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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?
  • Acetone is too strong, always start mild and work toward stronger.

    Denatured alcohol
    Mineral Spirits
    Lacquer thinner
    Etc.

    I would be very reluctant to use anything stronger than alcohol or mineral spirits in your case.
  • Acetone shouldn’t hurt cured enamel auto paint or clear coat but I’d go a little less harsh like lacquer thinner or 3M adhesive remover.
    Don’t get it in trim or decals

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