Removing tar/asphalt from car.

[scottmandue]

Good news is they are repaving the streets in my neighborhood...

Bad news is a little uncured asphalt got splatted on my car...

What is the best way to remove it without ruining the paint job on my car?

Thanks in advance!

[kaisen]

Goof-Off

You can buy it in aerosol cans from Home Depot. Otherwise lots of places carry it in non-aerosol form.

[onewhippedpuppy]

There are a number of products that will do it. Thinner will work but use it sparingly, as I'm always paranoid about the impact on paint. Goo-Gone and Goof-Off are both great products, I think Goo-Gone is what I have now and it's an organic base.

[kaisen]

12 oz. Professional Strength Aerosol Remover-FG658 at The Home Depot




DON'T use thinner!!

[weseeeee]

I agree with kaisen, Goof Off has worked well for me.

[Jim Bremner]

try wd40

[john70t]

WD-40 followed by water here.

[vash]

i use WD40.

i walked on the beach in Houston once and got my feet covered with a tar substance. WD40 worked then..on a car it is an easy swipe with a soft crappy t-shirt scrap.

[ZOO]

Turtle Wax bug and tar remover has always been my go to for removing tar, and the soft rubber that smears on cars after track days.

[MT930]

Goof Off works well

Jet Fuel

( Really) it's just very good kerosene may not be as easy to obtain as goof off.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by vash

i use WD40.

i walked on the beach in Houston once and got my feet covered with a tar substance. WD40 worked then..on a car it is an easy swipe with a soft crappy t-shirt scrap.

Here is So Cal we would get tar on the beach and thus on our feet... we would wash it off... with GASOLINE!

I will check for goo off... have WD40 in the garage but prefer not to use solvent on paint job.

Thanks!

PS, Related story, I was installing a exhaust fan on the corrugated roof of a machine shop. I was sealing the flashing with cold tar (henry's), I slipped and grabbed the flashing (two story building) and smeared my arm with tar. I climbed down the ladder and the guys in the shop pointed at a 55 gal. barrel full of oil, I think they said it was diesel... I dunked my arm into it and the tar wiped right off.

[pete3799]

Diesel fuel.

[nzporsche944s2]

Mineral turpentine followed by water

[onewhippedpuppy]

I used to work in a diesel repair shop, diesel fuel is an amazing cleaner/remover. Of course you stink and there's probably some negative health impact, but damn my hands were clean!

[vash]

AC paving crews soak all their tools in diesel. i watched a man clean his hands with diesel and then eat a sandwich. brutal. i wonder if he is dead yet.

[GWN7]

Prep Solv. Same thing happened with my truck. I went to my body shop guy and he came out with Prep Solv and a handful of rags. Wet rags and wipe till clean. Then apply a coat of wax. Prep Solv is what body shops use to remove wax and other crud before painting.

[RWebb]

go buy some Tar/asphalt Remover from Meguiar's

[yazhound]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

try wd40

Works like a charm and doesnt cost much... (water displacement "formulat try number 40" - history of the name )

[tchanson]

Tim

[David McLaughlin]

Clay bar works gor the smaller stuff.