On the advice of a friend I tried using some hand sanitizer to remove tree sap from the hood of my car. Although it did remove the tree sap it has left something that is hard to describe. I don’t know if there is still tree sap there, or I took off wax or if I actually took off clear coat. I find it hard to believe I did permanent damage as it was on there for less than a minute although I did scrub at it quite a bit. Can anyone give me advice on how to remove this blemish from my hood?
One of three things happened.
A) That's sap smeared all over your car because the hand sanitizer just got smeared around instead of wiped off.
B) You rubbed too hard and you've scratched the bejebus out of your clearcoat
C) It's just leftover residue from the hand sanitizer.
Steps to take:
A) Try using some saliva. Human saliva is slightly acidic, next time this is a safer option for tree sap. Just spit on your finger and rub in small circles over the spots.
B) If A doesn't work, you've rubbed too hard. A bit of polish on a towel and rub until spot is gone.
You know, they only tell you to remove sap with hand sanitizer because almost all hand sanitizers are alcohol based. Maybe next time go straight to isopropyl alcohol.
Put some on a microfiber towel and GENTLY rub the sap. You want to work it wet and you want the iso to chemically breakdown the sap. Very little mechanical abrasion should be needed. It should come up quite easily.
[QUOTE=ducksfan;1685617]You know, they only tell you to remove sap with hand sanitizer because almost all hand sanitizers are alcohol based. Maybe next time go straight to isopropyl alcohol.
What's the difference between alcohol based and isopropyl alcohol?
You know, they only tell you to remove sap with hand sanitizer because almost all hand sanitizers are alcohol based. Maybe next time go straight to isopropyl alcohol.
What's the difference between alcohol based and isopropyl alcohol?
Well, with respect to what you quoted, i would say the extra ingredients in the hand sanitizer that don't contribute to removing the sap. I personally don't see any point in using more than the ingredient that's doing the job.
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