It's been a very long day today, this Range Rovers owner wants to trade the car in for a newer Range Rover, but the dealer were giving her a poor trade in value because of the tree sap on the bonnet and roof. The dealer said it needed a respray But this was not your normal tree sap, this was Chuck Norris tree sap, it was rock hard and very firmly bonded to the paint, and had etched pits into the surface too
Chemicals didn't touch it, so out came the claybar and lots of elbow grease! This shifted most of the tree sap, some just didn't want to shift and there was lots of pitting where the sap had etched the paint, in a similar way to bird droppings. Paint readings were good, so to restore the finish out came the wet and dry sandpaper.
The top half has been polished after sanding:
And this was the result: