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tarnold
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May 25, 2018

Sap remover

Recently parked under either ash or elm trees? And they dumped a ton of little green super sticky things all over my roof(fiberglass). Each one had to be picked off, would not blow off going down the road, really sappy stuck. Stopped by the place that repainted my unit and they gave me a bottle of sea foam bug cleaner and it sort of works if you rub hard enough. While replacing the tv antenna yesterday, used some acetone to clean old caulk and hit a few of the sticky spots. Cleaned off spots very easy. BUT I’m concerned about using the acetone on a fairly new really nice full body paint job. Comments or suggestions?
  • Been using WD40 for sap and road tar since my first car (41 Chev Deluxe).

    The WD40 breaks it down, then simply wash it with soap and water. Poof - GONE!

    (Give it a spot test and judge for yourself)
  • KCFDCapt wrote:
    Rubbing alcohol is the solvent of choice for organic messes. Tree sap is organic.

    Hand sanitizer is alcohol based and will do the job.


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