Daily sap on car...the war is on, could use some advice!

Klasse Act said:
I wish the back parking lot wasn't so shallow or I'd park next to the A/C units but I washed my car there the morning after I moved in and a lady couldn't get out of her parking spot I might need to look into a car cover but that could cause other problems
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See if the owner of the complex will get the over hanging branches trimmed.


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When we lived in our other home in the city with many old trees, glass cleaner took it off. Particularly the Splash brand you buy in gallons for the washer fluid reservoir in your car. It was fine sap, but still annoying. My pickup sat outside, so I'd turn on my wipers so I could see, then take it through a car wash weekly to get the build up off. About 2-3 months for me as it was summer up here.
 
I am in Flagstaff Az. at a RV Park for the Summer, until Oct. to be exact waiting for Phnx. to cool down and become livable again :D. We are parked under Pine tree's and get the pine mist. I wash the vehicles with onrw about every 2 weeks (traditional washes not allowed) as that is about all I can stand. A cover is out of the question as it gets quite windy here and would just mar the paint up. I do have a cover that does not hurt the truck but I do not want to destroy it with mist and sap. When the wind blows it does carry a lot of dirt with it which doesn't help. When the tree's decide to drop some globs I use a otc bug and tar remover to remove it as soon as I see it. I do 3 walk around's checking, if it completely dries the blob is a lot harder to remove as several soakings are required. So if it makes you feel any better Klasse, your not in this alone.
 
Here's my solution...hopefully
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Excellent! Always have to “stick-out” from the crowd!!


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Jayfro said:
Excellent! Always have to “stick-out” from the crowd!!


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Well, there's 3 black SUVs and a silver Prius so yes, it does stand out. So when the sun goes down this evening and it's not in the mid 90's I'll be going out to that spot with some N914 with an extra ounce of N914 added to my Blackfire hand pump for a stronger WW.....then we'll see if I'm far enough away.

I should mention how happy I am to be able to use a hose to wash my car! Everyone out there, dont things for granted

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davidc said:
I am in Flagstaff Az. at a RV Park for the Summer, until Oct. to be exact waiting for Phnx. to cool down and become livable again :D. We are parked under Pine tree's and get the pine mist. I wash the vehicles with onrw about every 2 weeks (traditional washes not allowed) as that is about all I can stand. A cover is out of the question as it gets quite windy here and would just mar the paint up. I do have a cover that does not hurt the truck but I do not want to destroy it with mist and sap. When the wind blows it does carry a lot of dirt with it which doesn't help. When the tree's decide to drop some globs I use a otc bug and tar remover to remove it as soon as I see it. I do 3 walk around's checking, if it completely dries the blob is a lot harder to remove as several soakings are required. So if it makes you feel any better Klasse, your not in this alone.
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LOL. Just drove by you today on the way to CA. Flagstaff weather is nice in the Summer.

You're doing it right. The only way to live in AZ.
 
Spikey Mike said:
When we lived in our other home in the city with many old trees, glass cleaner took it off. Particularly the Splash brand you buy in gallons for the washer fluid reservoir in your car. It was fine sap, but still annoying. My pickup sat outside, so I'd turn on my wipers so I could see, then take it through a car wash weekly to get the build up off. About 2-3 months for me as it was summer up here.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures, I took your advice and used the glass cleaner...WORKED GREAT! Even though my car was coated a month ago I didn't take any chances and applied another coat but this time something "new and different". I'm beta testing a new graphine product for a company and said WTH. I applied it to the entire car, sans the glass and roof. I didn't do the roof because I wanted to see if my coating was weakened at all with the glass cleaner wipe down, a good test and also how this graphine bonds to a coated surface after the glass cleaner wipe down, stay "tuned"

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U N C L E

Here lies the beautiful paint on the 2018 Hyundai Elantra Sport. From this day on it will look good from far but far from good and what ever you do DO NOT TOUCH IT, just smears it up. I guess I'll just wash the grit and live it...a moment of silence

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Klasse Act said:
U N C L E

Here lies the beautiful paint on the 2018 Hyundai Elantra Sport. From this day on it will look good from far but far from good and what ever you do DO NOT TOUCH IT, just smears it up. I guess I'll just wash the grit and live it...a moment of silence

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Damn. That sucks, Rog! :mad:
 
Ok, first of all the pic was taken @8:50 p.m. CST, sorry about the lighting. So I put my daughter to bed and decided to Foam the car down and see if the sap would just rinse away...it did! I actually foamed the car, let it sit, rinsed and foamed it again and rinsed. The first foaming did it but why not, right. I did no 2BM but did use free flowing water for the final rinse, man having a hose again is nice I dried the entire car with the Sucker Jr, dried the jams and wiped the tires/wheels real good, also the engine bay, my normal routine. Now the car sits until we head to C&C tomorrow morning. Speaking of that, can't wait to see what turns up tomorrow, the shows have been killing it lately.

I guess it's good that the sap comes off with a simple foaming with pretty normal car wash soap, just wish the car was perfect for when I leave, maybe I'll get up an hour early and knock it out right before the show in the future
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I am glad that it washed right off. Parking under a tree can be a curse with sap, leaves and bird deposits but it can also be a blessing. It's great to work in the shade.
 
***UPDATE***

So after mentioning this to the landlord he called his tree guy to come out for an estimate on trimming all the trees. Everything is being trimmed this Thursday @ 8 a.m. When I come home from work that day I hope this helps or eliminates the problem, what do you guys think

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It certainly wouldn't hurt!

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I think it’ll for sure help. Having parked my car in the garage recently since I mostly drive my company vehicle (never thought an Altima would be my “fun car, but anyway...) it’s insane how much of a difference it makes.

There’s just so much crap floating around in the air outside. You wash that far often enough it probably won’t be a huge deal, but I do hope the sap issue is at least eased up after the trimming to tolerable levels.

In the future I definitely am going to have a big garage be a requirement for any house I’m looking in to. Or at the very least a sizable carport.


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The landlord is writing this off as an expense, its $2150 I know this, if it works, a few months will be added to my life for sure

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You’re stronger than me.

When my car sat outside all the time I got to a point where all I could muster was a once a week wash and had given up during the in between time.


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Well the difference between you and I is i have no life, well, 50% of the time I do

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