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ideas for removing tree sap from a wrap?
Hi All,
we have wrapped a car with grafiwrap, and after a year or so, it was parked under a tree for a couple of weeks, the laminate has discoloured with a layer of sap. Has anyone found a way to remove sap? I have googled it and tried all sorts of products (WD40 etc) but nothing wants to make it budge? Any ideas appreciated?Cheers
Dan
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7 Replies
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leave it out in the sun, may help open the pours of the vinyl. (so to speak)
clean with isopropynol?thing is, you could clean it with lots of things that WILL remove it but i would bet they bite into the laminate leaving it very dull and terrible looking.
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Dan
I would try turpentine. Not the mineral kind, the arty one with the nice smell that is distilled from tree sap.
I dont speak from experience, but I read about this somewhere and it seems to make sense. 😀 -
great thanks Simon, haven’t tried that yet! Rob i could use something abrasive to scrub it from the laminate, but am worried as you state that then any muck will stick to it, like a blanket!
Cheers guys
Dan
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if its abrasive it will damage the gloos laminate dan. will probably do more damage to be honest.
turpentine as simon suggests might do it!
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Have you tried hot soapy water?
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I had a customer that did the same, the whole front of her newly wrapped gloss white (3M) bmw convertible! Nothing would remove it. In the end she paid to have the front end re-wrapped (well, bonnet and front wings).
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I have a wrapped matt white car and I use turpentine, petrol or md40 to remove bug/tar/tree sap depending on what I have in my garage. Brings the vinyl out like new
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