Tar on your car? How to remove safely

I’ve been using various products to remove road tar from cars over the years, but all are not created equal!  Here in Utah they LOVE to re-tar the roads every summer!  So this past summer I got a chance to do some more “testing” of the various products.  The two most impressive and SAFE products are Tar X and Tarminator.  I mention SAFE because you can use lots of different solvents; such as gasoline, camping fuels, paint thinners, acetone’s…. but many of them don’t have the safe factor built in.  I have used other solvents, but have noticed a hazing of the paint...

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Incredible Tire Shine Coating and Trim Coating

I’ve been super happy with Tuf Shines tire dressing for many of the reasons. Well they have been reworking the black restore product and sent me some to test out, now if you know me I take my time in testing.  I’ve been accused of taking too long but for me its about making sure my opinion is well tested.  I try my best to be creditable for the long haul and not just part of the hype.  I digress, so this newer formulation is much blacker than the first, and works equally as well.  What exactly is black restore?  Its based on the same make up as the tire dressing/coating...

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