hey guys chrisfix here and today we're
testing to see what product is the best
at removing tree set from your car
removing tree set from your vehicle
could be a real pain especially when
it's covered all over the place on this
Crown Vic we have it all over the trunk
it's on the roof everywhere and it's all
over the hood so that's a lot of work to
clean up all that set so I'm going to be
testing all of these products to see
what removes set the quickest and
easiest from your vehicle without
causing any damage some of the products
will be testing are actually designed to
remove tree set all these right here
designed to remove tree set we're also
going to be testing home remedies such
as peanut butter wd-40 mayonnaise hand
sanitizer isopropyl alcohol and then
we'll also be testing just soap and
water soap with oil in it and then soap
with pine oil in it which kind of makes
sense because this is pine tree set so
let's see what works the best
so for each product I'm testing I'm
going to go to a different SAP stain so
that we don't have any products
weakening the SAP and making it come off
easier each SAP stain will be nice and
fresh for each product I'm going to
start with the products on the left and
move towards the right but before I do
that I want you guys to pick a product
that you think is going to work the best
and comment below the other thing is if
you use a different set removal product
and all the ones I have up here make
sure you leave a comment for that
because I'd love to hear what you guys
use yourself I'm going to put my macro
camera right up to the SAP spot that
we're working on so we get an up-close
view as well as an overall view the
first product we're testing is Turtle
Wax bug and tar remover says to shake it
well and let it sit on the set for one
minute
a minute later let's wipe it off with a
microfiber towel and it's not really
working to get all the SAP off so
there's the before and after and you can
see it did not remove the set and I
thought this would work let's move on to
the next piece of set and see if
armor-all works any better again the
instructions say to shake and then let
it sit for one minute a minute later
let's see we get now that definitely
worked a lot better but I was still not
able to remove all the set so let's move
on to the next one now we're going to
try the rain-x bug and tar
says to shake and wait five minutes
alright five minutes later let's try to
take this sap off
okay again did not remove all the SAP it
gets the top layer off but there's still
plenty of SAP but still stuck to the car
now let's move to a new spot this time
we're using googan this stuff is great
for removing stickers and adhesive so
hopefully this is our first product that
works completely with this it says just
apply and then wipe off okay finally
something that's actually working I'm
going to see if I could get the rest of
it off with another squirt
well I thought this was going to work
and while it's the best so far
it did not remove all the sap from the
paint that being said let's get a little
crazy and test out our next product
peanut butter now the idea behind this
is that the oils in the peanut butter
softened the SAP I've read a lot about
this online so let's see if it actually
works
since the oils need to work their way
into the set once I'm done I'm going to
let it sit for five minutes
alright five minutes later we'll peanut
butter actually do anything let's find
out dang I really wanted this to work
but it didn't work that great all the
stuff we previously tested work better
so let's move on to a new SAP stain and
give good old wd-40 a try this cans
actually empty so I'm going to use a
smaller one and according to what
everybody says online this we could just
let sit for a couple seconds and wipe
off okay this looks like it's working
pretty good
so far this has worked the best but
there's still SAP left on the car after
all these products let's hope the
mayonnaise does something grab our mayo
now the idea behind this is that
mayonnaise has fats and oils in it just
like the peanut butter it's supposed to
kind of blend in with the SAP I don't
want to leave this on here too long
because mayonnaise is kind of acidic and
you don't want acids on your car's paint
after about 30 seconds let's go take it
off no way that's working way better
than I expected now the only reason why
I'm impressed is because this is
mayonnaise we did not remove all the SAP
just like in all the other ones but that
worked actually pretty good for
mayonnaise let's move on to the next one
so now we're going to try a hand
sanitizer I'm going to just take the
pine needle out of this so I don't rub
it into the paint and scratch the paint
I just keep this on for a couple seconds
just like the Mayo just like the wd-40
holy smokes now check that out you can
see where the SAP was but it's
completely gone so this is the first
thing that actually worked hand
sanitizer and I really think it's the
alcohol and we're about to test that
theory because guess what's next
rubbing alcohol so we're gonna see if
rubbing alcohol works if so that is
awesome because this really cleaned it
all up got our rubbing alcohol and I'm
just going to go pour it right onto the
spot and look at this this is crazy it's
just cleaning it up like it's nothing I
don't even have to rub hard I don't have
to press hard just moving it back and
forth and it is spotless now all the sap
is gone so there you go rubbing alcohol
seems to be the key any type of alcohol
to clean off the surface so far has done
the best better than the stuff that is
purposely made for sat removal now let's
find another SAP stain and see how well
the next product works now we're going
to go test plain old dish soap and water
and just as I thought basically all this
is is a degreaser it's not really taking
a step off very well so soap and water
doesn't really work too well now there
are only two products left so a lot of
people said online that Murphy's Oil so
it works great and then I found this
stuff in my cabinet it has actual pine
oil in it so I figured let's give it a
shot because like dissolves like it just
kind of made sense we're gonna do this
one first I'm gonna let it soak for
about a minute a minute later let's try
to remove the set
well it did work a little bit it didn't
work to completely remove the SAP just
like most the products so this one's out
as well now our last product let's see
if something with 15% pine oil will
actually remove set let sit for a couple
seconds and then try to remove the set
and just like most of the other products
we tested it works slightly but does not
remove all the SAP and that concludes
the test so today we tested many
different products from crazy stuff like
mayonnaise and peanut butter to wd-40
goog on a bunch of different automotive
products and then some random oil type
products and pine oil products that I
thought might work and the conclusion is
the best product to use is alcohol
whether it's straight alcohol or hand
sanitizer now I'm going to get started
on removing all the sap from this car
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