Car Tar Remover & Paint Decontamination

How do you remove tar from a car?

Chemically, not with force. Spray a dedicated tar remover onto the black spots, give it a minute or two to soften the deposit, then lift it away with a soft microfibre — no scraping, no fingernails, no polish. Stubborn spots want a second application rather than harder rubbing. Wash the panel afterwards, because the solvent leaves a residue you do not want to seal under a wax.

What does a fallout remover actually do?

It dissolves the hot metal particles that brake dust and railway lines fire into your paint. Those specks embed themselves in the lacquer and rust from the inside out, which is why a clean-looking white car still shows orange dots up close. A fallout remover reacts with the iron and bleeds purple as it works, so you can watch the contamination leave. The iron removers in our Wheels range do this job — use them in the open air, on cool panels, and never in direct sun.

How do you clean alloy wheels?

Start with a dedicated cleaner from our Wheels range on cool wheels, agitate with brushes, then rinse thoroughly. What that leaves behind is the baked-on tar flicked up off the road, and tar needs a solvent rather than more scrubbing — treat those spots exactly as you would on paint. Household hacks and penetrating oils shift some of it, but they leave an oily film that then has to be washed off, and they do nothing about the iron. Do the arches and sills in the same session, as tar collects along the whole lower third of the car.

Step by step

1. Wash firstDecontamination works on clean paint, so get the loose dirt off before any chemical goes on.
2. Iron, then tarLet a fallout remover deal with the metal particles, then treat the black spots with a tar remover.
3. Dwell, don't scrubGive the solvent time to soften the deposit, then wipe it away with a soft microfibre.
4. Rinse and protectWash the panels down afterwards and re-apply protection, because solvents take the old layer with them.