On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:58:08 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
On 28/04/2020 15:25, Tricky Dicky wrote:

My neighbour has been given a car by her family which has stood for a considerable time under a Sycamore tree. She asked me to pressure wash it down which I duly did and also a good soapy wash down and rinse. When I tried to chamois it down after it was still very sticky and instead of the chamois removing the water marks it has left streaks with fine bits of chamois powder mixed in. Any suggestions how to get rid of the sap other than repeated washing?

Try using a branded car polish that smells of solvent. Usual disclaimers
apply...

Surely buying the solvent is many times cheaper, if the OP doesn't have any..

On 29/04/2020 09:27, wrote:
On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:58:08 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
On 28/04/2020 15:25, Tricky Dicky wrote:

My neighbour has been given a car by her family which has stood for a considerable time under a Sycamore tree. She asked me to pressure wash it down which I duly did and also a good soapy wash down and rinse. When I tried to chamois it down after it was still very sticky and instead of the chamois removing the water marks it has left streaks with fine bits of chamois powder mixed in. Any suggestions how to get rid of the sap other than repeated washing?

Try using a branded car polish that smells of solvent. Usual disclaimers
apply...

Surely buying the solvent is many times cheaper, if the OP doesn't have any.

Oh, quite true!

But a branded polish gives some measure of back-up against causing
damage to the paint (complaint to the manufacturer. etc), and should
leave a better finish. A number of polishes are said to be usable
without having to wash the car first - these might be the 'showroom
shine' types.

The straight solvent might be cheaper, but there's no come-back if it
all goes Pete Tong...


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Spike

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Spike wrote:
On 29/04/2020 09:27, wrote:
On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:58:08 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
On 28/04/2020 15:25, Tricky Dicky wrote:

My neighbour has been given a car by her family which has stood for a considerable time under a Sycamore tree. She asked me to pressure wash it down which I duly did and also a good soapy wash down and rinse. When I tried to chamois it down after it was still very sticky and instead of the chamois removing the water marks it has left streaks with fine bits of chamois powder mixed in. Any suggestions how to get rid of the sap other than repeated washing?

Try using a branded car polish that smells of solvent. Usual disclaimers
apply...

Surely buying the solvent is many times cheaper, if the OP doesn't have
any.

Oh, quite true!

But a branded polish gives some measure of back-up against causing
damage to the paint (complaint to the manufacturer. etc), and should
leave a better finish. A number of polishes are said to be usable
without having to wash the car first -

just designed to rub the dirt in

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 10:36:07 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
On 29/04/2020 09:27, tabbypurr wrote:
On Wednesday, 29 April 2020 09:58:08 UTC+1, Spike wrote:
On 28/04/2020 15:25, Tricky Dicky wrote:

My neighbour has been given a car by her family which has stood for a considerable time under a Sycamore tree. She asked me to pressure wash it down which I duly did and also a good soapy wash down and rinse. When I tried to chamois it down after it was still very sticky and instead of the chamois removing the water marks it has left streaks with fine bits of chamois powder mixed in. Any suggestions how to get rid of the sap other than repeated washing?

Try using a branded car polish that smells of solvent. Usual disclaimers
apply...

Surely buying the solvent is many times cheaper, if the OP doesn't have any.

Oh, quite true!

But a branded polish gives some measure of back-up against causing
damage to the paint (complaint to the manufacturer. etc), and should
leave a better finish. A number of polishes are said to be usable
without having to wash the car first - these might be the 'showroom
shine' types.

The straight solvent might be cheaper, but there's no come-back if it
all goes Pete Tong...

I always found it funny that some folk are willing to pay 4-10x as much for the same thing. I see a lot of that here.