I’ve been using various products to remove road tar from cars over the years, but all are not created equal! Here in Utah they LOVE to re-tar the roads every summer! So this past summer I got a chance to do some more “testing” of the various products. The two most impressive and SAFE products are Tar X and Tarminator. I mention SAFE because you can use lots of different solvents; such as gasoline, camping fuels, paint thinners, acetone’s…. but many of them don’t have the safe factor built in. I have used other solvents, but have noticed a hazing of the paint...
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A good friend of mine Kevin Brown has been trying for years to get another high level paint correction class going. About 3 years ago he asked me if offered again would a guy like me attend? My reply was why not?! I would have the chance to rub shoulders with some of the best in the world on this topic, and be trained by them. Now I believe I'm an accomplished detailer and viewed by many as a source of information and credentials, so why would I need to be "trained" in something many consider me to be a source of information? I have tried to reason why with myself, the very same question....
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Hard water is an issue for much of the USA, and here in the Rocky Mountains of Utah we have some hard water that creates some difficulty in the removal of spotting (I frequently see 180-220 ppms and please refer to the chart below). Many people know that water spotting is unsightly and go to great lengths to prevent it and just plain avoid it………however sprinklers don’t care about your car. If you are quick with cleaning up these spots while they are fresh they won’t get set into or on the paint. Along with the minerals left behind on the paint, the water drops act like little...
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