Tough to Clean Brown Specks

[Subirex09]

I been using Turtlewax Spray On Bug and Tar Remover for a couple years, and with some elbow grease I can usually get the black asphalt specks around and behind the wheels off but there are a lot of brown specks that do not come off as easily.



Do products like Turtlewax Bug and Tar have a shelf life and become weaker after a couple of years?



Is Stoner`s Tarminator a stronger bug and tar remover? Might it remove the difficult brown specks better than the Turtlewax?



I will be clay barring, polishing, and waxing soon as well, will clay barring or polishing take care of the brown specks?



Hope you folks can help, thanks in advance.



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[Alexshimshimhae]

I`ve only used tarminator as far as i can remember...normally for tougher ones i let it sit a bit longer--claybar also seems to wor kwell..but normally rip off a tiny chunk because i through that bit out after

[Subirex09]

Good to know, I will have to get a bigger clay bar I think...I may be throwing out quite a few clay bits if they pull those brown specks off.



I bought the Meguiar`s kit but it only comes with 2 very thin precut clay bars...which I didn`t realize until it was too late.

[Alexshimshimhae]

well im sure plenty of people just clayed it like anything else and thought nothing of it--so it should be ok?

[Accumulator]

I been using Turtlewax Spray On Bug and Tar Remover for a couple years, and with some elbow grease I can usually get the black asphalt specks around and behind the wheels off but there are a lot of brown specks that do not come off as easily...



Can`t help but wonder whether the "brown specs" might not be tar, but rather something more tenacious. Maybe even rust-blooms from ferrous contamination.I too would try the clay and see how that goes.




Do products like Turtlewax Bug and Tar have a shelf life and become weaker after a couple of years?



Generally, no. Not unless the solvents somehow evaporate. I wouldn`t hesitate to use such stuff that`s *decades* old.




I will be clay barring, polishing, and waxing soon as well, will clay barring or polishing take care of the brown specks?





Yeah, hopefully it will.