Marty,
Didn't happen in a parking lot, but rather on the e-way.
Coating the surface of the e-way with a tar/softener to
smooth the blacktop. Rain and poor planning led to several
thousand cars being damaged. Covered top, sides and
underneath. Even the tailgate! I didn't do anything with
the underside as I figured it now has undercoating. ;)
Anyway, my wife and I worked on my truck for about 4 hours
with 1. Simple Green (no go), 2. Fantistik/409 (no go)
3. Orange cleaner, uncut. leave it on for 30 seconds and
then wipe it off. worked great. Had estimates of >$500
for professional cleaning. Got a check from the road paver's
insurance for $400.
If the paving company is admitting responsibility, let them
try to clean it, If it isn't cleaned to your satisfaction,
pay for it yourself, but be prepared to go to their insurance
company to have it put right.
Cheers,
Doug
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Doug Mitchell
dmitchel(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
1973 Spitfire 1500
1973 Stag
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MJSUKEY@cs.com [mailto:MJSUKEY@cs.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 9:26 AM
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Car/Tar question
>
>
>
> Last week they chip and tared one of the parking lots at
> work. It was very windy that day and even though I had parked
> about 100 yards away my new black $28k truck is covered in
> tar overspray. My employer is going back on the blacktopper
> (rightfully so) and he is wanting to send somebody out to
> "clean them up in the parking lot". My gut is telling me to
> not let them touch my new truck and take it to a detail shop
> to have it done right. However I don't think it should come
> out of my pocket even though it's only $268. Anybody have
> any experience on something like this?
>
> Thanks,
> Marty
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