I sometimes use a small plastic (Lexan, actually) scraper I made...just a
scrap of Lexan with a bevel sanded onto the ends...I originally made it to
do the frequent  changes of  decals and numbers on my racecar...but I've
found lots of other uses for a durable sharp non-marring scraper...If it
gets dull, a quick hit on the belt sander puts a good edge back on and it
won't scratch the paint....Tree sap..we have Ponderosa pines...it takes off
most of the blobs,  but you're left with a chalky smuged-spot that you must
still wash or wipe off ....dunno what it might do to wax...probably nothing
much...   I don't wax cars.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> non-polar .... I like that
>
> > Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:13:57 -0500
> > From: mcneely4@COX.NET
> > Subject: Re: How to remove tree sap (it's almost Friday!)
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > The thinning agent for oil based paints is mineral spirits.  I've always
> wondered why it is called "spirits," which in most chemistry contexts
> refers to ethanol.  Of course, the two are quite different, the mineral
> spirits being non-polar, ethanol polar.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> > ---- Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:
> > > Not the same, though pretty similar. I believe mi deal spirits is a it
> hotter.
> > >
> > > Karl Wolz
> > > Sent from my electronic umbilicus
> > >
> > > > On Jun 19, 2015, at 2:34 PM, William <grateful@SWCP.COM> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > mineral spirits (paint thinner).  It does not damage the paint
> finish.
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
>
>