Tar removal

frankprozzoly

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I spray tar x and this helps. I'm wondering if I clay the little bumps off if they'll scratch after it sticks to the nano sponge and your rubbing it back and forth. Does the lubricant keep it from scratching or is it just inevitable that some small damage might occur
 
frankprozzoly said:
I spray tar x and this helps. I'm wondering if I clay the little bumps off if they'll scratch after it sticks to the nano sponge and your rubbing it back and forth. Does the lubricant keep it from scratching or is it just inevitable that some small damage might occur
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Let TarX dwell for a few minutes to help dissolve the thicker tar. You may have to do several applications depending how much tar is on your paint.
 
How many applications? The bigger lumps don't want to dissolve
 
Easy cowboy. That sounds dangerous. I'll try to take a picture of some of them tomorrow. They're not that big. They come off if I rub, i just don't like rubbing it that hard
 
If you don't like rubbing tar then you'd better get coating your vehicles.

"Don't play around with these kids now...ya hear?" - Uncle Drew
 
Odisious said:
If you don't like rubbing tar then you'd better get coating your vehicles.

"Don't play around with these kids now...ya hear?" - Uncle Drew
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Coatings won't stop tar sticking, unfortunately.

OP - get a cloth/pad and soak it in the tar remover and use that to work the area. Don't use clay because the tar remover will dissolve the clay and leave a mess. I am sure this suggestion may concern some people but keep in mind that a tar remover like tar-x is basically a combination of volatile oil (in other words it is a lubricant) with surfactants (which are also fairly lubricating).
 
PiPUK said:
Coatings won't stop tar sticking, unfortunately.

OP - get a cloth/pad and soak it in the tar remover and use that to work the area. Don't use clay because the tar remover will dissolve the clay and leave a mess. I am sure this suggestion may concern some people but keep in mind that a tar remover like tar-x is basically a combination of volatile oil (in other words it is a lubricant) with surfactants (which are also fairly lubricating).
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OR you coat your car and then tar just washes off when you make your pass with your sponge or brush...but what do I know...soaking a cloth and spending time rubbing on your car with a product that will remove your LSP sounds like way more fun so I'd definitely go that route.
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Tar on Cquartz. Just some water, then after that it took one spray of APC and maybe 2 seconds of agitation with a boar's hair brush, but any wash media would have worked.

[video=youtube_share;vyylOm1UDR8"]CarPro CQuartz vs. Road Tar - YouTube[/video]
 
SYMAWD said:
Tar on Cquartz. Just some water, then after that it took one spray of APC and maybe 2 seconds of agitation with a boar's hair brush, but any wash media would have worked.

CarPro CQuartz vs. Road Tar - YouTube
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That was huge glob of tar!! Where'd you pick that up?
Anyway, that's why I love coatings, I can't believe how easily chud rinses or washes off so easily.
 
frankprozzoly said:
Easy cowboy. That sounds dangerous. I'll try to take a picture of some of them tomorrow. They're not that big. They come off if I rub, i just don't like rubbing it that hard
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I use plastic razors + tar remover/soap on a variety of paints and cars and I've never had any issue. Not that dangerous.
 
I have no experience with coatings so can't speak to that side of things.

What I have found helps with bigger blobs of tar (which I typically find inside the barrels of wheels) when using a typical tar removal product is to gently use a plastic razor to cut off the bulk of it, then, I take a cotton disc (the fairer sex usually uses them for make detailing their faces), wet it with the tar remover and plonk it on the glob of tar.

This dramatically extends the dwell time as the tar removers, being liquid, generally tend to run off the blob quite quickly reducing any 'rubbing' that needs to occur.

I have accidentally clayed over a spot where some tar remover residue remained and it definitely isn't nice... the caly becomes greasy/smeary and sticks to the paint, so I wouldn't advise that. But yes, you could clay the tar off, using clay and lube (no tar remover) and it would work, but IME the shaved off tar bits that are then embedded in the clay do tend to show their presence on the paint thereafter, so I prefer to try and get the tar off chemically as opposed to claying.
 
My plastic surgeon supplies me
with my plastic razor blades. :xyxthumbs:


Bob
 
Odisious said:
That was huge glob of tar!! Where'd you pick that up?
Anyway, that's why I love coatings, I can't believe how easily chud rinses or washes off so easily.
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I have no idea. It was just there and then to my relief, easily washed off.
 
Man, I had no idea Auto Geek had that stuff. They have so many things hidden in different departments. That's a serious looking tool (well, for plastic).
 
Odisious said:
OR you coat your car and then tar just washes off when you make your pass with your sponge or brush...but what do I know...soaking a cloth and spending time rubbing on your car with a product that will remove your LSP sounds like way more fun so I'd definitely go that route.

:dblthumb2:
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I am presuming that you have very mild tar because that is impossible with the tar which you would find on a vehicle in the UK. There are literally millions of litres of heavy solvent tar remover used in a year to get rid of tar. If you look at the UK detailing forums, you will see that, whether a car is coated or not, UK detailers almost drink the stuff, such is the consumption.

SYMAWD said:
Tar on Cquartz. Just some water, then after that it took one spray of APC and maybe 2 seconds of agitation with a boar's hair brush, but any wash media would have worked.

CarPro CQuartz vs. Road Tar - YouTube
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That road tar must be very fresh because baked on tar will not wash off with water (I agree, you managed to rinse quite a bit, just with water). Think about it, if tar really rinsed that easily, almost every road in the UK would have long since washed away!

Trust me, you guys are not dealing with heavy duty tar if you think that a coating will protect you. In the UK, by the time a car gets a few months of summer driving, it needs serious treatment! You would get laughed at with the suggestion that you could ditch the tar remover on a coated car.
 
Ooops works well for me.
I use a grout sponge to apply it,let it dwell , easy wipe off.
 
i prefer prep solvent for tar stubborn spots. i will soak a piece of blue shop paper towel in Maxx Solv, press it on the area for a second..and then wipe. gone. never fails me but older spots might require me to squeeze the towel a bit so it soaks better. as little rubbing and agitation as possible is my approach.
 
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