My daughters car roof has got tree sap all over it and it's proving a bugger to remove. Does anyone have any tips?
Neil
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Tree sap removal?
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Aye, but does it do the job or not? Me I quite like it or it's derivatives
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some solvents work for this, but get it off - its likely not sap but something some trees (limes are the worst IIRC) exude and it can attack the finish.
try white spirit - that shouldn't attack the paint. Then washing up liquid. Or mix the two into a sort of swarfega and use them together.
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Yes, saw down the tree. Actually it depends on the tree for removal. Lymes are a real pain to get off of anything. Its some kind of resin. Brian
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What no angle grinder involved?
Brian
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true!
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I used to use isopropyl alcohol to remove pine resin various tools and skin.
It works on pine, not sure what else.
Rick... (The other Rick)
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My secateurs were black after cutting back a privet. Tried white spirit and meths but neither looked like shifting it. Scraped it off with a stanley blade in the end
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If it is a lime tree the chances are it is not sap, but the nasty insects that live there, though probably as easy to get rid of. I doubt that you will be able to remove the tree, as it will almost certainly have a preservation order on it. which in effect means that though it is your tree the council own it, though you must maintain it.
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It is indeed useful for many things, none of which lubrication. In fact, it saved my life once, when I dropped wax polish on the carpet. WD40 cleaned it of without a trace (and without SWMBO ever knowing).
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Are you *sure* it is sap? What comes off Lime trees is a strong solution of sugar in water. I think it may be produced by insect activity. At any rate, it just washes off with water.
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It's greenfly poo. (there's too much sugar for them to cope with, given the limited amounts of protein in the sap)
The problem comes when it goes mouldy.
Andy