Tree Sap Blob

CARTfan

CARTfan

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Okay, the only spot I can park my car where I don't have to worry about idiots ramming their doors into it is near this tree that must spew tree sap incessantly. There's the usual tree sap spots, but there's also these big blobs of sap that have the consistency of partially dried jelly (like when you make a PB&J sammich and you get a little blob on the counter and it sits for a while). This stuff is nearly impossible to remove. When I wash it, it just smears and it then hardens. I don't have my clay here with me and was wondering if anyone has encountered this stuff before and what I might be able to get it off with.
 
Rubbing Alcohol makes tree sap blobs runaway. Cheap under $1 a quart. It will strip the wax in that area but the sap probably will too. I've use it for years and haven't found sap that it didn't take off. Fresh sap comes off in seconds. If it is hard and dried for months, I pick a little off the top or let the alcohol sit on it for a little bit.
 
Have you thought about a car cover for when you park there? Might be a good investment seeing as how the tree is constantly putting off sap.
 
That's a good idea actually. The only thing is, I'm only going to be here until the end of June anyway. I twouldn't hurt to just get one anyway. Thanks. :bigups
 
I've given up on the shade of trees for parking long ago. Tree sap is certainly a problem but in my opinion it's even worse when a tree gets aphids and weeps on a finish. This can take forever to remove I just find a different place and walk a little farther from the parking lot. :paper
 
^ Well the trees provide little to no shade. I don't mind walking at all, but I despise having to worry about my new car being bashed by a-holes and their POS's. I guess tree sap is the lesser of two evils. Although I am embarassed of the condition of my cars paint. It's abysmal. The paint on my 97 Aspire is in darn near better shape. :doh And it doesn't even have clearcoat. :eek
 
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