pollen

[gravymatt]

Hi Looking for products to use to remove pollen drops?? from my wife`s car, I live in RI and have an Autozone and Pepboys near by to shop from



here are the images of the brown droplets that are all ove the back of the trunk

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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4714775/photo%202.JPG

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My friend suggested this forum, and had said Bug and Tar remover and then if that doesn`t work then to move on to Purell?

[Ron Ketcham]

Have you tried just washing it and allowing the carwash soap and water to stay on it for a whle, wet so it can dwell and work?

Not knowing what tree or plant generated the pollen does make it hard to come up with a "one fits all" answer, however, with a little dwell time, carwash and water will usually desolve such deposits.

Bug and Tar remover products, at least most of them, are just a mixture of mineral spirits and another hydrocarbon solvent, as such, they are slow evaporating, which allows the product to liquifiy a asphalt based tar deposit and hardened bug guts.

Soap and water, allowed to stay wet and dwell, will do the same for most bug guts, but not tar deposits.

A quality all purpose product, applied to a cool paint surface, wetted with water first, can also be very effective in desolving (breaking down) bug gut deposits. Be sure and rinse well if you do use an all purpose for this and follow up with your car wash soap.

Hope this provides you a bit of insight into what may work for somethings.

Grumpy

[gravymatt]

"A quality all purpose product"?? Would these be something like Simple Green, 409, or Method All Surface Household cleaner?

[gravymatt]

of note this residue is onthe surface and it can be scrapped of with a fingernail

[togwt]

“Bee Pollen Excrement” - http://www.autopia.org/forum/autopia-detailing-wiki/142093-removal-bee-pollen-excrement.html



I hope the information in this article is of some help to you. If you have any further questions please let me know

[pwaug]

"A quality all purpose product"?? Would these be something like Simple Green, 409, or Method All Surface Household cleaner?



Not those! Optimum Power Clean, 3D has a number of APCs, Megs also has a number of them. At Pepboys you should be able to find the new Extreme Simple Green Motorsports that is safe for paint.

[Ron Ketcham]

I do not normally, specify one all purpose over another, however, no Simple Green, no Castrol, no 409, as they are loaded with a butyl cellosolve, and cautisic sodium components.

All I ever present is to "obtain and read the MSDS of components" and if one does not understand what those may be, use the net for a quick and simple education of such components.

The newer "car only" Simple Green may be ok, but not sure, since I am aware of how the company promoted for years the product, without mentioning the components and how they are a ground water contaminate, etc.

I just stay away from their products.

It is your choice, not mine.

Grumpy

[C. Charles Hahn]

I do not normally, specify one all purpose over another, however, no Simple Green, no Castrol, no 409, as they are loaded with a butyl cellosolve, and cautisic sodium components.

All I ever present is to "obtain and read the MSDS of components" and if one does not understand what those may be, use the net for a quick and simple education of such components.

The newer "car only" Simple Green may be ok, but not sure, since I am aware of how the company promoted for years the product, without mentioning the components and how they are a ground water contaminate, etc.

I just stay away from their products.

It is your choice, not mine.

Grumpy



The "Simple Green Motorsports" still has a sodium silicate component, and "Propylene Glycol Butyl Ether" instead of the "2‐butoxyethanol" the regular cleaner has in it.



http://simplegreen.com/pdfs/MSDS_EN-US_ExtremeMotorsports.pdf

[Ron Ketcham]

That is a big improvement and does reduce the opportunity for finish damage of a vehicle, vs the old standard formula.

The sodium silicate is not a problem unless above a certain percentage, which for the life of me I can not recall.

I am old, I forget lots of things, but it has to be better than the old stuff they made.

Grumpy

[pwaug]

So is it safe to use the Simple Green Extreme on painted surfaces occasionaly--say once a year to strip existing wax/sealant?

[Ron Ketcham]

Knowing what it`s chemical components are, I would NOT use it on a vehicles finish, ever.

Grumpy

[pwaug]

Thanks Ron!!

[gravymatt]

Hi folks,



Simple Green Motorsports doesn`t really do a good job this pollen is like welded on to the car. THere are like 500+ droplets of pollen all over the back of the car and the amount of agitation to take of one make this a mountain of a job. I have left the Simple Green Motorsports on for two test 1 minute and 2 minutes and they don`t produce any better results.



I did try just hot water and soap then scrubbed really hard with a microfiber cloth and that did nothing?



Could i just use Windex to strip the pollen off?



A friend also suggested Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound might get it off?

[gravymatt]

I even have an aerosol can of Oops amazon link (http://www.amazon.com/Oops-All-Purpose-Remover-11/dp/B000KE9ZSY) that I have uses in extreme non-car situations.

[C. Charles Hahn]

A friend also suggested Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound might get it off?



Never listen to that particular friend`s advice about car care.... ever. :scared:



Pick up the VG ABC kit and give it a try:



A B C Neutralization System (http://www.valugard.net/store/p-167-a-b-c-neutralization-system.aspx)