Tree Sap removal after claybar+waxing?
09-21-2013, 07:53 AM
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Tree Sap removal after claybar+waxing?
Hey everybody,
The house we are renting right now has a big tree in the front yard, and over the part 2-3 months it has been covering our cars in tree sap.
The size of each 'droplet' is small...take a pin, dip it in some oil or ink and touch a piece of metal or something and thats how big each drop is. BUT there are lots of them...take an area about the size of a dollar bill and now imagine there are about 200 or so of these tiny dots all evenly distributed over that small space. Now imagine this covers every side of the car and we have 4 cars.
My first question is since we are renting here, what kind of action (if any) can we take vs the landlord or the city? can we get them to cut the tree down? can we get reimbursed for any detailing work that has to be done? OR can we just go directly to the city and bring this issue up with them? have the city cut the tree down, or reimburse us for the cost of detailing the cars? We have a 2 car garage so one could argue that at least 2 of the cars should have been sheltered which would put the fault on us for using the garage as storage. But that still leaves the other two cars getting sapped on all the time.
My other question was about my car. I had gotten it clay bar and waxed and it looks a lot better now. We were going to move out this weekend but our move out date has been extended to a week and a half from now. Even after one night of parking in the driveway i can already see some sap back on the surface. What are my options on dealing with this over the next 1-2 weeks? i was thinking automatic car wash and the brush would be enough to keep the sap from getting too hardened or stuck to the surface. I think we have a car cover, but i would prefer not using one. And if the car wash doesnt take it off, i may end up having to do the clay bar and wax again (unless i can find or buy a car cover).
I wouldnt be worried about this normally, but one of the cars is a Luxury car (white) and another is brand new under 2 months of ownership (silver). The other cars are a mitsu diamante and a dodge durango 20?? on both, but those arent too big of a deal.
let me know what you guys think
The house we are renting right now has a big tree in the front yard, and over the part 2-3 months it has been covering our cars in tree sap.
The size of each 'droplet' is small...take a pin, dip it in some oil or ink and touch a piece of metal or something and thats how big each drop is. BUT there are lots of them...take an area about the size of a dollar bill and now imagine there are about 200 or so of these tiny dots all evenly distributed over that small space. Now imagine this covers every side of the car and we have 4 cars.
My first question is since we are renting here, what kind of action (if any) can we take vs the landlord or the city? can we get them to cut the tree down? can we get reimbursed for any detailing work that has to be done? OR can we just go directly to the city and bring this issue up with them? have the city cut the tree down, or reimburse us for the cost of detailing the cars? We have a 2 car garage so one could argue that at least 2 of the cars should have been sheltered which would put the fault on us for using the garage as storage. But that still leaves the other two cars getting sapped on all the time.
My other question was about my car. I had gotten it clay bar and waxed and it looks a lot better now. We were going to move out this weekend but our move out date has been extended to a week and a half from now. Even after one night of parking in the driveway i can already see some sap back on the surface. What are my options on dealing with this over the next 1-2 weeks? i was thinking automatic car wash and the brush would be enough to keep the sap from getting too hardened or stuck to the surface. I think we have a car cover, but i would prefer not using one. And if the car wash doesnt take it off, i may end up having to do the clay bar and wax again (unless i can find or buy a car cover).
I wouldnt be worried about this normally, but one of the cars is a Luxury car (white) and another is brand new under 2 months of ownership (silver). The other cars are a mitsu diamante and a dodge durango 20?? on both, but those arent too big of a deal.
let me know what you guys think
Last edited by BlueShadow; 09-21-2013 at 08:17 AM.
09-21-2013, 09:47 AM
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Re: Tree Sap removal after claybar+waxing?
You could probably go to the landlord and ask for the tree to be removed on the grounds that it's damaging the vehicles.
If the tree is on the street you will most likely need a permit to cut it down, issued from the city.
But if you're moving out, don't bother.
I highly doubt they will reimburse you for detailing costs. Clay bar and a tin of wax aren't expensive, nor is it hard to do, especially when you have access to a garage.
A car wash will not remove sap. I work at a car wash/detail shop, I see it almost everyday and constantly deal with customers that think the car wash should have removed it.
DO NOT let the sap sit on the car for long. It can eat into the clear coat.
If the tree is on the street you will most likely need a permit to cut it down, issued from the city.
But if you're moving out, don't bother.
I highly doubt they will reimburse you for detailing costs. Clay bar and a tin of wax aren't expensive, nor is it hard to do, especially when you have access to a garage.
A car wash will not remove sap. I work at a car wash/detail shop, I see it almost everyday and constantly deal with customers that think the car wash should have removed it.
DO NOT let the sap sit on the car for long. It can eat into the clear coat.
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Re: Tree Sap removal after claybar+waxing?
Best thing for sap is rubbing alcohol then u will have to polish the ring away if not by then the sap bit into ur paint already
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