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Just a quick question. I was at work yesterday (fire station) and a guy came in to work overtime at 7 pm. We had a little down time so I was just finishing up waxing a guy's truck at the station. The overtime guy came over to me and said he heard I started detaling cars on my days off from the station and could I look at his car. He had a white 2005 Chevy Monte Carlo SS that was covered with rust/brown colored spots. He stated that his wife had parked it under a poplar tree and this was the result.
I only had a limited amount of detailing supplies with me, QD spray, several MF towels, G100, 83,80, 21 and the 7006/8006/9006 pads. He said he had tried everything and coudn't get hardly any of it off. I sprayed QD, let it sit for a little bit, and wiped with MF, very little effect. I reapplied, wiped, not much change. We tried regular car wash soap and brush, nothing.
Anyone have any suggestions on what I can recommend. He said he would get me to remove it if I could find out what product to use. I have SCratch X, but the sap spots cover the car from front hood all the way to trunk and Scratch X would be a beast on the large of an area by hand. I have APC as well, could I try that? I know if I use it, I'll have to rewax, but that isn't a problem because theres none on it to begin with. I believe that's why the sap is sticking the way it is.
I did not have my camera at work so I was not able to get any pics. I know this thread is worthless without pics. I'm just looking for a general idea on how to rid sap. This sap is not like a pine sap where it is thick, hard, and sticky. This poplar was a burnt brown color and was spotty (like freckles) on his white car. It wasn't sticky to the touch, it just had to be rubbed very hard toi get just a little bit of it to come off.
Believe it or not, he told me the car got parked near this tree about a month ago and got this sap all over the trunk. The way he got it off that time was he took the middle insert piece from a red "floor buffing" pad and scrubbed his trunk to get the sap off. Needless to say his trunk paint is all jacked up. I told him I would do what I could with my PC, 83, 80 and 21.
I only had a limited amount of detailing supplies with me, QD spray, several MF towels, G100, 83,80, 21 and the 7006/8006/9006 pads. He said he had tried everything and coudn't get hardly any of it off. I sprayed QD, let it sit for a little bit, and wiped with MF, very little effect. I reapplied, wiped, not much change. We tried regular car wash soap and brush, nothing.
Anyone have any suggestions on what I can recommend. He said he would get me to remove it if I could find out what product to use. I have SCratch X, but the sap spots cover the car from front hood all the way to trunk and Scratch X would be a beast on the large of an area by hand. I have APC as well, could I try that? I know if I use it, I'll have to rewax, but that isn't a problem because theres none on it to begin with. I believe that's why the sap is sticking the way it is.
I did not have my camera at work so I was not able to get any pics. I know this thread is worthless without pics. I'm just looking for a general idea on how to rid sap. This sap is not like a pine sap where it is thick, hard, and sticky. This poplar was a burnt brown color and was spotty (like freckles) on his white car. It wasn't sticky to the touch, it just had to be rubbed very hard toi get just a little bit of it to come off.
Believe it or not, he told me the car got parked near this tree about a month ago and got this sap all over the trunk. The way he got it off that time was he took the middle insert piece from a red "floor buffing" pad and scrubbed his trunk to get the sap off. Needless to say his trunk paint is all jacked up. I told him I would do what I could with my PC, 83, 80 and 21.
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