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Polish is the least harmful way , WD40 is also pretty good but the detailers potion of choice is called "Tardis" which you spray on and it dissolves the tar spots. Google it to see the results. The only thing is that Tardis will remove any wax you have so that will need to be reapplied.
Another one for White Spirit. Unless you wash a lot of cars you will find that Tardis rusts the inside of the can over time, making it useless. I think whatever solvent you use (petrol, white spirit) will remove wax and other protection, so I'd wait until the wort of winter is past before giving it a proper clean if I were you.
Blue62 said:
Another one for White Spirit. Unless you wash a lot of cars you will find that Tardis rusts the inside of the can over time, making it useless. I think whatever solvent you use (petrol, white spirit) will remove wax and other protection, so I'd wait until the wort of winter is past before giving it a proper clean if I were you.
That's the plan! Wash, white spirit, wash again, clay, polish & wax. I'll wait till spring.Thanks for all the advice.
I'd stick to a product that's designed to do the job properly, Tardis by Autosmart, Tar-X by CarPro are both very effective and not hugely expensive for the amount you need to use.
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Edited by nickg123 on Tuesday 3rd February 11:59
Edited by nickg123 on Tuesday 3rd February 12:11
LordGrover said:
I asked the same question a while ago - CLICK - Intensive Tar Remover did a smashing job for me.
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Edited by nickg123 on Tuesday 3rd February 12:11
LordGrover said:
I asked the same question a while ago - CLICK - Intensive Tar Remover did a smashing job for me.
I found Intensive Tar Remover to be very hard work - it took about an hour to de-tar my girlfriend's white Fiat 500. It needs doing again in the spring, so I will try TarX or ObliTARate, which both seem to get good reviews.My local Autosmart rep recommends a clean petrol rag rather than Tardis (which he sells). His view is that unless you're in the trade and having to turn cars around quickly you should save the money.
Be interested to know if anyone has tried Iron X, from what I've heard you leave it to dwell and then rinse before applying protection, sounds easy IF it works.
Be interested to know if anyone has tried Iron X, from what I've heard you leave it to dwell and then rinse before applying protection, sounds easy IF it works.
Blue62 said:
My local Autosmart rep recommends a clean petrol rag rather than Tardis (which he sells). His view is that unless you're in the trade and having to turn cars around quickly you should save the money.
Be interested to know if anyone has tried Iron X, from what I've heard you leave it to dwell and then rinse before applying protection, sounds easy IF it works.
Wow! I think AS would be horrified to hear that, I've seen plenty of cars with stains on plastic areas from spilling petrol down the car, a lad I know with a new Red seat Ibiza ruined his front bumper trying to remove tar with Petrol, obviously it's only really bad if an area has been painted but to be fair I'd say 7 maybe 8 out of 10 cars I get through the door have all had paintwork done so would never risk it.Be interested to know if anyone has tried Iron X, from what I've heard you leave it to dwell and then rinse before applying protection, sounds easy IF it works.
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