Have you ever accidentally parked under a tree and realized it was a pine tree after you came back to your car and found it covered in sap? I definitely have. I was looking for something to write about this week and realized that I could kill two birds with one stone - figure out how to get the sap off of my car AND write a blog about it! I hope that you enjoy this blog and can get any and all sap off of your car because of my stellar advice.
So, the sap. It’s the worst thing in the WORLD, especially when you get it on your clothes or your car or your shoes or something. This is because pine sap is IMPOSSIBLE to get off of everything, and when it gets on your car it is the worst of the worst. Especially when it is on the windshield. It is on the windshield of my car right now and I am perpetually angry about it. I need to get this junk off of my car immediately. Thank the powers that be for the magic of the internet, right?
First, if the sap is fresh, you should wash your car. Buff it out with the softest of washing cloths and make sure it’s all off. This sounds easy but if you’re like me then you are the type of person who only discovers the sap after it’s hardened, then this technique will not work for you at all. It will probably work to make you very frustrated but that will be about the only thing it does.
So then we move to the next solution. This is to get some commercial sap-getter-offer, like Turtle Wax Bug and Tar Remover or Goo Gone Automotive. Follow the instructions and then, like, hopefully the sap will come off of your car. If you need to scrape, do it VERY GENTLY - but you should not have to scrape at all. It sometimes helps if your car is in a warm place or if you heat up the sap with something like a hairdryer or a portable sun or whatever the kids are using these days. That softens it up which makes it more ripe for the removal.
If this fails, go in and talk to your dealer. They’ll be able to clean up your car, especially if you have a LOT of sap on there, or a combo deal of sap and dead bug guts. Sure, it might be a little more expensive, but you know that they’ll do a really awesome and professional job of detailing your ride.
Now to go clean up my little Prius….. Poor thing doesn’t know what hit her. But I do know that if I cannot remove the sap, I can take her in to Fiore Toyota and they’ll get the job done. Very reassuring. And then I won’t have the sap problem… until the next time I park under a pine tree. Which will, knowing me, be super soon
