Guest Post) nail polish remover worked great. Posted on 09/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By mike (Guest Post) Saw pine sap on new Hyundai Tucson, cleaned it with Grey Goose, just a little, worked great. Posted on 09/09/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Aimee (Guest Post) 70% alcohol worked perfect! Thanks for the info! I just made sure to apply wax to the area's where I removed the sap to protect the paint! Posted on 09/07/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By adouglas (Guest Post) For my daughter's sweet 16, I bought her a brand new chevy cobalt. I parked the car under a pine tree for shade and had a surprise on the glass and hood when I moved it. I thought It wouldn't be a big deal to clean so I got my bucket, soap and water and went to work. That didn't work (even used a lot of elbow grease). So I decided to resort to the internet, (I knew I wasn't the only "idiot" who had this problem). I saw the suggestion to use 70% alcohol and read the feedback and decided to give it a try. OMG! it really worked (with no elbow grease) and my daughter and I am so excited! Thank U! Posted on 09/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Jacques (Guest Post) This was great info. I didn't have any Acetone free Nail Polish as the stuff my wife has has Acetone in it. I tried the 70% alcohol after trying the Mr Clean Pad, and the 70% alcohol worked great. I have a jet black BMW 328I which the smallest amount of color change shows up on it but it worked great and I washed the car after using the alcohol and it worked great. Posted on 09/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) Alcohol did it. Wow! Posted on 08/31/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) The nail polish remover worked great for me! Posted on 08/17/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Rachel (Guest Post) I too had tree sap all over my car for about 2 months, I brought it to car wash places and still had it on the car. So after reading these passages I tried the nail polish trick. agree nail polish remover was perfect, it took less than 3 minutes, I just walked around the car with a cloth and the nail polish remover and it all came off! I am so happy for this website, I was just about to bring it to be detailed for lots of money, thank you for helping me save money and allowing me to do it myself! Posted on 08/17/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Maria (Guest Post) My husband drove my brand new Altima to work. Trying to keep it out of the sun, he parked under a pine tree. I had fresh sap all over the hood. I used 70% rubbing alcohol and it was amazing. You dont even need any elbow grease. It does all the work. Thank you so much for the idea!-Maria Posted on 08/17/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Fred (Guest Post) Hand sanitizer worked great for me. No scrubbing, no rubbing-just and use soft towel to remove. Thank you for the suggestion! Posted on 08/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse Acetone Free Nail Polish Remover! By Zander85 (1) Profile Contact I tried everything from freezing it off and chipping away at it to boiling water and alcohol as well as marketed tree sap removers. None of those were very affective. What worked was the acetone free nail polish remover. Just picked some up at the drug store and used a lint free cloth. Rubbed it on and the sap came off. After that I just took it to the local car wash and now it looks fine. Posted on 08/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Zander (Guest Post) I tried everything from freezing it off and chipping away at it to boiling water and alcohol as well as marketed tree sap removers. None of those were very affective. What worked was the acetone free nail polish remover. Just picked some up at the drug store and used a lint free cloth. Rubbed it on and the sap came off. After that I just took it to the local car wash and now it looks fine. Posted on 08/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) Try a used fabric softener sheet that has been dampened with water. Cathy from MA Posted on 08/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By carole. (Guest Post) August 11, 2008, I read about the alcohol and tried it. I have a Lexus and it did not disturb the clear coat. It did remove the wax and all the pine sap drippings. A couple weeks ago a worker's truck whacked off some branches which then dripped onto my car, and the painted drive way. I was happy with the result. I tried WD40 without success as i'd heard that oils might remove the sap. Tomorrow, the car gets detailed. The car is delighted to be getting all this attention. Carole Posted on 08/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) Wow. Non acetate nail polish does work! This is amazing. Seriously I'm an 18 year old girl and got sap on my new car. I was mad and googled it, and yes, I was shocked. It realy comes right off. Posted on 08/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By NoVa Girl (Guest Post) I just read this website and quickly grabbed my non-acetone polish remover. It worked amazingly! I park outside under pine trees and the hood of my car was dimpled with tree sap. I had bought this car washing liquid from Target, ICE, that said it would remove the tree sap and tar from my car. It worked ok but after some serious rubbing I still had ugly tree sap spots on my car. I went back down to my car with the polish remover and like magic, hardly any rubbing needed, the tree sap was gone! I'm keeping a bottle of this polish remover in my car from now on! Posted on 08/09/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By momof4busyboys (1) Contact I read thru all of the posts and decided to try 70%rubbing alcohol. Cheap, easily available, no fumes, non-toxic to work with. Pine tar had been on the roof of the car for 3 months, baking into the paint in the summer sun. (I had just bought the '06 Honda CRV and first owners had given up on removing the sap) I began applying the alcohol very carefully first with cotton swabs (too slow), then cotton balls (still too slow), finally convinced that the alcohol was not going to damage the paint finish...I applied liberally with a round terry cloth waxing pad (50 cents for two at Walmart). It was fast and very effective on large and small sap spots. Some of the larger spots left permanent yellow stains in the paint finish. Wiped off the alcohol haze with a wet rag towel, then gave the roof two coats of wax. I am so happy that my "new" two year old car is sap-free and I did it myself thanks to the help from this website! Posted on 08/08/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Nate (Guest Post) Hi everyone, I had dry/hardened sap on my car for about a month, and decided to try to mayonnaise trick...no luck (and gross). Nail polish remover (non-acetone) was GOLDEN. Completely melts the sap off in one soak and wipe, except for thicker areas which require a little more work. Unfortunately, I'm left with a barely noticeable imprint of the sap splotches..not sure if they are permanent or not, but I'm thinking it's because I didn't get to the sap immediately after it fell on my car. Tips: Do not let the nail polish remover sit on your car too long (ex: watch out for stray spritz beads) as they made some marks on my clear coat. May have also been due to the heat...just a guess. Posted on 08/06/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By car owner (Guest Post) The best - solution is to use Non-Acetone - nail polish remover. It removes all sorts of sap, you will strip the wax, give it a spray of son of gun / wax polish to top it off once you get the goo off. Simple solution and works well. Posted on 08/02/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By HN (Guest Post) Pure rubbing absolute alcohol without acetone is the best. Acetone screws up the paint! Even some absolute vodka or rum is ok. Posted on 07/29/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Guest (Guest Post) Just wanted to drop a note and let everone know that "Windex" worked fine for me on a thick quarter sized spot that was just a couple days old. You just need a little elbow grease. Posted on 07/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By N.Dibdin BC Canada (Guest Post) Like a lot of other people I tried a dozen different things to get the sap off, my car was covered after standing under trees for a week. Finally I went online, found this site and tried the acetone free nail polish remover, what a dream, used warm soapy water after rubbing each sap spot off and the car looks great and no damage to the paint job. Thank you so much. Posted on 07/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Kevin Genner (Guest Post) Hi Folks Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who has posted on this site. I own an MG ZS180 which had pine sap on the hatch & rear spoiler. This was successfully removed with acetone free polish remover & the paint work is totally unaffected. Thank you again. Kevin Genner (UK) Posted on 07/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By IFSchreuder (Guest Post) This works, and extremely well. Rub each spot with rubbing alcohol (WITHOUT acetone) on kitchen tower, using "elbow grease." Within seconds of treatment, thoroughly wash each treated spot with soft brush dipped in very warm water and dish detergent so that it has no chance of sitting and thus damaging your clear coat. I worked in sync with another person. Do this in the early evening when the sun is going down. Posted on 07/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By SarahB (Guest Post) I used rubbing alcohol as per advice from this site. I definitely DO NOT suggest it as it wrecked the clear coat on my car and left me with streaky dull spots all over the hood and trunk of my car. Posted on 07/24/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Jeff (Guest Post) Fingernail polish remover is just acetone. Instead of buying expensive polish remover, just go to your local hardware store and pickup a can of acetone. It's usually found in the paint department. Works great for tree sap removal. Editor's Note: There is acetone and non acetone fingernail polish remover. The acetone kind could harm your paint. Posted on 07/18/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Stephanie (Guest Post) I tried using baking soda and a warm rag and it really worked now I can't even find out where it was to begin with. THANKS A LOT Posted on 07/15/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Nicolette (Guest Post) I have that problem constantly because I have to park under a pine tree. I tried scraping it off and it didn't work well, and while rubbing rain-x onto the window, I noticed it was gone. I thought it wasn't possible so I tried it on every sap spot I had and it got rid of it! I believe the secret is the alcohol inside, so using rain-x or nail polish remover or anything with alcohol would work. Posted on 07/13/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Laquisha (Guest Post) I read a couple of the suggestions and I used the hand sanitizer, trick, and it worked perfectly. Thanks Posted on 07/09/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By David (Guest Post) Windex, Windex, Windex Thanks for the suggestion. Have to say that worked better then anything. No worry about damage to the car and wiped off. Just be sure to really soak it, then wipe. Good luck Posted on 07/08/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Cory J (Guest Post) Thanks so much for the help! The nail polish worked very easily and almost "melted" away the sap! Posted on 07/08/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By TC (Guest Post) I just tried the nail polish remover! So easy and didn't hurt the paint. Thanks for the tip. Posted on 07/06/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) Nail Polish Remover...piece of cake! Posted on 07/05/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) We tried everything. I must say the alcohol works the best. Thank you Posted on 06/22/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Daniel George (Guest Post) Great! Finally a hand sanitizer that you can see the results. Posted on 06/15/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Lew (Guest Post) Removing tree sap without damaging your cares finish does appear to be difficult. Living in Michigan, the home of trees, this is a real problem if you don't park in a garage. I have tried just about everything, but have found that any inexpensive cleaner that is citrus based works the best. This of course does remove any wax sod you better plan on spending a good part of a dry afternoon cleaning up this mess. Oh yes, if this is a problem for you, the best investment will be a car cover. Posted on 06/15/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By sue (Guest Post) Was very impressed w/the fact that plain old Off was able to remove month old tree sap from my son's car w/very little effort! Posted on 06/15/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Jacquie (Guest Post) I had old tree sap from last summer on my car because I just couldn't find anything that would totally remove it. Just went out and tried hand sanitizer - EUREKA! Gone! Thank you everyone. Posted on 06/12/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By c Wightman (Guest Post) Rubbing alcohol worked wonderfully. Thanks Posted on 06/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Linda (Guest Post) Have STS/Tried WD-40, lard, an $8 sap stain remover, it would not come off. Found this website/used nail polish remover sap gone in about 2 seconds. Thanks! Posted on 06/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Jeremy (Guest Post) Windex worked great on a two week old spot on my two week old Jeep! Toasted some water on it afterwards and everything is good. Posted on 05/08/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Marcia (Guest Post) I have not tried this on a vehicle, but plain vegetable oil dissolves pine sap instantly. I have taken it out of hair and off hands with this simple solution. Posted on 04/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Common Sense (Guest Post) Windex or similar glass window cleaner. It is cheap, easy, and safe. Just used it today on my truck. Posted on 04/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Nathan (Guest Post) We just bought a new 2008 Blue Corolla and had some pine sap leak onto the roof of the car! Boy was I distressed! I found this website and tried the hand sanitizer and it worked beautifully! I really had no idea what to do. Thank you to everyone! Nathan Posted on 04/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By AndiePA (Guest Post) Just wanted to say Thanks! I had old tree sap on my bright blue Mazda. I had NO idea how to get it off and found this site. The 70% alcohol applied with a damp cloth worked great, especially when I followed that with a spot wax. Thanks, everyone! Posted on 03/22/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Gary from Mill Valley (Guest Post) The straight skinny: Pine tar from mammoth Douglas Firs up at my sister's summer house dripped on my '06 Honda last August, and when I had it washed, it became sticky white streaks on the blue. I tried paint thinner, WD-40, mayonnaise, butter, all with no luck. Then I found this site, unearthed some 70% alcohol in the closet and tried it with a soft cloth. The alcohol acts as a solvent, that is, it dissolves the pine tar, and you don't have to even rub really hard. it seems to help to keep going back to the bottle to make sure the alcohol is fresh. Have a wet cloth ready to wipe down the area when the pine tar is totally dissolved. No paint damage that I can see, although I'm going to give my baby a wash & wax just to celebrate. Happy end of story! One thing I learned, from this and last week when I had a large blood blister under my fingernail (closed it in a car door) and wanted to save the nail, Trust the Web! I read that I needed to drill into the nail with a hot needle to release the pressure of the blood, which it did, not painfully, and it seems to be healing fine now. Anyway, thanks for your site, doing this has been a big relief to me! Posted on 02/28/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By K (Guest Post) I never add comments to sites, but had to this time because the alcohol suggestion worked great. My truck was covered with little specks of what I am guessing is sap. I tried everything for a car I could think of, and baby oil, wd 40, nothing took this off, except the alcohol. Doesn't seem to have affected the finish at all. I tried the nail polish remover first, but felt safer with the alcohol. thanks for the help Posted on 12/04/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Scott (Guest Post) Nail polish remover....period. Posted on 11/22/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Guest (Guest Post) I would like to say thanks! I got my new truck a couple of days ago and first night I guess it was windy and I counted well over 20 sap spots, really really think and smelly I used alcohol and it left a little stain but I took my time and it came off Took me like two hours to get it all off and brand new! Thanks yall :D Posted on 10/19/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse Pine Tree Sap on Car By Kyle (Guest Post) I have an Acura TL and 2 other cars the sit in the driveway under a huge pine tree. This past year, it all of a sudden started leaking tons of sap. It's been about 6 months that some of the sap has been on the car and some spots that the sap is smushed. Before finding this site, I tried using Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover, which worked for newer sap spots, but didn't help with dried sap. Going by a post on this page, I tried using 70% alcohol and nail polish remover. The 70% alcohol didn't work too well on the dried sap; However, the nail polish remover worked great. It took those dried sap spots off almost instantly. It leaves a dull ish area in the spot applied, which comes right out after being waxed. Then, I washed the spots and waxed the areas. I'd highly recommend the nail polish remover, it worked wonderfully and didn't damage the paint at all on any of my cars. Posted on 10/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Blakes20 (Guest Post) I tried the Rain-X Bug and tar remover and that did nothing except make the water bead off the car. What a waste. I am going to try rubbing alcohol. Posted on 10/06/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) Amazing! i used regular 50% rubbing alcohol, dried it with cotton balls, then with those disposable glass wipes. It worked great! You guys saved my brand new Honda! Posted on 09/25/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Steph (Guest Post) Someone suggested that I use nail polish remover to get the sap off my car...Well it WORKED! I had so much sap and it was on the hood of my car for YEARS, because I didn't know what to use! I bought some products and nothing worked except NAIL POLISH REMOVER! The sap came off so quickly. I couldn't believe it! Don't buy anything else. Posted on 09/19/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By ryan s (Guest Post) I have tried everything and nothing has worked, even bought the turtle wax sap remover from the store. What should I use to buff it with because I think the sap has been there for too long and the only way to remove it is buffing or sanding. Posted on 08/27/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Kathi (Guest Post) HOLY COW! It does work and I only used 62% alcohol only took about 5 to 10 minutes for multiple spots! Thanks guys! Posted on 08/27/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By nicole (Guest Post) What a great help this site was! I just tried to trade in my 2003 car in excellent condition- with the exception of some dried sap from the tree in our driveway. The dealer had the nerve to tell me that they were going to take off ALOT from my trade leaving me incredibly upside down on my loan because they were going to have to have the car re-painted due to the sap. I went home and googled it found this site and tried the alcohol idea and what a GREAT job it did- you would have never known the sap was there! I will now be heading to a different dealership to give them my business! THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE GREAT TIPS! Posted on 08/21/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Pierre Brisebois (Guest Post) Ethyl Alcohol 70% removes pine sap within seconds from vehicle paint - like a miracle! Pierre Posted on 08/11/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Stacey (Guest Post) I just tried the hand sanitizer and the spots came off in a flash. No dull residue either. Thank you for saving my paint job! And for saving me money with a needless trip to the store! Posted on 08/04/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By chris w (Guest Post) WD 40 WORKED LIKE A CHARM FOR ME, BOTH ON PAINT AND WINDOWS. Posted on 08/03/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Tony (Guest Post) Just parked my new Harley under my tree and and got Pine Sap dots all over. HUH! I RAN down to my neighborhood drug store and got the 70% alcohol and applied it with a clean soft towel. IT WORKS! Thank you! Posted on 08/02/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By gordon (Guest Post) top website...keep it going it has saved me a whole lot of anxiety wondering how to remove tree sap, your tips are exellent thank you Posted on 07/23/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Tom Carr (Guest Post) 70% Alcohol worked great to get dried sap off my black pathfinder! Quick and easy.... Posted on 07/22/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By billy (Guest Post) I tried using wd 40 it worked to an extent however it just made a oily mess. I went to asda an bought some nail varnish remover and applied it using cotton balls, taking care not to apply too much to paint and trim. instant result!! My car is like new again, be sure to wash it after and give it a good polish. Posted on 07/22/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Lisa. (Guest Post) My husband was very upset to find pine tree sap all over his custom 68 Mustang Fastback. I found these solutions and he tried the isopropyl alcohol 70% and it worked beautifully!!! Thank you!!! Posted on 07/04/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Anjani (Guest Post) WOW! this works great...was so mad when i saw this on the car. it worked with 70% Isopropyl alcohol. thanx guys. Posted on 06/24/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By mtnwoman (Guest Post) Yep, just got some resistant sap off my car with drugstore 91% Isopropyl alcohol. Took seconds. Worked ten times better than the commercial "Tar and sap" remover. And paint finish looks fine. I will prob. do a little wax over the spot too. Posted on 06/10/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Carla (Guest Post) WOW!!! I never would have believed it. I have a brand new car that I bought earlier this year. It had three different spots of smeared tree sap. By now they had dried and looked white on my dark blue car. A touch of Purell did the trick in seconds (didn't need scrubbing). There was a bit of residue, so I tried the butter thing. It looks like new again! Thanks!!! Posted on 01/07/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By Lex Luther (Guest Post) It works!!! Alcohol wipe from a first aid kit worked perfect. You need to have one for each spot. Posted on 11/25/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By guest (Guest Post) Butter: N.G. Alcohol: Poof! Like it was never there. Posted on 10/29/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By dick johnson (Guest Post) The Alcohol works great the baking soda and WD-40 not so well. Thanks for the tip. Posted on 10/12/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By RHilman@aol.com (Guest Post) Turpentine paint remover & Methyl Salicylate - can remove pine sap, dried up stickers or sticker glue or even your neighbors who are wondering what all the evil smell is about ! Posted on 10/06/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Pine Tree Sap on Car By (Guest Post) I just used nail poish remover on my car and window and it took the sap right off. I then went over it with butter and it helped take away dull residue!!! Yea for all you guys!!! Posted on 07/07/2006 | Report Spam or Abuse

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