More praise for Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover in the yellow can

Jngrbrdman

Jngrbrdman

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There is this guy at work who bought a new white car a few months ago. He told me that he wouldn't need me to detail it ever because he would take such good care of it. HA! Anyway, he ended up driving down a freshly tared road a few weeks ago and it sprayed all the way up one side of his car. What a mess.... It was a fine mist of black crap all over the two doors and all over the side skirt and back bumper. The crap was even on his trunk. It was like he hit a puddle of ashphalt sweat or something. I told him that I could take care of it for him and he said he would have to wait till he had some money.



Long story short, I got to do the car today. I thought I would try ABC first. Didn't work. Then I broke out the clay. It worked but it was such slow going that I started to think about the merits of breaking out the PC. I played 'eeny meeny miney mo' with my bottle of DACP and AIO. AIO won so I used that. I used a yellow CMA pad and it seemed to work pretty well. It was going faster than the clay was going anyway.



I zipped out the side of the car except for the bottom skirt and bumper. It was just too thick on those areas. That was when I remembered my can of Turtle Wax bug and tar remover. I thought I'd give it a shot. I sprayed the area right by the tire where the spray started and moved all the way to the back of the car and sprayed the bumper too. I let it sit for about 5 mintues while I went inside for a drink. When I came out the areas I sprayed were an orange-ish brown color and dripping off the car. The tar just wiped away with a blue shop towel at that point!! All that work with the ABC, clay, and AIO wasted!! I could have just sprayed down the side of the car with a can of that stuff and wiped it right off!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Oh well.... I'm finally sold on a product that I've been sold on for a year. I've been using it strictly for tree sap and bugs for the last year. I haven't ever run into this kind of a tar problem where I needed to use it. Now I know that it really does work on Tar as well as Bugs and Sap.



If you see the yellow can of Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover on a shelf somewhere then I would recommend you buy it. You may not need it often, but it works on everything it says it works on. :bow :bow It is amazing stuff. :xyxthumbs



Sorry for the lack of pics. I didn't even think about taking before and after pics of the damage. I thought that the clay would take it all off. Little did I know..... I need to find a bucket of tar and paint the side of a car with it so I can show you some good before and after pictures or something. lol
 
I have found the TW to work well on fairly fresh stuff, but had trouble with stuff that has been on the paint a while. I used it a lot for tar, rarely for bugs and sap. Works great for what we have to pay for it, and lasts forever.
 
I bought this stuff before and I was really skeptical but like you said, it's just apply and wipe. I had tar all over the inside lip of my rim and I scrubbed, and scrubbed and nothing. I put this stuff on, let it sit for like 30 seconds and it just wipes away.



Works well on bugs too.



I give it :up :up since it's so cheap and so effective
 
I gotta get some of that. I've got tar on my rims that will not come off! At least it's on the inside where you can't really see it.
 
I have the spray bottle version of TW, and that stuff is awesome!!:xyxthumbs A couple spritzes and a quick wipe, and the tar is GONE!



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How does TW B&TR compare to, say, a product like paint thinner or acetone? Acetone is effective in removing tar and is unduly harsh to paint. I would be concerned using a product harsher than ABC, clay, and AIO. What does the TW smell like?
 
Its not that its harsher than ABC, clay, and AIO. Its just more effective. Use the right product for the job, right? I should have used tar remover from the get go. Those other products were working but they just weren't going to cut it when the area was solid black from the tar. They worked on areas that were just spray drops of tar but I didn't figure it would be very effective on the skirts that were just solid.



It doesn't have a paint thinner smell to it. They scent it with something so it doesn't stink but I can't place the smell.
 
This must be a different product than what I have. I have the TW Bug and Tar Remover but it is a liquid not a spray. It kind of reminds me of a liquid wax consistancy. I'm not impressed with this at all. I have to use a lot of the product combined with LOTS of hard rubbing.

Must be a different formula.
 
Tar Remover stuff is great. I had some tar on my wheels and I scratched lightly with my fingernail. The tar did not budge and I did not want to mark the clear.



I have the 3M Tar & Grease Remover in both can and spray. The can is labeled something else though. I used the can and sprayed it lightly. Literally, 15 seconds later, the tar was breaking down. A quick wipe and rinse later, and all is good.
 
Imagine this can being yellow and this is the product I'm talking about. I'd uploade it again but apparantly I've already posted the picture of it somewhere on here already. Its really nice stuff.



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Ok, after all this hull-a-ba-loo about the Turtle Wax product I went to Autozone tonight because my 1z bug remover wasn't cutting it after a 600 mile trip through the big bug land of wisconsin. Outside the store I tried a little and WOW. So I went in and bought 3 more cans (make a lot of trips through bug country).



Now I noticed it is made from petrolium products. Even though it says it's safe for clear coat, I have a hard time believing this isn't stripping off sealants.



What has anyone out there found regarding the TW product and stripping sealants and acrylic coatings?
 
"What has anyone out there found regarding the TW product and stripping sealants and acrylic coatings?" I bet it removes most coats of whatever is on the paint, if the backyard "Lab Test" is of any value. Get your favorite product, and put some on your finger. Now, try to wipe if off with a cloth. Get some TAR on your finger, and try to wipe it off. Try to wash out tar, from a cloth, with Dawn(Sealant, Oil, And wax remover)...
 
Whatever you do, be sure you get the one specified by Jngrbrdman. Some TW products have been surprisingly good....like their window cleaner (ClearVue) and tire dressing.....and I'm sure this product is a keeper also.



However, beware the other evil, worthless, tar & bug remover made by TW. It's their non-aerosol version that comes in a black and green spray-bottle and it is junk! Not only does it not work very well (had much better luck with simple IPA), it also leaves a disgusting, smeary layer of greasy silicone that TW tries to pass off as 'wax-protection'.
 
zenhog said:
Ok, after all this hull-a-ba-loo about the Turtle Wax product I went to Autozone tonight because my 1z bug remover wasn't cutting it after a 600 mile trip through the big bug land of wisconsin. Outside the store I tried a little and WOW. So I went in and bought 3 more cans (make a lot of trips through bug country).



Now I noticed it is made from petrolium products. Even though it says it's safe for clear coat, I have a hard time believing this isn't stripping off sealants.



What has anyone out there found regarding the TW product and stripping sealants and acrylic coatings?
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I would just like to know which you feel is worse: having tar and bugs all over your car or having to replace whatever sealant is on the car after removing the bugs and tar? If I have to choose between some bug from hell eating through my paint (which has happended before) or reapplying some wax after I remove it, then I’ll go for the reapplying of the wax. Losing some wax or sealant in the process of removing tar or bugs from my car is what I would call acceptable losses.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
I would just like to know which you feel is worse: having tar and bugs all over your car or having to replace whatever sealant is on the car after removing the bugs and tar? If I have to choose between some bug from hell eating through my paint (which has happended before) or reapplying some wax after I remove it, then I’ll go for the reapplying of the wax. Losing some wax or sealant in the process of removing tar or bugs from my car is what I would call acceptable losses.
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Very good point. I can't believe how freaked out some people get with the words "Petroleum Distillate" or "Petroleum Naptha". Those words really tell you very little about the product. Most Tar and Bug removers are a blend of Mineral Spirits and an aromatic solvent that has a flash of over 100 degrees. They are safe on painted surfaces that are fully cured. After using the product you will have to go back over it with some wax or whatever coating you are using. Not that big of deal.



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Jngrbrdman said:
I would just like to know which you feel is worse: having tar and bugs all over your car or having to replace whatever sealant is on the car after removing the bugs and tar? If I have to choose between some bug from hell eating through my paint (which has happended before) or reapplying some wax after I remove it, then I’ll go for the reapplying of the wax. Losing some wax or sealant in the process of removing tar or bugs from my car is what I would call acceptable losses.
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True, very true. But knowing that it is going to require a re-application of the Zaino I'm using makes a difference in how "liberal" I am with the stuff. For example, I returned from a long trip and the entire hood was affected with "paint eating bugs from hell" Well, that is easy now that I know I'll have to re-do the whole hood. But the backs of the mirrors are another thing. You can darn well believe that I'll now make sure that I minimize the overspray which wants to shoot down onto the door, or the windshield post.. because I'm not going to mix up a batch of z2/z3 zaino just to do some spots on a door if I don't have to!



So.. it's not that I don't want to re-wax. It's that I wanted to find out if I needed to do it or not. After all, this thread started with the question of "what bug remover works without taking off the wax?" right?



Off to the garage, thanks for the invigorating thread. No wonder why I love this site so much.



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