Ok, Heres my question..

How in god's name do you get off those little black specs on your car thats like TAR. They are all over my rear bumper. THey are driving me crazy!! I tried the clay bar yesterday along with waxing and that didnt work.

Please help!

Thanks,
G

 

spray on road tar remover, they should have it at the local big chain auto parts place.

 

that's weird that a claybar didnt work?????

 

If claybar didn't work, are the specs under your previous coat of wax?

 

Mineral spirits will dissolve them.

Oh wait, you wanted a "stupid" answer - here it is... use sandpaper.

 

steel wool, it works great when i scrub the bugs off my front bumper!

 

in a serious note, penut butter works also, but not the chunky style.

 

Are you sure they are not "Fly Specks" AKA Fly **** ???? I go after each one with a kitchen sponge that has that blue scubby thing on one side, but an old one that is wore a little

 

Positive. Because when i use my nail to pick it off its like sticky and smears.

Oh ya i tried steel wool. Didnt work too well.

I will try and pick up that rad tar remover tonight and try it.. Hopefully that removes it. then just have to re-wax my car.

The clay bar did its just and smoothed it down. But the specs are still there.

 

honestly bro what i do is i get a super soapy, wet sponge and scrub the **** out of it till it comes off. it would even be good if you just held the hose up to it to reduce the chances of scratching your paint. dont forget: lots of suds!

 

OK --Also try a little lighter fluid, charcoal starter, nail polish remover are even a dab of gas on a rag

 

WD-40 fixes everything. Everything

 

You sure it is tar? Sometimes doing tire burn-outs will put tiny pieces of rubber all over the back end of a car. Since they are hot, they can glue themselves to your paint.

I have experienced this and successfully removed them with a "cleaner" wax.

 

Well an update. My buddy works at a car dealership in northeast ohio called Park Honda/Acura and they have a company that goes to the dealership and does all there scratches and crap. They are called Ultra Gloss and he had some "special liquid" that he put on a rag and wiped it and it came right off. I was actually pretty upset he got it off so easily. He wouldnt tell me what it was though. It smelled like water down nail polish remover or something to that nature?? any thoughts?

 

Did you buy a bottle?

 

If it was tar, then just about any petroleum based solvent would work, that includes WD-40, mineral spirits, kerosene, gasoline, toluene (nail polish remover).

 

Diesel fuel works great too and it doesn't hurt the paint, just wax when you're done. We use it on the tractors allllllllllll the time to get big chunks of tar off. Just a FYI for next time.

 

Hydrofluoric Acid should dissolve it.

 

could probably dissolve the WHOLE car with that

 

Yeah but the black specs would be gone too.