Davexxxx
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On our recent trip out west, somewhere in the last legs, I got into some tar. Had to be toward the end, because more than once, I'd noticed how well the combo of the RokBlokz mud flaps I'd put on when the truck was new and Meguiars products I'd been using to protect the finish, had been holding up to the sometimes rainy and often rough and dusty roads we'd been on, for by then, a month or so.
Got home and washing the camper and the truck were high on the list. Did my usual thing with Meguiars, foam cannon and power washer. Thankfully, not much on the camper and what was there, came off with no trouble but the truck had quite a bit (hundreds) of tiny specs and strings of tar.
In the old days, I'd have probably used gasoline, knowing I'd have to re-wax but being happy with the Meguiars performance of their other products on this new truck, picked up a couple cans of their bug and tar remover. Ultimately, it took 4 and a couple days (off and on) to get it all off.
If you follow the directions to the letter, it breaks the adhesive like bond, between the tar and the paint, without turning it into a smeary mess and doesn't appear to negatively affect the underlying hybrid ceramic / wax finish I've been putting on.
Then just use your thumbnail and they come loose, more or less whole.
Somewhere around half though, will then still have either a static adhesion, or capillary and while loose of the paint, are still there and need to be gently wiped.
In my old job, I drove off road every day, so my truck got washed when it rained. New to being able to be this fussy about it. Also, my last truck came with fender flares and even though it was another in Oxford White, I honestly don't recall having to deal with tar on that one. If I could get those, I'd put them on but don't care for the new versions.
Got home and washing the camper and the truck were high on the list. Did my usual thing with Meguiars, foam cannon and power washer. Thankfully, not much on the camper and what was there, came off with no trouble but the truck had quite a bit (hundreds) of tiny specs and strings of tar.
In the old days, I'd have probably used gasoline, knowing I'd have to re-wax but being happy with the Meguiars performance of their other products on this new truck, picked up a couple cans of their bug and tar remover. Ultimately, it took 4 and a couple days (off and on) to get it all off.
If you follow the directions to the letter, it breaks the adhesive like bond, between the tar and the paint, without turning it into a smeary mess and doesn't appear to negatively affect the underlying hybrid ceramic / wax finish I've been putting on.
Then just use your thumbnail and they come loose, more or less whole.
Somewhere around half though, will then still have either a static adhesion, or capillary and while loose of the paint, are still there and need to be gently wiped.
In my old job, I drove off road every day, so my truck got washed when it rained. New to being able to be this fussy about it. Also, my last truck came with fender flares and even though it was another in Oxford White, I honestly don't recall having to deal with tar on that one. If I could get those, I'd put them on but don't care for the new versions.
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