so i was outside... using almost a whole bottle of sap and tar remover on my car.. because the pine trees in my driveway decided to rain sap while my car was immobile for a week..
and today was the first time i drove it and its littered with sap!

so i used the sap remover and my ice scrapper to get the sap off
and its STILL covered in it!
how do i remove that stuff!

its ancored onto my car

and dont tell me that you should have cleaned it off right away crap
my car was immobile for 1-2 weeks

Claybar will do it.

Take it to a hand wash and let them take car of it

im not shell in out the money for something i can do my self :P

ill give the clay bar a shot

How protected was the car. Sometimes if there's a decent coat of wax/sealant on the car, as the sap dries, it can be "chipped" off. If it's directly on the clearcoat, try WD-40. Don't let it soak too long otherwise it may discolor paint.

Lets see....about now Ben will chime in with the car cover idea....:evil2

Actually Sap just sucks. After it dries, it becomes resin....yep that's right, the same type of stuff they use in fiberglass/carbon fiber formulation. Bad thing is most stuff that'll liquify resin also strips paint...

yeah i know...
i have some on my interior :(

I'd recommend getting a car cover...:D

But seriously, use your fingernail to get as much off as possible, then use QD and/or WD-40 to get it all off, then clean the paint as soon as possible (dawn wash!), then re-wax.

I hate sap, too. I wouldn't let an ice scraper anywhere near my car, though.

well
after having a stealth pine needle go half way under my thumbs finger nail.. screaming swearing and bleeding all over my driveway.. i had it and took out the ice scrapper
my finger still hurts

And your paint is still screaming from being abused by the ice scraper ;)...

The only plastic I use to carefully scrape, when absolutely necessary, is the corner of a credit card.

didnt scratch it.. dont see how ice scrapper is diffrent from my finger nail if neither scratched it

Microscratches, my friend, microscratches.

Look at where you scraped the sap off next time it's sunny. Look at odd angles to the sun. You will probably see small swirls/microscratches...

You have much, much more control of your fingernail than of a foreign object.

Ammonia has always worked well for me. Never had it damage the paint/wax/clearcoat, etc. It cuts right through the sap.

One more vote for claybar.

Good suggestions so far, sap is quite a bitch

One that has not been mentioned is 3M general adhesive cleaner

Clay + that or WD40 should get it off.

well!
if a girl said clay bar!
ill claybar!

Originally posted by joe325i
well!
if a girl said clay bar!
ill claybar!

oh you better do what I say, baby. ;)

Originally posted by little740girl
oh you better do what I say, baby. ;)

Promises, promises....:evil2

i have heard good things about Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner, i htink its from Meguiars.

Originally posted by Rahul325
i have heard good things about Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner, i htink its from Meguiars.

Paint cleaners aren't going to touch large areas of sap. Small dots, maybe, but anything that's about half the size of a penny (which pine sap will be), is going to need something else, especially if it's had a chance to dry and harden.

go to any auto store and get sap/tar remover...;)