BLACK TAR SPOTS ON BODYWORK

[ISHY1432]

Hi,

I have a silver C3 Finesse, I live in the country. I keep getting scores of minute black tar circular spots on the paint work. Unless I remove them daily, when they are easy to remove but not practical time wise - 2 hours, the longer I leave them, the harder to remove. I have tried Greased Lightning - Showroom Shine, hoping that the wax would prevent it - but the spots still return, so quickly its annoying. Has anyone had a similar experience & found a solution, any help would be much appreciated? I park the car in a private compound, off road, down a driveway, near to a Weeping Willow & a Chesnut tree, approx 30ft away.

Thanks


Ian

 

[radderfire]

Are you sure it's tar? There is also a fungus that can cause black spots on paintwork, although I've forgotten what it's called.

 

[labbby]

To be honest, your car is now TARnished..

Right I’m off

 

[jaybee]

Have them on our white car all over it. The first time I tried to clean the car and noticed how hard they were to remove I stopped caring about it ever again and settled on barely ever washing the car. It fits with my usual bi annual washing schedule anyway so...

 

[Diddums]

"Citroen c3"


"Finesse"


Lol

 

[lordrobs]

Autoglym Tar remover will do the trick.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

A clay bar every year, or if you must, every three months would work wonders.

 

[Armageus]

Autoglym Tar remover will do the trick.

You end wasting loads of it as it's too thin a liquid and just runs everywhere - can't really apply it and leave it to work.

Aerosol based tar removers work better imo.

A clay bar every year, or if you must, every three months would work wonders.

Clay bar is the nuclear option though, given that you are mechanically removing it and dragging it across the paint - you then also need to polish and protect (wax/sealant) afterwards.

 

[bainbridge]

I've found that when prepping for a polish, petrol works well on dissolving tar spots.

 

[sigma]

TAR REMOVER

 

[lordrobs]

You end wasting loads of it as it's too thin a liquid and just runs everywhere - can't really apply it and leave it to work.

I've always dabbed it on with an old cloth and found it fine to use but there may well be better products out there now.

I lost interest in car cleaning 12 years ago when I got a company car so my knowledge of products pretty much stopped there!

 

[Vandle]

Margarine. Seriously

 

[Nasher]

Clay bar works better than the tar remover chemical and does it instantly.

 

[dave28]

Clay bar is the nuclear option though, given that you are mechanically removing it and dragging it across the paint - you then also need to polish and protect (wax/sealant) afterwards.

And tar is the worse for that since it naturally collects grit and tiny particles that are ideal for scratching.