WD40 does wonders for getting rid of tar spots (my car looks quite a lot better now it's all read rather than freckle-ridden), but does it do the paint any harm?

Being petroleum based, I'd guess it would strip off any wax you had on the car.

No idea how it would effect the clearcoat.

I do know that it eats the sound deadening. I sprayed it on my boot floor to clean it, and the WD40 dissolved the tar-like stuck on sound deadening sheets. Had to quickly wipe it off! It also washed alot of the anti-rust wax stuff in the doors off when I was trying to fix the door lock with it.

Plastic and rubber also hate it!

If in doubt, just polish and wax the paint after using the WD40.

I would be wary of using WD40 on clearcoat paint. Tardis is better, or if on a tight budget white spirit shifts tar very quickly.

Thanks guys - I was just doing it as a one-off really. Now I've got none left I can tackle them as they arrive and doing them individually using hard manual labour / lots of soap isn't so bad when there's only a couple. Given that I had hundreds before this weekend I was never going to do it the proper way.

After I'd used the WD40 I washed the car with very strongly mixed snow foam and then again with some gold car wash stuff (from the people beginning with M) - so there shouldn't be any left.

Car has been polished/waxed all over with a bottle of skoda 'wax polish' that we were given the last time we bought a car from a Skoda Garage since as well. Looking very nice. Not quite Baker21 quality but shiny

For spots of that number, I'd have used a claybar to remove it. I've used WD40 to remove sticker residue on car paint before, and would always wash the area down afterwards and apply some wax as soon as possible, to restore some protection to the paint again.

Steve

Thanks guys - I was just doing it as a one-off really. Now I've got none left I can tackle them as they arrive and doing them individually using hard manual labour / lots of soap isn't so bad when there's only a couple. Given that I had hundreds before this weekend I was never going to do it the proper way.

After I'd used the WD40 I washed the car with very strongly mixed snow foam and then again with some gold car wash stuff (from the people beginning with M) - so there shouldn't be any left.

Car has been polished/waxed all over with a bottle of skoda 'wax polish' that we were given the last time we bought a car from a Skoda Garage since as well. Looking very nice. Not quite Baker21 quality but shiny

Have you got any piccys?

I have just bought a WD40 "no mess pen" from Halfords £1.99 , its ideal for the tar spots

WD-40 Brands: WD-40 No-Mess Pen

If you want to use the WD40 spray to remove tar then just spray it on an old rag not directly onto the car , just melts the tar instantly

Edd - I have AytoGlym tar remover here if u need some any time. Also have random pots of other stuff. I've got some megs tech wax that I dont use any more, you are welcome to that, doesnt do any good on silver cars! Have some bumper care I think as well which u can have if u want it as all my black plastic has been painted purple so I just polish and wax it with the rest of the car.

http://www.wd40.co.uk/media/images/a/8/LIST_OF_2_000_USES.pdf