Effective remover of asphalt smudge?

**j_avonni** · January 27th, 2009 08:47 AM

Kerosene lang ang katapat nyan. Mas mura pa. Hugasan lang pagkatapos.

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**oj88** · January 27th, 2009 09:31 AM

WD40 will work as well, only when kerosene is not readily available. Just spray some on the spot and see the asphalt melting in just a couple of seconds. Leave it on for about 30secs and wipe it off. Spray some more if necessary.

After that, wash and shampoo the car and reapply wax.

**jonjon_u** · January 27th, 2009 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by oj88

WD40 will work as well, only when kerosene is not readily available. Just spray some on the spot and see the asphalt melting in just a couple of seconds. Leave it on for about 30secs and wipe it off. Spray some more if necessary.

After that, wash and shampoo the car and reapply wax.

I agree.

In addition to the above, some other things you could use are your regular bug and tar removers and your clay bar.

Also, I've noticed that a cleaner wax could remove tar spots on painted wheels.

But as always, test any product you choose on an inconspicuous spot first.

Hope this helps.

**madkatz** · October 1st, 2009 01:54 PM

gasoline and diesel can both eat away your paint, even if you just leave it for a couple of seconds

i had my Revo filled up with diesel in petron sometime ago and the gas boy accidentally spilled diesel, he just went and looked for a clean rag to wipe it dry and after sometime trying to find a clean one, he got back and wiped it and viola!! its like acid on my paint, it ate through the base coat, and considering i had my Revo freshly (around 5 months ago ) painted with PPG (the paint used on BMW and Merc ) paint and its already supposed to be slightly chemical resistant since alcohol doesn't even discolor it.

Same thing happened to my camry with petron blaze, but man blaze is really strong, my paint literally felt like it was dropped with stripsol.

Kerosene is the safest way to go as long as you clean it with a stronger dilution of car shampoo and make sure its squeaky clean after and then wax it immediately right after. i would advise putting a sealant also before your top it with carnauba wax, Based on my experience asphalts are easier to remove on cars with properly protected bottom parts compared to those without sealants

Hope this helps, i got nervous when you mentioned gasoline, made me remember all those unfortunate events

**oj88** · October 1st, 2009 03:41 PM

^ I know gasoline or diesel will dissolve paint... but definitely not within seconds. It appears like your paint has almost no clear coat. Typically, when fuel is left to dry on a painted surface, all that'll usually leave is a nasty stain that can easily be buffed off with polishing or rubbing compound. It shouldn't even reach the base coat.

**madkatz** · October 1st, 2009 09:01 PM

the revo with ppg ceramiclear paint was left on for about a good 3 to 5 minutes since the gas boy took some time looking for a rag, and im sure it still has clear coat since i had it 2x coated, when he did wiped it, it was already nearly dry and when he did, some of the clear coat went with the rag exposing the base coat, the weird thing is when he wiped it dry it was still smooth to the touch, but when i got home its like blisters formed on the clear coat and base coat making it really rough

as for the camry, what happened was the gas boy dropped a few drops in the paint, i managed to dig out some used fastfood napkins about 30 seconds in my car and wipe it down, when i got back home i saw the dropped spot whiten since my car was black so its definitely noticeable, i was hoping to buff it out that weekend with a polish and a wax, so i started to wash my car, and went on with claying until i noticed its like a part of the dropped area peeled off, thats when i noticed the dropped part was already bulging with water inside like a huge blister

oj88: you mentioned it should be easily buffed off with polishing or rubbing compound, although i know the diesel definitely ate through the base and with me being very upset with ppg ceramiclear, im planning to try to smoothen out the areas around the damaged base coat since it has some really rough spots around it (more like blistered clearcoat) at least to make it a little bit more presentable and at least try to hide the defects. im assuming you have encountered this before, could you recommend some products that are good for polishing and removing these rough spots? and do you think wet sanding the area's around the damaged basecoat (not the damaged basecoat-wouldn't want to add more damage) would be a great idea? its been months now and im a bit scared of touching the area or even polishing out the rough spots

**oj88** · October 1st, 2009 09:22 PM

^ Sorry if I seem to appear an expert on the subject, but I'm really not. These has all been from previous experiences (ie. gas boy took out the nozzle too early while it was still dripping, the auto-stop failed to work, etc.) All of which never left any permanent marks on any of the cars I've owned. If there were any visible residue, it was easily removed by washing or for the more stubborn ones, some localized buffing.

For tips on how to restore the surface, try this site: http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/auto/...from-vehicles/

**Walter** · October 1st, 2009 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

^ I know gasoline or diesel will dissolve paint... but definitely not within seconds. It appears like your paint has almost no clear coat. Typically, when fuel is left to dry on a painted surface, all that'll usually leave is a nasty stain that can easily be buffed off with polishing or rubbing compound. It shouldn't even reach the base coat.

Agree on this one. The same incident happened to Gen1 CR-V, did not affect the original paint.