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Damdifino
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Jul 13, 2015

Removing tar splattered all over back of trailer

Hello all. I just returned from a 14,000 mile, 10-week round trip to Alaska, and in removing the copious grime from the trailer discovered thousands of pin-point splats of tar all over the back end. T...
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Luke_Porter
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Jul 14, 2015
donn0128 wrote:
ugh wrote:
donn0128 wrote:
Lacquer thinner, acetone


??? You joking, right. Isn't that to hard on the paint?


No joke, I have used lacquer thinner for years. A little goes a long way. Dont spatter it all over, gently rub the tar spot with your rag covered finger, tar comes right off. Follow up with wax.


I used thinner on my rig after my last Alaska trip---big mistake, the paint was never the same.

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