Best method/detergent to remove sap?

[ggehrke at gmail.com (GGehrke)]

Is the paint in otherwise good condition?  As in, worth giving it a good detail?
Because then I would still recommend you give the whole car a good once over:
+Wash as usual with strong dish soap solution
+Target sap with adhesive remover (rinse with water when done) - it'll
probably leave rings and edges around sap, so...
+Clay bar
+(Use rubbing compound on any spots that are still messed up such as
oxidized water spots, small scratches, or any last remnants of sap, if
necessary)
+Wash again
+Polish and wax - if it's a car that has to sit outside much, I'd
recommend zaino (www.zainobros.com) for it's protective qualities. 
Build up a couple good coats of that and you can get it through the
winter (assuming you live in a place that gets salt and such that
you'd need to protect it) and it'll help resist any further sap
attacks.

-Grant-


On 8/15/05, Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com> wrote:
> We're talking about a lot. I'd post a pic if I wasn't so embarassed.... :-/
> 
> JT
> 
> > Are we talking like gobs of sap or just a spattering of it?  Clay bars are
> > designed to get embedded droplets of sap (or whatever else -
> > overspray paint and industrial grime, in particular) out.  Not sure what
> > would happen if you tried to claybar a giant pool of it -
> > adhesive cleaners like goo gone would probably be better for that - but if
> > the sap has been sitting there a while and hardened itself on, clay is
> > definitely your solution.
> >
> > -Grant-
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