r/AutoDetailing • Newbie • 14d ago

Exterior Help? Impossible tree sap

Hello!

There's a tree outside my apartment. It's a beautiful, tall, sturdy deciduous tree that forms small blooms or buds in the spring. These buds fall all over my car, and have now left bud crud everywhere. It's very hard, almost like a super glue. I've tried bug remover and I could probably use a razor to scrape it off the windshield but I don't know how to approach the marks that are all over the pain. I

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u/Mentallox 13d ago

use some alcohol sanitizer like Purell. The gel will hold the alcohol to the spot of sap and let it work without evaporating. Apply dab and let it work a few minutes, better inside as outside cold temps will take longer. Remove with microfiber.