Smudges on paintwork after trying to remove tar with petrol

lmkman

Hi alllooking for some advice. Used petrol to remove tar stains on my car tonight. Silver passat now there are smudges on the paintwork where i removed the stains. Any advice on trying to remove these smudges.

Thanks

JJJJNR

Wash it off with some hot soapy water.

vectra

Are you talking about smudges of tar or did it damage your paint?

Mar4ix

to remove tar, try use sunflower oil.
hope you didnt damage paintwork.

L-M

Get a pic up after you try some soapy water!

corktina

you will have taken off the polish.Elbow grease now required.

red menace

Oh and agree on the hot soapy water

markc1184

A good polish and a wax will get rid of the smudges. Thought I'd damaged the paint on my own car when I used petrol for some stubborn tar, but as good as ever after waxing it.

E39MSport

Petrol itself shouldnt do too much damage over a short period and any residue should be removed with standard washing. Be sure to apply a protective coat (wax/polish) as you will have removed any such protection with the petrol. Having said that, I wouldn't put petrol near my paint.

However if you used a rough cloth with any kind of pressure then you have almost certainly damaged the finish. That may require machine restoration or simple Megs paint cleaner to restore.

Seperate

You will all be wondering why the paint is flaking off your car next!!

L-M

Seperate wrote: »

You will all be wondering why the paint is flaking off your car next!!

I've used petrol for years on many cars and many paintworks and it's never, ever done anything bar removing tar!

Tallon

Limerick man wrote: »

I've used petrol for years on many cars and many paintworks and it's never, ever done anything bar removing tar!

You've never had the car more than a week though :pac:

L-M

Tallon wrote: »

You've never had the car more than a week though :pac:

I had my last Golf three years and when I sold it the paintwork was like that of a new car!

Seperate

Limerick man wrote: »

I had my last Golf three years and when I sold it the paintwork was like that of a new car!

I can guarantee you that if you have freshly prepared paint and put petrol near it, it will dull it almost straight away.

If you go to a car that belongs to some one who is a bit careless with a petrol pump (my father for example) and run dribbles of water down the side of the car, you can see where the water behaves differently below the petrol cap.

If your paint is already oxidised or not in particularly good condition you probably won't notice the damage it's doing.

L-M

My paint was in absolutely perfectly condition on my Golf, I machined polished with a kestrel polisher and maintained it with proper wax and polish. I always used petrol and it never ever did any damage to the car.

Just painted, literally, maybe, but for everything else it's perfect.

lmkman

Used soap and hot water did not work. Used car polish and car it is like new from the showroom.

dr.fuzzenstein

I used to try every possible thing to remove tar. They all sucked.
The only thing I found to remove tar efficiently was white spirit. And it's less severe than most other things.

gpjordanf1

lmkman wrote: »

Hi alllooking for some advice. Used petrol to remove tar stains on my car tonight. Silver passat now there are smudges on the paintwork where i removed the stains. Any advice on trying to remove these smudges.

Thanks

you didn't put in enough elbow grease my friend, all you done was spread the tar out over a wider area, keep working it until it rubs clear, also use two cloths, one for the rough work and one for the finishing off.

Nothing better than petrol for removing Tar, using it for years. All so called detailing creams, liquids are all petro chemical based. waste of money!

tossy

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I used to try every possible thing to remove tar. They all sucked.
The only thing I found to remove tar efficiently was white spirit. And it's less severe than most other things.

You try tar remover? Autosmart tardis tar remover would remove tar from the M50 its the bees knees.

dr.fuzzenstein

tossy wrote: »

You try tar remover? Autosmart tardis tar remover would remove tar from the M50 its the bees knees.

Have a bumper supply of white spirit left over, needs to be used up.:cool:
Seriously, it works.

tossy

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Have a bumper supply of white spirit left over, needs to be used up.:cool:
Seriously, it works.

You trying to sell it to me? considering white spirit is what i use then i need to remove paint from things i'll stick with my Autosmart thanks.