Destroyed: Medium Nanoskin Autoscrub Pad

[Rsurfer]

Thanks for all the great replies....... The sap from the maple trees comes off fairly easy, but...... as most of you know the longer it sets the worse it is. In my case, it was collecting for a couple days along with overnight dew and 82 degree sunny days. I thought I had all of it off upon hand washing due to the surface feeling free of contamation. I almost went on to using FG, but decided to go over it with the medium nano pad. As for the sparatic staining, I'm going to use Wolfgang Paintwork Polish Enhancer. This will be the first time using it, hopefully it works well. I'll keep all of you posted with my progress. Thanks again for the help. Ray

You will still need to top the WPPE with a LSP.

[Vipertwin175]

personally I have had tree sap on my cars before. And the best way I have found was by clay bar. I used the meguiars quick clay detailing kit! As far as how bad the sap is in your case, I suggest getting the mild detailing clay bar and a clay lube, get lots of clay lube cause u can use a lot of it on a single panel. When I clay I usually go through almost 2 bottles of meguiars quick detailer. But this is my suggestion

[Calendyr]

Well...... I used my Medium Nanoskin Autoscrub Pad today after washing maple tree sap off my 2015 GMC truck. Surface seemed to be free of sap, but the pad became sticky after a few panels in which I couldn't get it cleaned. I even tried Stoner bug & tar remover on the pad along with pad cleaner. I ended up with my $50.00 plus pad breaking apart in tiny bits of rubber. As always, I used more than enough glide during the process. I do have a Fine Nanoskin Autoscrub Pad, but I don't want to destroy it like my medium one. I only used my medium pad 2 times on my truck. At $50.00 plus you could say I'm a little more than POed. I'd like to add, my horizontals are stained also. My truck was only exposed to the maple tree for a couple days. The worse thing about all this is that there are maple trees throughout the property at my cabin with no garage. I went through the following process less than two months ago with aprrox. six hand washings. Any suggestions other than building a garage would be most appreciated. Thanks, Ray
Fine Nanoskin Autoscrub Pad w/ Glide
Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0
Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0
2 Coats of Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0

Never, ever use a solvent on these pads. I did the same thing with one of my nanoskin sponges... figured that the sponge would make decontaminating tar much faster than using a microfiber towel. So I sprayed the tar remover, let it sit a minute then scrubbed with the sponge. I worked wonders... for 30 seconds, then the sponge disintegrated. Hard lesson to learn with a pad, much more expensive than the sponge ;(

[LEDetailing]

How about one of those temporary garages, some are metal roofs, some have full plastic sides. Probably less than $1K.

Just talk your significant other into building a garage. What better way to spend a rainy day at the cabin, other than detailing your truck. I'm sure you could make a ton of money detailing a few cabin neighbor's cars. One car a month and you pay for the payment on your new garage

[Ray & Paula]

Use a product that is specifically made for tar removal such as CarPro Tar-x and wash thoroughly afterwards. Now I would advise in investing in a good car cover to keep the maple tree sap from accumulating on your vehicle. There are pluses and minuses about using a car cover, but I live around 4 pecan trees that drip a fine mist of sap. Left uncovered the sap mixes with dust and pollen and you can imagine what that looks like. Get a good car cover and save yourself time and aggravation.

Thanks to all for all the great suggestions! I'm going to try to find a good truck cover for now as suggested. I do have the sap/dust/dew problem which is a PIA along with a ton of work. Living in Michigan this problem only seems to exist about three to four months until the leaves fall. I know it will also be a PIA to put the cover on/off, but it will save me a lot of labor, time and money in all the products. A temporary garage or a garage as suggested would be my next step if a cover becomes to much of a PIA. Now I'll have to do some research for a good cover that will hold up. If anyone has any suggestions for a good one, "please" let me know.

You will still need to top the WPPE with a LSP.

I do realize that WPPE is a cleaner which is used for the first or second step if needed. In my case, I did the following;
Hand washed and used B&G remover on the stubburn areas
Glide/Nanoskin (medium) pad until I destroyed it. Followed up by using a Glide/Nanoskin (fine) pad.
WPPE
WTSR (few areas)
FG (skipped)
WDGPS 3.0
I always use WDGPS 3.0 as my LSP giving it 2 coats (12 hours between). As for the WPPE, it worked great in removing the stains and has a great work time due to it being creamy. I did 4 passes on each section and after it became a haze it came off without any effort. I never used a wax as a LSP, does anyone think it would help when hand washing, especially with sap removal?
As always, this forum has been a great asset for me and I truly appreciate all your help & suggestions. Thanks again, Ray

[chet31]

Never, ever use a solvent on these pads. I did the same thing with one of my nanoskin sponges... figured that the sponge would make decontaminating tar much faster than using a microfiber towel. So I sprayed the tar remover, let it sit a minute then scrubbed with the sponge. I worked wonders... for 30 seconds, then the sponge disintegrated. Hard lesson to learn with a pad, much more expensive than the sponge ;(

I did this exact same thing, tried to save time, used a Nanoskin sponge w/ TRIX as a clay lube, wrecked the sponge.

[Ray & Paula]

Expensive lessen learned........ Hopefully this thread will save someone the trouble and $$$. Thanks again, Ray

[briarpatch]

I have a King Kanopy...10x20....brand new in the box I will sell you....would be a good temporary solution....not snow rated, though

[Crispy]

You could check out driveway covers.
There are many choices and some you can fold up when not needed.
They expand by pulling out the sections.
Woud be good in Michigan winters ( if that is where yoou are).

[Ray & Paula]

Thanks for the suggestions..... After doing some searching I ended up ordering the following cover minus 10% for $175.00 yesterday. It's a small investment which will hopefully help my situation. I do plan on building a garage in two to three years. I'll let you all know if I made the right choice in the near future. Thanks again. Ray
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