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Tree sap?

Discussion in 'Detailing' started by Bappa, May 3, 2019.

  1. May 3, 2019 at 6:33 PM
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    Bappa

    Bappa [OP] Off the grid

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    I washed my truck today and I happened to run my hand across the roof and it felt like I hadn’t shaved for a couple days. I checked all over, and the worst places are the roof, the windshield and the hood, with the next worst being side windows and top portion of the doors. The lower portion of the doors is smooth, as is the back window and tailgate. This is what makes me think it is sap and not pitting from the wind. I have been parking under some palm trees at work.The good thing is that it doesn’t show. I can’t really see it, but it’s driving me nuts because the surface feels so rough.
    I tried Turtle Wax brand of tar and sap remover and it doesn’t appear to have done anything. Then I tried Goo Gone for cars and again, no improvement. After repeated uses of Windex, I got some of it off the side windows.
    This is the first time I have washed the truck by hand in a long time (several months). I have visited a car wash on several occasions. Can’t imagine anything there that would leave a residue.
    Any ideas?
     
  2. May 3, 2019 at 6:36 PM
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    blizz86

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    Can you see it? It just sounds like you need to clay your truck
     
  3. May 3, 2019 at 6:45 PM
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    Bappa

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    I had the Auto-Butler treatment when I bought the truck in Feb 2018, and had my 6 month and 12 month follow up treatment.
    Will “clay” take that off?
     
  4. May 3, 2019 at 6:48 PM
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    Black Wolf

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  5. May 3, 2019 at 6:50 PM
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    louscrw

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    Not sure if it works on tree sap, but I shit you not, Mayonnaise works on tar from a freshly paved road.
     
  6. May 3, 2019 at 8:21 PM
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    1engineer

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    Very simple... very warm soap and water. It's not like getting off dirt though. Fill up your bucket with real warm soap and water and wash the top surfaces several times until the sap comes off.
     
  7. May 3, 2019 at 8:43 PM
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    Don’t know if it’s the same thing but this happened to me. Brown specs all over my truck that I could not get off. I ended up taking it to a detailer. He said it took some work to get it all off. Turns out there is a type of fungus that survives on dead wood such as mulch. It has spores that it shoots into the air and can get on your paint. Weird.
     
  8. May 3, 2019 at 9:08 PM
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    Danny

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    Very hot water to soften the wax.
     
  9. May 3, 2019 at 9:09 PM
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  10. May 3, 2019 at 9:16 PM
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    GL. Sap sucks.
     
  11. May 4, 2019 at 6:10 AM
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    War Machine

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    Pretty much all good advice here. The only thing I will add is get it off ASAP. This is my brother in law’s truck. He has a big oak tree over his driveway, and the sap etched into the paint.

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