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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2011, 01:51:46 pm »
Use a tar remover before claying...
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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2011, 03:55:53 pm »
As said, always use a specific tar remover prior to claying. AS tardis is my favourite, spray on, leave to work and remove larger deposits using a micro fibre folder over on itself a few times  :happy2:

The megs surface clay kit is a great starter package if a claying virgin  :drinking:


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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2011, 04:31:13 pm »
The Megs smooth surface clay kit is good. Comes with two clay bars, a bottle of quik detailer (which I love over Last Touch), a microfibre cloth and some "cleaner wax", which I've never used and probably never will. I used it for the first time and it was easy.

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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #18 on: June 26, 2011, 07:14:25 pm »
+1 Stealth, my first foray into clay-ing was the Megs kit and it does what it says on the tin. Hopefully Gulf's not gonna run into much more tar. But east Riding & Hull councils are too fond of 'wet dressing' the road surface. They spread wet bitumen then chuck a load of chippings over it and let the traffic pound it in.

Gulf, next time you're going toward Filey, take the B1248 from Beverley to Bainton, then the A164 to Driffield, then B1249 signed Scarborough. Turn right after 1 mile signed Kilham & keep heading north until Hunmanby. Great roads, quiet, and a cracking diversion. At Hunmanby either head north to join the A64 south of Seamer for Scarborough, or turn south & join the A165 Brid to Scarborough road close to the Filey turn.
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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2011, 09:21:56 pm »
I used autoglym tar remover..Worked a treat..I am also going to try the megs clay kit next weekend,never clayed before so it should be an experience.
Loucyffer,I was stopping at Wykeham just outside of Seamer.If I would have known about the state of that brid road after the railway bridge i would have headed up Staxton hill to avoid it.It really made a sodding mess.

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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #20 on: June 26, 2011, 10:12:35 pm »
I hope you didn't buy some Al! That's what I was gonna give you yesterday! :grin:

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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2011, 10:25:50 pm »
Ha... Its worth keeping tho Nick buddy..When is the ECU back?

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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #22 on: June 26, 2011, 10:39:50 pm »
Not too sure. Hopefully early week  :party:

I just hope everything is okay with it! :fighting: :fighting:

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Re: Help!!.. Car is covered in Tar.
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2011, 08:57:31 pm »
get yourself some hard clay bars and get to work with plenty of soapy water while using the clay bar....works everytime for me!! :happy2: