I finally had a spare moment to remove some 'baked on' and splattered road tar from the lowest 2 inches of my silver vehicle tonight and thought I would share with you the method that finally worked.
I tried the usual methods as posted all over the forums and they were either not working or were very slow going. These methods included:
Stoner's Tarminator
3M Adhesive Remover
WD-40
I tried the spay and soak with Tarminator and the 3M Adhesive Remover and not much was going on. The WD-40 didn't do a thing either. I finally had a thought - I have them once in a while
I went into the house, grabbed an old coffee mug, filled it with water and microwaved it for about 2m 30s. Once I had the almost 200 degree water with me, I dipped a microfiber towel in it and wiped the tar off pretty quickly - I suppose you could say it melted off. I did wear a pair of gloves to keep from being burned.
I'm sure the chemicals did some of the work too, and tried this method on the other side where I had not pre-treated. I got the same result - very fast removal of the tar.
So - if all else fails, try a cup of hot water and see if it works for you as it did for me.
I tried the usual methods as posted all over the forums and they were either not working or were very slow going. These methods included:
Stoner's Tarminator
3M Adhesive Remover
WD-40
I tried the spay and soak with Tarminator and the 3M Adhesive Remover and not much was going on. The WD-40 didn't do a thing either. I finally had a thought - I have them once in a while
I went into the house, grabbed an old coffee mug, filled it with water and microwaved it for about 2m 30s. Once I had the almost 200 degree water with me, I dipped a microfiber towel in it and wiped the tar off pretty quickly - I suppose you could say it melted off. I did wear a pair of gloves to keep from being burned.
I'm sure the chemicals did some of the work too, and tried this method on the other side where I had not pre-treated. I got the same result - very fast removal of the tar.
So - if all else fails, try a cup of hot water and see if it works for you as it did for me.