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In article <Xns93D0BDBB8111NcOhSrPiAsMchrisgarc@68.12.19.6> ,
Chris Garcia <NcOhSrPiAsM@chrisgarcia.com> wrote:

>I posted about a month ago on tree sap removal stuff.. I wound up using a
>clay bar (after googling).. which got most of it off..
>
>i got a call from my grandma (the grandparents i got the car from) today
>.. she said she talked to someone she knows in the detailing profession..
>this person said to use rubbing alcohol (and wants me to do this to her
>car, a 95 accord wagon) .. so i told her i'd try it on mine first (96
>civic ex) .. Amazing... it completely dissolved the sap leaving the paint
>(stained or not) behind... now i guess all i gotta do is wash and re-wax
>and i should be good to go...
>
>bad news is ... on the spots where the paint is permanently damaged...
>i'm guessing i'd have to hire someone to sand it down and repaint.. and
>i'm guessing just masking the tiny spots and spraying some touch up paint
>won't cut it..

What do you mean by permanently damaged? A little swelling or
discoloration may go away with time.

Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@sonic.net> decided to join the conversation on 07
Aug 2003 with message news:mcmurtri-1EA35D.18220507082003
@typhoon.sonic.net:

> What do you mean by permanently damaged?

I'm not really sure exactly .. it's like the paint is "stained" .. a grey
spot (what's the color of the metal under the paint?) .. though if i run my
finger over it, it's smooth.. level with the paint.. i noticed while the
alcohol was evaporating.. it evaporates faster over the "stain" than the
nice looking paint around it ...

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