Advise needed!

[Mrstridey]

Hi all,

I recently made the mistake of following my buddy out of brands hatch after he had track dayed his car!

My front end now has lots of flecks of rubber stuck to it 

Anyone got any clues how to remove it? If I scrub hard enough with a sponge it starts to come away (or using a nail it starts to move too)
But it's gonna take ages doing it this way!!!

Any ideas welcome please 

Dan

[lukemk5gti]

Tar remover. Read the bottle, don't leave it on too long!

[dansmith180]

^^^^ this, also do it asap because it's only going to get harder to remove.

[duncatr]

Autosmart Tardis :)

Spray on and leave it for a couple minutes then gently lift any significat bits, wipe over with a soft microfibre cloth.

Be aware that whatever you use is likely to remove any polish on the car so ideally you will need to reapply some protection.
Good excuse to go over the whole car and remove any tar and other contamination before adding your chosen protection.

Also worth adding another step and removing any iron contamination with a product such as iron x. All depends how far you want to go.

[xjay1337]

Anyone got any clues how to remove it? If I scrub hard enough with a sponge it starts to come away (or using a nail it starts to move too)
But it's gonna take ages doing it this way!!!


Dan

Would also ruin your paint, using a sponge does that anyway.

Use tardis.

[Mrstridey]

Thanks all! Will look into the tardis!

Friend of mine suggested using a clay bar? Will that do the trick??
 

[dansmith180]

Thanks all! Will look into the tardis!

Friend of mine suggested using a clay bar? Will that do the trick??
 

Clay bars are good for smaller bits, in order to get those larger chunks off you'll have to rub it quite a lot and could end up marring the paint which would need polishing out. Your best off sticking with the tardis 

[lukemk5gti]

Thanks all! Will look into the tardis!

Friend of mine suggested using a clay bar? Will that do the trick??
 

Clay bars are good for smaller bits, in order to get those larger chunks off you'll have to rub it quite a lot and could end up marring the paint which would need polishing out. Your best off sticking with the tardis 

Correct me if I'm wrong but if you use a clay bar on this, there's a chance you could lift the bits up with the clay bar and actual just spread them across the entire bonnet. Clay bar is your last step in my opinion after all of the main abrasive contaminants have been washed away.

[dansmith180]

Thanks all! Will look into the tardis!

Friend of mine suggested using a clay bar? Will that do the trick??
 

Clay bars are good for smaller bits, in order to get those larger chunks off you'll have to rub it quite a lot and could end up marring the paint which would need polishing out. Your best off sticking with the tardis 

Correct me if I'm wrong but if you use a clay bar on this, there's a chance you could lift the bits up with the clay bar and actual just spread them across the entire bonnet. Clay bar is your last step in my opinion after all of the main abrasive contaminants have been washed away.

Highly unlikely it would spread them, the problem is clay bars don't like to pick up larger bits and you end up rubbing too hard and risk marking the paint.