Plastic stuck to paint removal

carsfan2

came back to my parked car to find that someone had melted cigarette cellophane wrapper to the paint work. I have managed to remove the bulk of the plastic but some residue left on .

Any suggestions as to how I might get the residual bits off without damaging the paintwork? Is there a cleaning product that might help?

Thanks

Jim_Hodge

As it's cellophane, some WD40 should remove any residue. Give it some waxing afterwards.

JoeA3

I’d probably try a tar / glue remover. Should come off easily with that.

Raichų

Cannot understand why someone would do that to anyone’s property. What a prick like. Sorry to hear about that happening to you OP it’s a terrible shame when someone would see fit to cause damage to someone’s car.

carsfan2

I have the majority off now with scraping gently with side of credit card and the wd40 has helped. Will do a bit more tomorrow and hopefully get rid of the last of it.

Will try tar remover if I can’t get it all.

It’s annoying alright but at least it’s coming off. If it was keyed I’d be a lot more upset.

JoeA3

the less scrubbing and scraping you do, the better. You might remove the stuff but you’ll leave micro scratches in the paint. Get tar remover. Spray on. Let it dwell for a minute. Wipe off.

CMOTDibbler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123174963#Comment_123174963

WD40 works as a tar remover. I use it all the time to get tar off. Just leave it sit for a bit before trying to remove it.

carsfan2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123175040#Comment_123175040

Thanks

I did that and will do some more to get the last bits off.

JoeA3

WD40 will do the job if you’re stuck but it’s obviously very oily/greasy so not ideal. Wipe/wash it off thoroughly afterwards.

CMOTDibbler

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123175140#Comment_123175140

Any kind of tar remover is going to be oil based. It's the oil that softens the oils in the tar.

JoeA3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123175155#Comment_123175155

No. Actual tar removers are more alcohol/solvent -based and won’t leave an oily residue. And you don’t want that oily mess dripping down onto unpainted plastics etc.
WD 40 is fine, I’ve used it myself but I’d advise use it sparingly, it’s very much like using a kango hammer to crack a wallnut.
Whichever you use, no harm to wax/seal afterwards as this stuff will strip any paint protection that’s there, if any.