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i went up a new shingled road last week and got tar spots all over the car.
as you can imagine trying to get it off without damaging the paint proved difficult.....
that was until my mum told me to try margarine on it
guess what... it actually worked!
it kind of softens it enough to be wiped off.
has to be the weirdest thing ive ever done to a car.
only downside is i now have greasy patches on the body work so will have to wash it again tomorrow

googled it too
http://www.repcoservice.com/hints-and-t ... -paintwork

I've never heard that before, I'm sure it's not April 1st....

What a tip, must give it a try on the Golf as it's white and really shows up tar spots.

margarine or lard apparently.
i used ALDIs own brand margarine, does make you wonder whats in it!!

Amazing!
This is going to save me a load of grief when it comes to detailing.
I'll give it a go this week.

Cheers!!!

next you'll be suggesting peanut butter on my bumpers, or toothpaste on the windscreen!!

Interesting. Never tried it before.

smooth peanut butter on the bumpers works!

If all this food stuff on cars continues I'm going to cook and eat mine....

I can't believe it's not butter

arm and hammer toothpaste is supposed to be good for polishing aluminium parts altho ive never tried it

Swarfega usually works well to remove tarry substances. Its for your skin so has no effect on paint

DJPremier wrote:Swarfega usually works well to remove tarry substances. Its for your skin so has no effect on paint

erm doesnt swarfeger have gritty bits in it?

Not the green stuff.

james butler wrote:arm and hammer toothpaste is supposed to be good for polishing aluminium parts altho ive never tried it

I'd imagine that's would just be because it has bicarb of soda in it - so a tub of that and some water would be cheaper.

essextom wrote:smooth peanut butter on the bumpers works!

just tried this on a very faded plastic ashtray and it does work
smells interesting though