Tar on frame

Recently bought a frame off ebay, which as loads of tar specks from a tar spreading machine. i thought no bother, got myself to halfords and bought some "bug and tar remover spray". It has however, done sweet FA. wondered if anyone has had any experience removing tar from a frame without messing up the paint job?

Could try a bit of Fairy liquid, it gets rid of grease pretty well. Not sure how well it'd work on tar but it's worth a try since you'll probably already have some in the kitchen. Doubt it'd do any damage to the paintwork too.

Yeah.. normal detergent will work. You could try metho if they're a bit stubborn and your paint isn't shit.

Citrus degreaser if detergent fails. Then white spirit.

cheers, ill work my way up from fairy liquid, but possibly stopping short of white spirit. not terribly fussed, its given it a sort of speckeled marble sort of look which doesnt really look half bad.

WD40 is a safer bet than white spirit. Tar removal is listed as one of its many uses.

petrol or wd-40

will just dissolve it

Or Wonder Wheels.

While searching for a suitable shit pun, I believe I may have inadvertently stumbled upon the gayest trackstand pic ever.

Sailor thread..

^^ That's one for the forum clipboard!

White spirit will not damage your paint. Just use that, you will use less force and be less likely to damage the paint.

okay, so, WD40 did nothing. Starting to be a skeptical of the sellers story; said that it happened when a road tar sprayer went past, but i peeled off a few of the decals, and its underneath them, so not too sure. also, its not tacky at all, and sort of look more like black enamel paint. i think ill get some white spirit and give it a go.

If its tar lighter fluid should shift it, sounds like it might be something else though as tar is usually pretty straightforward to remove

A clay bar may work if its paint overspary

Any decent car valet company should have stuff to remove tar spots. I used it when I worked in one and it is good stuff, a little bit on a cloth and some elbow grease = tar gone.

It's not tar; Tom would have got rid of it by now with what he's been using if it was. I go for the paint splash theory.

yea, so i dont think it is tar. Heres a picture of what it looks like.

If it is a paint splatter, what your reckon? can it be removed or will that, presumably, mean removing all the paint?

1 Attachment

yea, so i dont think it is tar. Heres a picture of what it looks like.

If it is a paint splatter, what your reckon? can it be removed or will that, presumably, mean removing all the paint?

That's the 1980s, right there. You got yourself an artifact...

Tar = Dodgy paintjob. Fantastic.
Well done.

if the seller says it was tar, im going to believe it was tar. and i really dont think its part of the paintjob. though it might well be paint, but like i said, not too fussed, rather not have it but it looks alright. who knows, if i cant get the black off maybe ill splatter it with some white to give it some extra jazz.

That's a lot of tar.. hahahaha whoops.

That is definitely a paintjob from yesteryear.

You no avatar.

if i cant get the black off maybe ill splatter it with some white to give it some extra jazz.

Racist pervert. Keep your sick fantasies to yourself...

hahahaha