[s-cars] Quick question on cleaning road tar off wheels and paint

[Kirby Smith]

Go to an auto parts store that provides paint to the trade.  Buy the tar
and wax remover pre-painting prep.  It is a refined petroleum solvent
that evaporates off the paint without any damage.  You will have to
rewax afterwards.

kirby

Kenneth Hayes wrote:
>
> S-Nuts,
>
> I recently picked up some road tar due to some local road construction.
> They were laying asphalt and I've ended up with this stuff all over my car.
> Luckily(?), I've got a black car so the tar on the paint is less annoying,
> but the fairly new SSR's look like crap with these specs of asphalt
> adhesive-tar all over them.
>
> I remember this thread before, but don't remember the conclusion.  If there
> was one.  I considered (for a very short period of time) to use some
> MethylEthylBadShit, but I don't want to ruin the clear coat on my wheels so
> I thought I'd ask the group about any BTDTs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kenny Hayes
> 97s6
> Loveland, CO
>
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