Tree sap dissolved Tacoma paint

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tguil

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When I removed a spot of fresh pine tree sap (on the truck less than 12 hours) from my wife's 2005 white Tacoma 4X4. the paint dissolved almost to the primer. I used my usual product -- 3M Adhesive Remover which is very safe for factory or cured paint. First time something like this has happend to me in over 45 years of washing, waxing and detailing vehicles. The Toyota white paint must be darn soft and from what I can tell has no clearcoat. Damn. I'm just glad that it was the top rather than the hood.

The truck is only a year old. I sure want to avoid doing this again in the future. Any suggestions? Tree sap happens unless you live in the desert so what options might I have.

The truck had a pretty good coat of NXT on it. It now has two more. :D

Tom :cool:
 
I can't help, but some how a piece of gum got on the front hood of my mom light blue 07 Toyota Camry,the painte faded where the gum was. all i did was spray a very small amount of WD 40 ontop of the gum just enough to dissolve it i have done this with gum many times before with no problems. I also noticed some bad bird etching on the paint. i also ask whether or not Toyota paint was soft. Sorry this happen to you..
 
tguil said:
When I removed a spot of fresh pine tree sap (on the truck less than 12 hours) from my wife's 2005 white Tacoma 4X4. the paint dissolved almost to the primer. I used my usual product -- 3M Adhesive Remover which is very safe for factory or cured paint. First time something like this has happend to me in over 45 years of washing, waxing and detailing vehicles. The Toyota white paint must be darn soft and from what I can tell has no clearcoat. Damn. I'm just glad that it was the top rather than the hood.

The truck is only a year old. I sure want to avoid doing this again in the future. Any suggestions? Tree sap happens unless you live in the desert so what options might I have.

The truck had a pretty good coat of NXT on it. It now has two more. :D

Tom :cool:
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I would get a car cover. Other than that, I would just keep it well coated with carnauba wax. So sorry to hear about your paint. What a bummer. :(
 
tguil said:
When I removed a spot of fresh pine tree sap (on the truck less than 12 hours) from my wife's 2005 white Tacoma 4X4. the paint dissolved almost to the primer. I used my usual product -- 3M Adhesive Remover which is very safe for factory or cured paint. First time something like this has happend to me in over 45 years of washing, waxing and detailing vehicles. The Toyota white paint must be darn soft and from what I can tell has no clearcoat. Damn. I'm just glad that it was the top rather than the hood.

The truck is only a year old. I sure want to avoid doing this again in the future. Any suggestions? Tree sap happens unless you live in the desert so what options might I have.

The truck had a pretty good coat of NXT on it. It now has two more. :D

Tom :cool:
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I have had a similar run-in with the Super White Tacoma paint, only a little more "wide-spread." I won't go into detail here, but since you've had a problem, you can PM me if you want and I'll go into detail in private.

FWIW, the Super White does have a clear coat on it from the Tacoma factory (both in CA and in Mexico), and I have had extensive discussions with Toyota reps about the paint at the local, regional, and US corp levels.
 
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