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D94 · 01-14-2014, 08:21 AM

Any advice on what I can use to remove nasty road grime?

I live in the northeast and before any nasty weather they spray down some sort of salt brine stuff which is like glue, and regular road salt.

Unfortunately, I had to make a couple of trips up and down the turnpike in some rain storms after the snow, near some areas where they were doing road construction also, and now I have this junk all over the car.

We did get a break in the weather at times, and I tried washing the car as normal with the Meguiars Gold Class that I had, and nothing. The car looked horrible, didn't remove anything. I read about some guys using WD-40 but to me that sounds bad, and also goo gone. I tried a very small amount of goo gone, and it did seem to work, but I don't want to take off any wax. It's a Black 2014 1LS got the car in October should be good for a little while. I also tried some Adams waterless wash I have and nothing.

My next move would be a bug and tar remover I guess, but I wanted to see if anyone else had better remedy. It's all over the car so I would rather do a washing or something versus going around the car with bug and tar remover and a towel.

Any advice would be great, thx....

revived · 01-14-2014, 08:49 AM

Use dish soap it will strip your wax tho so need to re wax after. You can also try a pressure washer.

CamaroDreams07 · 01-14-2014, 05:14 PM

No matter what you do you're going to strip your wax to get it off. Just do it, rewax and be done.

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01-14-2014, 08:21 AM	#1
D94 Drives: 2014 Camaro LS Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: NJ Posts: 34	Road Grime Any advice on what I can use to remove nasty road grime? I live in the northeast and before any nasty weather they spray down some sort of salt brine stuff which is like glue, and regular road salt. Unfortunately, I had to make a couple of trips up and down the turnpike in some rain storms after the snow, near some areas where they were doing road construction also, and now I have this junk all over the car. We did get a break in the weather at times, and I tried washing the car as normal with the Meguiars Gold Class that I had, and nothing. The car looked horrible, didn't remove anything. I read about some guys using WD-40 but to me that sounds bad, and also goo gone. I tried a very small amount of goo gone, and it did seem to work, but I don't want to take off any wax. It's a Black 2014 1LS got the car in October should be good for a little while. I also tried some Adams waterless wash I have and nothing. My next move would be a bug and tar remover I guess, but I wanted to see if anyone else had better remedy. It's all over the car so I would rather do a washing or something versus going around the car with bug and tar remover and a towel. Any advice would be great, thx....

01-14-2014, 08:49 AM	#2
revived Vrrrm. Drives: 2011 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: MA Posts: 1,495	Use dish soap it will strip your wax tho so need to re wax after. You can also try a pressure washer. __________________

01-14-2014, 05:14 PM	#3
CamaroDreams07 Drives: Slow V6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 9,361 View My Garage	No matter what you do you're going to strip your wax to get it off. Just do it, rewax and be done. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2 __________________ [B]