| Removing tree sap (Gummosis as defined by | | | | Now, this doestake a fair amount of rubbing with |
| Wikipedia) from your car's paint is generally a | | | | pressure to completely remove the remains of |
| very difficult and time consuming task. | | | | the sticky sap. Use a soft clean rag orcloth and |
| Here are some tips and tools that are very | | | | apply the Simple Green to the cloth, then rub like |
| effective and safe ways to remove tree sap. | | | | crazy! An old sock works well. |
| 1) You need to remove the bulk of the sap from | | | | 3) Finally, apply a cleaner wax to the entire area |
| the paint without damage to your paint. The most | | | | that you worked on. In many cases, this is a |
| effective and safemethod is to use a wood paint | | | | number of areas on your rooftrunk and hood |
| stirring stick. These are the flat wood sticks given | | | | because you parked under a nasty tree that was |
| to you free every time you buy house paint. | | | | raining sap onto your car. With that, you should |
| These work well because they are soft enough | | | | probablygo ahead and wax the entire car... What |
| to not seriously scratch the paint yet they have | | | | else are you going to do on a Sunday afternoon? |
| nice edges that can grab the sapand scrape it off. | | | | You may need to use amild rubbing compound or |
| Be careful not to get too aggressive with your | | | | a cleaner wax with a mild abrasive to eliminate |
| scraping if you care about the paint.Withenough | | | | any minor scratches created from step 1. |
| force, you could do some damage to your paint. | | | | Gummosis on your windows - The easy part. |
| 2) Remove the remaining residue with full | | | | Any tree sap on your windows is easily removed |
| strength Simple Green or Goo Gone. I have | | | | with a razor blade. This is the easy part because |
| purchased a number of Tar and Sap removers | | | | you can scrape itall off in one pass without a |
| that are made for thisbut so far, I have found full | | | | worry of damaging the glass. Make sure to use a |
| strength Simple Green or Goo Gone to do a | | | | razorblade holder so that you do not cut your |
| better job and seems to be safe for your paint. | | | | finger off and really make it a bad day! |