Tar Spots

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I gave my car a wash today and noticed a lot of tiny tar spots all over the lower bodywork.

What's the best / least damaging way to get rid of them?

Thanks in advance.

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Thank you gents.

When the weather improves I'll try white spirit & then give it a coat of wax.

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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.

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Quick update.

I ordered a small bottle of Tardis from ebay and tried it out a couple of weeks ago. My car is only 8 months old and I like to keep it clean, so the winters accumulation of tar spots was starting to bug me.

I washed the car first and then sprayed each panel one at a time - leave it for a minute and you can see the tar dissolving and running off the car. First spray removed 90% and a quick rub with a microfibre and a dab of Tardis removed the rest. It's one of the most effective cleaning products I've ever used.

I understand it strips any existing protection away, so I gave it a polish with Autoglym resin polish and a coat of protective wax and the paint literally looked better than new. Very impressed - thanks to whoever recommended it.