The BEST Tree Sap Removal Product for your Car is?
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- Tree sap removal from car. What is the best product to quickly and easily remove tree sap from your car? In this video I test 12 different products and find one clear winner!
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Alcohol solves everything from depression to tree sap apparently
LOL!
But won't using alcohol on the car's paint damage the clear coating, especially on a Prius where the coating is special?
@@blasphemous24 hmm, you could use a gaff taped razor that you use over a sapped area presoaked with simple green
Lol
Nope! Just tried Isopropyl Alcohol on a Treesap "drunk" 18 year old Volvo V70. Can say it didnt manage to remove anything! My guess is the sap have been on the finish way to long i sun & cold as i live in Sweden. Guess what the outcome becomes...
Good thing I watched this before covering my entire car with peanut butter and mayo
Trying to make a sandwich?
I tried it yesterday with lots of elbow grease. Got lots off but one huge blob still sits. Should have done CZcams 🤦♀️would have saved me tons of time and work!
@@junipercook9061 Yea at the end. The best solution I found was just plain old elbow grease. None of these products really helped that much to get off whatever sap was on my car. I probably lost some clear coat to the scrubbing too.
@@zhaneranger damn!!! 😡
Try fluffernutter 🤣
cheers Chris... over 6 years later and this video is still helping people like me clean up tree sap from their car. many thanks buddy!
Chain saw on the neighbor's tree worked best for me.
I have a 50 foot white pine near the street. The neighbors have learned not to park under it!
@@miningcamper Pine trees should be eliminated like mosquitoes. Not sure why we continue planting pine trees in residential neighborhoods and especially near parking lots. It's all a conspiracy with the car companies!!!
Oh, how I wish I could!!
You could use the chainsaw to take the tree sap off the car
....or a box of matches and some gasoline
As a detailer for 12 years, I've found that the isopropyl content in hand sanitizer works best as well. The higher the isopropyl content, the quicker it works. Hand sanitizer is your best option because of its consistency. It doesn't run quickly when applied allowing it to soak into the sap. Regular rubbing alcohol tends to dry quickly and can run off of the sap. Hand sanitizer is the best!
Does the alchohol do any damage to the paint?
@@AlexAbatecola1 I wouldn't use super high concentrations of it but the diluted stuff is safer and works good for prepping a panel or whatever.
@@AlexAbatecola1 I've heard rumors that it does, but no test that I have done has proved to be dangerous to the paint. It tends to evaporate too quickly to cause issues. It will however remove any protection that you have previously applied to the paint. You'll want to apply protection after cleaning the area. Sorry that it took so long to respond. It never notified me.
hand sanitizer uses ethyl alcohol- drinkable alcohol. But rubbing alcohol uses ISO-propyl alcohol, which is a poison to our bodies.
@@Greggg57 You're right about most hand sanitizers using ethyl-alcohol, but many also utilize isopropyl as well. Regardless of the type that you choose, the outcome is likely to be the same. However, I personally choose to use sanitizer with isopropyl content due to the safe history of recorded use on automotive paint. I have used ethyl-alcohol sanitizers and have had zero negative experiences with it, but I don't want to pass information on that I'm not 100% positive about, which is why I specifically mention isopropyl alcohol. If you choose to use ethyl-alcohol sanitizer, use it at your own risk. If you have trouble finding isopropyl options, Aloe Vera and Isopropyl Alcohol makes a great sap remover.
You're a saviour! I've been working on my car for hours with Pine-Sol and it's working but it takes a long time & I'm exhausted. I'll be headed to town shortly for hand sanitizer & isopropyl alcohol. Thanks a million!
Pine Sol does not contain any pine oil at all, Use 15% PINE OIL cleaner.
Great video. No BS, great camera work and very helpful. Thank you.
I watched this video and gave my daughter the hand sanitizer to try to get all the old, dried, built up tree sap off her car and she said it worked so well!! She literally used a shop towel and rubbed it in and all the sap came right off!! She was so excited bc she's tried so many other ways. Thank you for this video🤗
Chris. I want to seriously thank you for this video. I had my car inspection yesterday and clearly the guy had a little trouble applying the new sticker. Using alcohol easily removed the excess goo. Best of all, it cost me nothing. You saved me $6, $7 or more from buying something that clearly would not have worked well. Thanks again!!!
Wow 😅
Oh wowowowow
I had huge amounts of tree sap on my hood that had been there for about a week, sitting in direct sun. I went out this morning and sprayed a mixture of 3/4 white vinegar and 1/4 water, waited about 1 minute and wiped it off easily. Also works amazingly well on baked on bugs on the windshield.
With the peanut butter and mayonnaise you could make a car sandwich lol. I just used a wet paper towel and sprayed a little alcohol on the paper towel and the pine pitch came right off. So you don't have to use straight alcohol.
Yes I'm replying to a three year old post - to thank you for the idea - white vinegar and water worked great for me today, followed by a wash and rinse with soap & water. Thanks!
@@rhodysweet I'm going to try that out. I have this crap all over my car.
Sorry Chrs. I tried the 70% isopropyl but it just smeared it and enlarged the stain. The only thing that completely removed the sap was acetone. A little dab on the tip of a rag, a little rubbing, and...gone. follow with a cleaner spray and you're done! No damage to paint on a 2009 Cobalt.
this worked better than alcohol or acetone! ty
I like that he shaked the rubbing alcohol even though it’s literally just rubbing alcohol
shook brev
It is 70% solution, so alcohol and water.
Rubbing Alcohol is the best I think
Shaken, not stirred.
I love you for this experiment and video!!!
We have nowhere to park but under pine trees. Commercial products have disappointed several times, so I was ready to try home remedies. Thanks for saving me so much time and mess!
Not only is this a useful information, but your presentation is concise, clear and well executed!
Thank you. You don’t know how much this helped me.
Agree with your assessment-alcohols seems to work the best. Ethyl alcohol will dissolve sap and not the paint. Works amazingly well for cars. My experiment with iso-alcohol proved it was more harsh and dissolved the solid stain on my deck.
Thanks Chris, Exactly what I experience using washer fluid for winter that contain 80% of ethanol. Really effective removing sap.
Thank you so much for this video! I had a lot of tree sap on my car and was getting frustrated. Now I know exactly what to use! 😊
The hand sanitizer worked great!!! Thank you so much! Video was very informative and saved a ton of time money and frustration!
Thanks for a great comparison test. The reason hand sanitizer works best, particularly on sap or bird crud that has been baking in the sun for a year or more, is that the gel holds the alcohol in place and really lets it soak in while you put it on other baked-on globs you have let accumulate. Leave it alone and come back in 45 to 60 seconds and the crud wipes right off. Hand sanitizer is about 65% alcohol, which explains its power. The rubbing alcohol from the bottle just runs off if you pour it directly on the sap or crud, and putting it on a rag and wiping doesn’t put enough alcohol on the sap to let it soak in and dissolve the crud..
Good call!
Cheers!
Thanks so much brother. I looked up how to remove tree sap from my trucks paint and this video helped alot. The hand sanitizer just melts it off in seconds! Cheers and thanks again!
Bro, thanks a million!!!! You literally saved me hundreds of dollars!!! Keep up the good work!!!
Isopropyl Alcohol for sure. I used to be a detailer for a car dealership and that's how we removed it. Stuff works wonders!
+jdmcknig You got it!
+jdmcknig i use that to remove adhesive
204_df not at all. We used it on a lot of different makes and models and never had issues with the paint.
What would you suggest to remove crazy glue from car paint. Previous owner glued door edge protectors.
This is the best video on testing many different products. I needed this to get sap off my mom's windshield. Thanks for the great content!
+Jursaw Thanks a lot! I will have a video next week on how to actually remove the sap!
A rag dampened with alcohol worked wonders! Thank you for expending your valuable time and assisting the rest of us!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I paid $10 for a bottle of automotive goo gone, and it didn't work, but hopefully will come in handy for something else. Most of the tree sap came off with the sprayer at the car wash, but it still left a thin layer and nothing could remove it. The alcohol took it right off with no effort!!!
I've found that brake fluid works the best for removing sap from my truck (it also removes the paint!)
Wow awesome
Brake fluid??? That's the bitch method... I use razor blades... Never failed me ;-)
Sean T. I found break cleaner works the best
Break fluid just strips my paint especial on my race shifter kart!
oh hell no
Thanks for saving me money and time. Hand sanitizer works 100% perfect and took about 3 seconds.
Thanks for posting and saving me the time and money of trying commercial products.
Thank you for doing this test! I’m not too surprised about the alcohol working, but am concerned it will damage the paint and clear coat.
You know it will be a good day when you turn your computer on and hear," Hey, guys, Chris Fix here...."
+Mdelta2000 haha, this comment made my day! Thanks bud!
Donut jelly works great on cop cars.
Haha LOL
LOL
+DawnPatrol Hah
Lol
sounds funny but true
5 years later and this video still saving lives. Moved to a new apartment complex and got sap all over the hood and windshield. Poured rubbing alocohol on it and it came right out. Thanks ChrisFix
Little did he know that COVID-19 would prevent you from getting hand sanitizer.
Or even rubbing alcohol!
Should have bought it in 2015 when Chris did this lol.
9 months later and they’re practically giving it away. My employer has given me a bunch. Now I have a use for it!
Finally something that wd-40 can't do
He didn't put wd in hot water then he do job.
Dude
I tried WD-40. What a mess! Like alcohol, it created a film of sap all over my windows. I had to keep cleaning, then I had to get the grease from the WD-40 off the windows. That tooka lot of time and elbow grease, too. Use A 15% pine oil cleaner like Chris if you can find any. LESS THAN 15% doesn't work well.
@@bobbiec6924 go to a hardware store and get a razor for glass and once u see sap on there DO NOT use your windshield wipers or it will need to be replaced and it will spread it all over the glass but when u get a chance use a razor to get it off when it comes to glass
No... i sprayed wd 40 on my dead granma and she didn't come back to life
Now I don't have to spend money to have someone else do this for me. :') You have no idea how much this helped me.
Even from 5 years ago, you produce such thorough and helpful videos!!
I don't ever leave a comment, but this was a good video and so very helpful! Thank you. I've spent 3 hours using rubbing compound to remove sap and I'm excited to go buy some rubbing alcohol to get it done! Thank you for the video! I like that you showed clearly what the heck was going on and it was super relatable! I even subscribed I was so impressed! My only subscription lol
Thanks, I just tried 70% isopropyl rubbing alcohol and it did work to remove the sap entirely. I did read in other places that it's likely that the rubbing alcohol will also remove some finish on the car so you should probably follow up with cleaning the area of the remaining alcohol and wax it.
Yessir! Def clean and wax the area after you clean it.
i learned something. I bought that sap remover too. It sucks. Im going to try this rubbing alcohol asap. thanks.
I live under pine trees and I have struggled with the sap well when I got a new car I was adamant about it bot looking like my old one and nothing worked! Thank God for this video! The rubbing alcohol got it off so easily! 😍😍
Cool, just got some tree sap removed from my newly purchased used suv, thanks Chris!
Thanks, Chris! Just what I needed!
I've always used hand sanitize but it was great to see it proven out as one of the best options. Thanks.
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Thank you so much for the video.I have now successfully removed the dreaded tree sap from our car, I used alcohol hand sanitizer and it worked perfectly.
Chris, your videos are fantastic
You are so smart Chris! Great to see a hard working, smart chap nowadays. Pretty rare.
You use alcohol in so many of your videos, I'm starting to think you have a serious alcohol problem.
Rubbing alcohol(isopropyl) is different from normal drinking alcohol (Ethanol)
But I get the joke =P
Ovais Saand drinking gasoline additives whuut?
Ovais Saand oh shit are you serious? dude i get drunk either way!!
@Ben Guerrero I am sure your joking! XD
But if not then you should know that Rubbing alcohol(isopropyl) causes respiratory irritation, internal bleeding, and visual and hearing problems
i was joking lol relax... your a good person thank you...
Based on the video, I tried rubbing alcohol. Absolutely worked. I had Georgia pine sap on my Jeep Grand Cherokee from several months ago. Worked like a charm. Alcohol all the way.
Awesome! Glad to hear it Ken!
Hand Sanitizer worked like a charm!!! Just watched this video and went outside to remove a few sap spots on the hood of my car. Thank you for posting this video!!! 😊
Thank you for saving me so much time and trouble. I went straight to the hand sanitizer since it easier to soak the spots with and it took it out like magic
It worked for me. I've had a problem with a cottonwood tree at the end of my driveway spraying sap on my vehicles for the last 20 years. I had tried using rubbing alcohol years ago and it worked but it would evaporate too fast. I guess the gel in the sanitizer locks it in place long enough for it to dissolve the sap better. Great job and glad I found this video.
Nice video Chris, keep up the good work👌🏼
Great video on removing tree sap from your vehicle. Thank you Chris.
Thanks Chris, I always like your videos and this one is really helpful. We have pine trees on our property and any car parked outside gets pine sap on it. Awesome to know.
I’ve often read that higher concentration alcohol, like 70% rubbing alcohol, can damage clear coat and paint. Anyone have this happen?
Working in forestry, getting sap all over your hands is a daily occurrence. What I use is simply hand sanitizer so my choice is either the hand sanitizer or the rubbing alcohol.
+Travis Judd Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thx
My car lives under a pine tree right now so I'm really happy to see this video! Thanks Chris!
Glad the video was helpful
Thank you for making this. Tree above my truck got hit by lightning and a literal water fall of sap is all over it. This is going to save me a lot of time.
Thank you so much for your video! The hand sanitizer worked perfectly to remove sap from my car.
Great Job!!
Awesome
The hand sanitizer works perfectly, I highly recommend to remove tree sap.
Thanks Mate.. I appreciate the detailed product by product comparison on different stain spots and providing a conclusion
I have used hand sanitizer to remove latex paint from my hands and from brushes. Great trick.
Amazing! Alcohol actually works! Tried everything else, including Stoner Tar & Sap remover, with no success. I keep rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle for cleaning the inside of my windshield (as per Chris' recommendation). Worked perfectly! Thanks, Chris!
Amazing Chris!!! Thanks so much, the alcohol was awesome 👌 😀 👏
something that works well too in a pinch is naphta/zippo lighter fluid as it is a apolar hydrocarbon just like tree sap
I suspect naphtha works better than alcohol. Alcohol will most certainly fog the clear coat.
Thx
Gasoline, then quickly rinse/wipe with a diluted IPA wipe down.
I used alcohol wipes on the small tree sap spots. After using the wipes, I took a piece of paper towel and dipped in a cup of soap/water to wipe off the excess of the alcohol wipe solution.
BEST ADVICE EVERR!!! i have tried everything over the past few weeks. sap came right off my car with a little scrub
Thanks man! You are a life saver. For two weeks I've been trying to remove the sap from my hood. The hand sanitizer worked perfectly and without almost no effort.
Awesome Martin! Glad the video was helpful!
@Drivetime Josh 😂
@@chrisfixHey CrisFix! could alcohol damage the clear coat or paint?
Softsoap Moisturizing Hand SOAP does an amazing job!
Awesome job! I find super clean 1:7 with a bug removal mitt works awesome too but wether you're using that or alcohol beware, dont make it a rutine thing it will remove wax and "dehydrate" your paint. After using either always reapply wax, your paint deserves it 👍
Alcohol worked great on my 92’ F-150. Was not ready for the paint to be hazy afterwards. Thankfully some scratch fix and a buffer took it right out. Thanks for the video
Okay so I have some thoughts....I had alot of sap on my car recently. Not a couple drops, but the entire passenger side was covered, windshield included. So I jumped to this video, and I used the 70% isopropyl alcohol, the bug & tar brand, as well as goo gone. And even after all three, it was still extremely difficult to remove. I'm surprised my fingers haven't fallen off quite frankly. I tried two different methods. The first day I pre soaked the car, sprayed bug & tar on each sap stain, let it soak into the sap, and then I used a micro fiber towel with the rubbing alcohol each time I scrubbed a spot. That method didn't remove it very well, even with just the rubbing alcohol. So the second day, I bought goo gone and soaked each stain with it, on top of soaking it with bug & tar, then waited again, and I used paper towel and it worked alot better. Idk if it's a different type of sap, some weird mixture I did wrong, maybe the fact it was hot, but I would reccomend the goo gone over the rubbing alcohol any day. I could tell that the consistency of the goo gone was more oily and helped the sap slide off quicker. I'm glad that it worked for other people on here but I never want to remove sap again, If anything I want to murder my neighbors for having a sap tree.
Paper towel on paint?!?! That's a bad idea, amazed Chrisfix hearted this.
Thanks Chris! My cars covered, gonna do this first thing tomorrow! 🥰
thanks for the vid - hand sanitiser did the trick! i had tried several other things (includ. full wash of the car twice!) and was considering buying a specific product for it, but you saved me the effort.
Can confirm rubbin alcohol did wonders for my car. The kids now call me Sap Blaster
Haha I'm sap buster !!!! 😂😂😂
I used to use just regular rainx. But when I found out that its basically isopropyl alcohol I started using straight iso. Gorked great. Till I finally cut the tree down. :-)
Thanks, I tried hand sanitiser gel and it worked perfectly! I think it's better than liquid alcohol because it stays put and has time to work.
I had to share this with my Facebook family and friends. Plus I told them they to check out your CZcams channel very helpful page.
Thanks for the tip i just used the Hand Sanitizer and it worked like champ
I just tried baking soda and sprayed lowest grade vinegar on it and it was instantly gone / disolved both on window and car paint without damage. Just needs water after to remove baking powder residue. Arm & Hammer Baking Soda & vinegar are great for soooo many types of stains!! 😉
Chris, I know alcohol seems great to remove sap, but I suspect too strong!!! It's good for paint prep at 10-15% according to one source. I'd say this will heavily fog the clear coat and require polishing to restore. You can't tell that on a white car very easily, try a black one. Thanks for all the great videos!
Exactly what happened to my friend's (black) car. He tried with alcohol to remove some really tough sap and he unfortunately worked to hard and scratched the coat. Although he removed the most, we can see also the sap stains embedded in the car paint.
We tried a quick one-step polish with medium pad and medium compound, but although it reduced scratches a little, it's still "foggy" coat and the embedded stains are visible. We'll try with different mixes next and more rounds to cut more and see if that helps removing the embedded stains.
Hand sanitizer ruined my dashboard, be very careful with it.
The hazing is most likely the alcohol lifting any sort of wax but not removing it. The spray wax from a self-service or drive through wash is the worst offender. If the clear coat on your car is in tact, even 91% alcohol won’t lift it. I’ve used 91% alcohol as a final surface prep prior to application of vehicle graphics for 25 years. As long as surface is free from dirt and wax there is no hazing.
I’d suggest a thorough washing of vehicle to remove haze and dirt then applying a good wax or ceramic coating.
That was actually pretty cool. I have this huge glob of idontknowwhat on my tailgate and have been looking for something easy and cheap to remove it. I will try the alcohol. Thank you very much! Subscribed!
You are the man!!!! thank you!!!!!. only good thing that came out of covid was all the hand sanitizers my dealership had bought. Just went used it on one of our cars and it came right off. Used a microfiber towel. You just saved us soo much money. We were planning on getting 10 vehicles waxed at $450 a piece to remove all the sap. Thank you again my friend.
Thank you for this video! I tried the hand sanitizer and it worked perfectly fine. Tree sap gone in literally 5 seconds.
Thanks!!!! Works like a charm
Bloody genius!! Tried alcohol etc but hand sanitizer - wow - one wipe and hardened sap came off- couldn’t believe it!
Thank you sooo much! I could not believe how well alcohol worked! You made my day!!
Just remember, alcohol can remove your wax, stripping your paint of protection. After using alcohol to remove the sap, be prepared to properly wax the area to restore its layer of protection. But yes, it works like a charm.
The two I picked were the best ones!! Lol😁😁
Hi Chris, thank you for the video. It’s so concise and informative.
I've been struggling with tree sap for 5 years on my RV, nothing has been able to remove it! I grabbed a bottle of Joe Sani hand sanitizing gel! Looks like new!!!! I am so excited! I haven't seen it like that in 5 years! I thank you and I will follow and share!!!!
Glad the video was helpful!
What if you spray ultra-ever-dry on your car once you buy it? will it be "sap-proof"?
Does the alcohol or hand sanitizer ruin your paint over time? Also, thanks for all the cool things you put in your videos that I would have no idea how to fix otherwise. keep up the good work!
Exactly what I’m wondering…..
My 2014 Terrain had years of dogwood sap on it. High pressure power washing wouldn't touch it. The rubbing alcohol worked great. Thanks!
Thank you so much! The hand sanitizer worked on fresh and old sap!
i like these videos where you compare products
+Bee Y Thanks for the feedback! That is good to know!
4:20 I thought mayonnaise was an instrument :3
4/20
24/25
Oh Patrick... ⭐
I watched this video, but it was my wife who showed me how to get the sap and baked on dirt on my ‘98 Chevy Pickup. She sprayed the hood with Windex…..let it set for about five minutes….she wiped it right off! Then she came back as I was using the Windex, she had mixed up a spray bottle of Dry Wash, mixed with a couple tablespoons of white Vinegar…….wow, that really made it come clean without laboring. I like Chris’s videos, he has helped me out some much, but wanted to offer these two things to help.
Thanks Chris for posting this video. I used hand sanitizer to remove 4 sap "globs" from the truck I bought 6 months ago. Worked like a champ! The bug and tar remover I tried did nothin".
When you use alcohol on your car it'll remove all the wax layer right? So that would mean after this process you have to make sure to re-wax your car correct?
That would make sense.
Exactly! Alcohol is not meant for vehicle paint
if you get pitch on your hands when cutting wood alcohol takes it off like water
+bill baranko awesome to know!
!! THANK YOU !! ~ Tried & YES! VERY QUICK on thick pine tree sap.
Thanks for making this. My sister had a bunch of tree sap on her windows and we need to drive across country and it’s super distracting.
"Soap and Wooder" hahahahah