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[S pack]

Hi Guys the under bonnet area of my XU1 has been covered in that horrible spray on tar crap. Does anybody know an easy way of removing it?

With or without scratching the paint?

[rodomo]

petrol

[Ice]

Auto motive thinners

[S pack]

A hair dryer, plastic scraper and plenty of newspaper to get the worst of it off then plenty of kerosene and rags.

[mugginz]

Diggers Paint Stripper from Bunnings is the go.  Turns the stuff to a gluey sludge that can then be easily scraped off with a plastic bog applicator.  Then more stripper and steel wool and finally stripper and paper towels will have it all gone.
 
Need to use gloves while using paint stripper cause if it gets on your skin you'll know about it.  I use nitrile gloves cause that's what I have for painting etc.  And boy does that stuff stink.  I also use a respirator that includes a carbon filter suitable for spray painting.
 
Diggers 1L Paint Stripper
 
3M Tekk Protection Half Face Spray Paint Respirator
(Can also get filter refills for this)
 
3X PKT of 10 Body Filler PLASTIC APPLICATORS

Edit: Ooops, just noticed you need the paint to stay behind

Edited by mugginz, 01 May 2016 - 10:54 AM.

[S pack]

Yes without removing paint
I'll give all those ideas a go. Thanks everyone!

Kero will be easier on the paint than petrol and under no circumstances use paint thinners unless you don't give a shit about the paint.

[mugginz]

Yeh, my suggestion was more for the stuff under the guards and where it's to be repainted.

[ls2lxhatch]

Kero or Prepsol will dissolve the tar and should not damage the paint. Another option is to try some of the bug and tar removers like Auto Glym Intensive Tar Remover. Using any sort of scraper will most likely scratch the paint.

http://www.autoglym....ive-tar-remover

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 01 May 2016 - 12:50 PM.

[Lima31]

What about dry ice and isopropyl alcohol?

[S pack]

G'donya Keith.