I once got a big blob of what I thought was pine tar on my old Porsche.
I tried everything, it was barely doing anything. In desparation and running
out
of chemicals, I tried a little soap and water... took it right off with very
little scrubbing..
Gary
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> I've just been through this on an old car we got for the kids. It had
> lived under pine trees for most of a year before we got it. Much of the
> pine sap had hardened, and wasn't the least bit gooey. A couple sites
> say this is frequently not actually pine tar, but poops from bugs that
> live in the trees. Whatever. Here's a list of things that DIDN'T work:
>
> WD40 (spray and gallon can), gasoline, rubbing alcohol, Coleman fuel,
> Dupont Prep Sol, a couple spray wheel cleaners, GoJo orange hand
> cleaner, a couple different spray engine cleaners, two other orange
> based cleaners.
>
> What made some headway was Stoner Tarminator, a spray on cleaner. Soak
> each spot for a while, and it would eventually soften a bit and come
> off. A lot of work on each spot, though.
>
> Stu
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