Lone Starr (Ivan)
06-29-2001, 09:11 AM
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View Full Version : Quickest way to get hardened pine sap off window? Lone Starr (Ivan) 06-29-2001, 09:11 AM John P. (TT 225) 06-29-2001, 04:11 PM very well, though it also eats through rubber gloves! Ketch 06-29-2001, 05:12 PM Excuse me, it ate through rubber gloves and you used it on your vehicle!!! Here is the straight on tree sap. One, not all tree saps are the same. What is a sap in one part of the country is not the same as in another. First try the most gentle, have the surface "cool to the touch" and water handy, apply a gentle water based all purpose cleaner and let it set for a minute, then wipe with a water dampened towel to see it it is releasing and disolving. If that doesn't do it, then try naptha if you do not have a true "safety solvent" available. Naptha is easy to get, that is what lighter fluid is. The same thing, cool surface and let it set, it will not damage a "cool" surface, you have to let it work, a minute or so to break the "resin" that is tree sap. Third, if you know it is a "xmas" tree, pine that produced the sap (resin" and the first two don't work, try plain old rubbing alcohol you have a bottle of under the sink in the throne room. Same application, cool surface, let it set, don't go playing "rubby-dub" as soon as you put it on. It take time to break down the resin. Last resorts are. If pine tree sap, use turpentine, which is made from the very sap that is on the vehicle. Just be sure and wash with soap and water when it is off. The last, clay, but only as a last resort. Why, you may ask, well I know the clay seems a simple and quick fix, but it most likely will not take all the resin from the surface and since the paint used today is so porus, some of the resin is in the clear, you need to disolve it out of the clear. The removal procedures presented first will do that, while the clay only picks the "scab" off .<ul><li><a href="http://www.autoint.com">http://www.autoint.com</a</li></ul> RickM 07-02-2001, 08:30 AM |