Tar

Went to wash the car this morning and found that the entire drivers side of the car is coverered in Tar

I don't think a professional sprayer would have covered as much of the car if I asked him to spray it Black

I know when it happened after driving through some roadworks the other day and the very considerate work force were simply allowing a Blanket of tar filled smoke to drift across 6 lanes of motorway!! Firstly you couldn't see 10meters in front of you but now I discover they were re-painting my car for me too!!

I hate the roads department at the best of times for their apparent lack of consideration but now detest them

Anyway I had 'Gunk' Bug and Tar remover which was fantastic before for removing bugs and general road tar from the obvious areas of the car like thr front bumper and windscreen for bugs and around the wheel arches for tar.

But it don't work at all on my car now! Hammer and chisel is my next option I think!

Anyone any experience of anything else?

I was thinking of booking my car into one of these £100 cleaning firms. They get the car back to new look on the outside and inside. Steam clean the interior and also the engine. The one near me also does the A/C to get rid of any nasty smells.

I've seen the results on cars and it's fantastic! Gets rid of years of dirt in places you just can't manage with your hose, bucket and sponge

Anyway do you think these guys would get it all off or have the same problem as me?

I was so looking forward to washing the car this week and getting it polished etc after 6 ruined weekends with the weather but now I am on a downer No matter how hard I work it just looks 'orrible

HELP lol!!

petrol

Is that to help melt the cones on the roadworks

No cones..............................No work.......................Clean car

I had a bit of tar on the driver's wing, think I used turtle wax's cutting compound and a bit of elbow grease. Was a complete ARSE to remove.

cloth dampened with go go juice and gentley rub the affected areas till tar is gone then lighty polish of petrol residue.

It will come off easily, but you need a solvent, petrol will work, we use prepaint (panelwipe that you use to degrease bodywork prior to painting) but white spirit, turps will work, but you'l have to polish the panels affected afterwards, Ant!

The autoglym tar remover is meant to be good, i have some and tbh i've never found it that amazing. I think you're really meant to put it on and leave it for a few minutes but its not in a spray bottle which makes it a bit hard :s

OK found the solution to my problem

I bought the AutoGlym 'Intensive Tar Remover' today and used it on the car!

Fantastic Stuff!!

Basically took a cotton cloth dampened it with the AutoGlym solution and 'polished' the effected areas. The tar litterally just wiped off

Gave the car a quick rinse down with the hose afterwards (as advised to on bottle) and hey presto good as new.

Now I just need to wait to the weekend to give it a good wash and polish

btw you should say thank you not Tar

My suggestion was a bit late then! lol

Glad it works for you, it just doesnt shift it from my paint. Meguiars clay bar does a better job and thats not exactly quick

WD-40 works well too

Dave have you been sitting working on that poor excuse for a joke since I started this thread

is white spirit or turps not bad for your paint or is it ok?

its ok if you wash straight after, then add a good wax

Parafin would probably have worked well too.