Anyone have a safe and effective way to remove pine sap from the exterior paint?

 

Try WD40

 

Clay Bar

 

WD40? If its on a painted surface clay bar. Its your safest bet besides while your at it, clay the whole car then polish and wax it and your protected from the upcomming winter and sap will be easier to remove next time.

 

Yes Wd 40 removes pine sap. I have never had a problem with it harming the finish. Tell me something I don't know. Am I doing damage ?

 

I was reading a google search about this, some guys are talking about using butter, others talk about rubbing alcohol. Others mention a wax/grease remover solvent you can get from the auto parts store.

If you're using wd40 you're not going to harm the paint in most circumstances. However any wax protection will be removed, as with any other solvent, so you'll want to wax afterwards.

Clay bar may work, but seems counterproductive, and costly. You'd not want to get tree gum mixed inside your bar. The idea of the clay bar process is to start with a perfectly clean car, then use it to remove microscopic contaminants...not as a pre cleaning agent, especially when you consider how expensive clay bars typically are...

 

Brake Clean, spray it on, wipe the sap right off!
It will not harm your paint. We used it all the time in the detail shop.

 

Thanks for the WD 40 info. I have used it for years and never had a problem. Re waxing makes a lot of sense. As stated before I never had a problem with the finish. It is just greasy (or oily) but removes the sap with a little elbow grease. I had my pine trees removed last year so no more pine sap! YEA!!

 

Dudes, seriously, what you want to use is Spray-9. Take your car to the car wash, spray your affected areas, wipe off sap/bugs/road oil, and then wash your car. It works like a charm!

 

Brake cleaner works well

 

Goo Gone also works great I used it to remove the adhesive behind my badging on the trunk when I removed them.