Removing tar - Black marks on paint work - Saxperience

barrett^p · 10th April 2007, 14:27

So you have eiither little black spots on your car, or bigger ones as shown in the photo below, then this guide should give you an idea of how to remove it:

Tar and glue remover
Autoglym's intensive tar remover can be bought in halfords as can meguiars bug and tar remover

Clean the car using the two bucket technque and a lambs wool wash mitt, a prewash foam wll provde a safer wash.

Hose down the car, with no attatchments on the end of the car. There is no need to dry the car before the next step.

Apply a small amount to a microfbre cloth and work it into the tar. This should removed the tar. If it doesn't then apply again and wait for a few mins then buff off.

Clean the car using the two bucket technque and a lambs wool wash mitt, hose down again with an open end hose and then dry the car using a waffle weave micro fibre towel.

Clay Bar
There are many different brands of clay bars, and each have dfferent properties to do with how abrasve they are. The Meguiars Quck Clay Detaling Kit can be bought off the shelf in Halfords, but others are avalable.

To use the clay bar:
Clean the car using the two bucket technque and a lambs wool wash mitt, hose down agan with an open end hose, there is no need to dry off the car at this stage.

Tear about 1/3rd of the bar off and put into a warm bowl of water until it is easily mouldable in your hands.

Roll the clay around in your hands until t forms a ball. Then flatten it out like a pancake.

Spray the lube onto a small area of the car and onto the clay.

Slide the clay over the car, it should take off the tar and other bonded on surface contaminents.

3 or 4 passes over an area should seem all the contaminants removed from the surface.

Once you have done each secton wipe it wth a microfibre towel.

Clean the car using the two bucket technque and a lambs wool wash mitt, hose down again with an open end hose and then dry the car using a waffle weave micro fibre towel.

Then polish or wax as you see fit.

Other methods
There are other ways of removng the tar, such as WD40 or white spirts. I have no experience usng these and would recommend the process's mentioned above as beng kinder to your paintwork.

barrett^p · 10th April 2007, 14:28

If people have some photos then get them posted, my cars tar free so couldn't do any demo photos

Barry123 · 10th April 2007, 14:29

Question Barrett: once i've used either of these products should i then re wash the car to remove the residue?

thanks!

barrett^p · 10th April 2007, 14:34

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Originally Posted by adsayer

Question Barrett: once i've used either of these products should i then re wash the car to remove the residue?

thanks!

Yes, its best to. It s also worth reapplying a sealent / wax to the area also to top up the protecton.

Predator_R32^p · 10th April 2007, 14:36

the way i did it is in sections washing it after each bit then washed the car again with the gilmour and wash mitt

would of had before and after shots sorry barrett didnt thing ill go out and drive it on some new roads lol

barrett^p · 10th April 2007, 14:41

yeah you can work n sectons, probably a good way to o it for your first time, tackeling a pannel at a time.

Its also worth noting that if you drop the clay you should throw t away as it wll pick up grit that can scratch the car.

You should regually mould the clay in your hand to change the surface that is aganst the car as you will see it gets drty. If the clay remains discouloured after mouldng it is worth usng a new piece of clay.

You can clay the windows and the wheels of the car also.

Try an avoid getting the clay stuck between the rubber seals (e.g the window and the bodywork) as its a pain to get out. If you do get some stuck try usng the pressure washer to get it out.

adam111 · 19th April 2007, 00:13

Cleaned the car today and had a fair bit of tar to remove.
I used the Meguiars clay bar mentioned above.

Before:

After:

Not great but got a bit fed up and arms were aching.

The first pic is the drivers side, which was better than the passenger side which i worked on. I didn't get a pic of the passenger side before hand, so i used drivers side as an example.

yerdusk · 27th April 2007, 13:12

I love the way you robbed my photo Barrett!! But you didnt use the finished pic!! So here it is!

barrett^p · 27th April 2007, 14:07

aye, I meant to put both pictures in but closed the thread and couldnt be bothered finding it again.

May do a guide on the two bucket wash technique later on.

yerdusk · 27th April 2007, 14:09

yea that would be a good idea mate. Look forward to reading it!

jasonfitness · 21st June 2007, 04:32

Ive always struggled with these ittle black marks. I normally just get the pressure washer out and blast 'em off. But not even that always works. My car is due for a wash so ill give this ago and see how it turns out.

Thanks for the tip!

d4r3n · 28th June 2007, 21:08

ive got these little black dots on my bonnet and i thought they was stone chips but on closer look it was tar.. as above the maguiars clar bar and they come straight off was well inpressed :>:>

vtrjay · 1st July 2007, 09:06

always wanted to know how to get rid of these marks as they dont polish out! hate them!!! thanks i shall try this!

xxsaxogoldxx · 30th July 2007, 20:41

i used petrol and it was brrilliant i drove to fast through a road had just been tar maced and my car was almost black i tryed everything then i used petrol and it toook every bit off it didnt take long either