I have been parking our car under trees this week all day, whiles my lambie was in Hospital going through a historecktomy.Was giving the car a wash this morning and its covered in tree sap. Can anyone help with a simple way to remove it. Its redish brown in colour on white duco.
Regards Jim
madaboutled said
11:52 AM Mar 1, 2015
Try Eucalyptus Oil to remove the sticky part then "Gumption" which you can get in the cleaning section of most supermarkets to clean the residue.
I love Gumption, a low life once tagged my vehicle with a permanent marker, I tried everything to remove it, spent lots of $$$ on grafitti removal products that didn't work, then the missus said use "gumption" and it worked!.
My second option would be to use an Orange based cleaner, but not the watered down versions, get the concentrate. This is a citric acid and won't harm the paint work, it's also great for removing residue left from stickers.
Hope this helps.
Gerty Dancer said
02:11 PM Mar 1, 2015
Don't use gumption unless desperate, it can leave a dull mark on the duco! If eucalyptus oil or orange oil don't get it completely, try some metho?
Umpie1 said
02:14 PM Mar 1, 2015
If you are going to use a citrus based cleaner, I suggest you make enquiries at a cleaning supplies business. I use a citrus based one to clean my bicycle chain. I bought it approx 18 months ago and bought a 1 litre bottle for $12.00. It's great stuff. I still have approx half a bottle left. Makes it quite economical.
Olley46 said
04:15 PM Mar 1, 2015
When I was working our job was carting ASPHALT one day my work mate was driving under the plant and the plant had a malfunction and out pored roar bitumen all over the cabin of the new white Kenworth they pored lots of citrus over it and then water it took a couple of hours but it did get it off, to me sap is just as bad,the citrus didn't leave any mark on the duco at all.
Lance C
-- Edited by Olley46 on Sunday 1st of March 2015 04:39:56 PM
landy said
09:37 PM Mar 1, 2015
I have not tried it myself but WD40 is supposed to be good at removing bitumem from duco. Landy
Rongela said
08:14 PM Mar 2, 2015
To remove permanent texta use a whiteboard marker and write over the permanent. Wait a few seconds and rub off. It softens and removes the permanent beneath it by rubbing off.
I have been parking our car under trees this week all day, whiles my lambie was in Hospital going through a historecktomy.Was giving the car a wash this morning and its covered in tree sap. Can anyone help with a simple way to remove it. Its redish brown in colour on white duco.
Regards Jim
Try Eucalyptus Oil to remove the sticky part then "Gumption" which you can get in the cleaning section of most supermarkets to clean the residue.
I love Gumption, a low life once tagged my vehicle with a permanent marker, I tried everything to remove it, spent lots of $$$ on grafitti removal products that didn't work, then the missus said use "gumption" and it worked!.
My second option would be to use an Orange based cleaner, but not the watered down versions, get the concentrate. This is a citric acid and won't harm the paint work, it's also great for removing residue left from stickers.
Hope this helps.
When I was working our job was carting ASPHALT one day my work mate was driving under the plant and the plant had a malfunction and out pored roar bitumen all over the cabin of the new white Kenworth they pored lots of citrus over it and then water it took a couple of hours but it did get it off, to me sap is just as bad,the citrus didn't leave any mark on the duco at all.
Lance C
-- Edited by Olley46 on Sunday 1st of March 2015 04:39:56 PM
Landy