When I was out and about on Saturday, I noticed a long scratch down the passenger’s door of my car. Disgruntled, I examined it more closely and realised that it was actually a streak of something that I could flick away with my fingernail.<\/p>\n
I suddenly remembered that when I got back to Mr. Wonderful’s street on Thursday to pick up Pommette, the owner of the house in front of which she was parked was tarring his driveway….<\/p>\n
My heart in my throat, I took a closer look at the car and realised that the whole passenger side, windshield, front, and part of the driver’s side was flecked with tar. I hadn’t noticed because of the way she’s parked at home. Yes, I’d noticed that the windshield was messy, but didn’t really think that much of it.<\/p>\n
At any rate, I was pissed off about how much money and time I was going to have to spend to clean up the car.<\/p>\n
I got home, did some Googling and came up with a list of possible solutions, from the supposedly undamaging to the ‘definitely works, but you’ll strip the finish and need rewax the car.’<\/p>\n
Tonight, I finally had a half hour to kill to try out these solutions and figure out how much time it was going to take to clean the car completely.<\/p>\n
Twenty-five minutes later, I had a shiny, non-damaged, and clean car.<\/p>\n
The answer to tar on your car is…<\/p>\n
Baking soda!!!<\/p>\n
I sprayed the car with water, then sprinkled baking soda all over. I used a raggedy wash cloth to rub away all the tar. Minimum elbow grease was needed. When I was done, I used the hose to rinse the baking soda from the car.<\/p>\n
I didn’t even get dirty. Or wet.<\/p>\n
*heaves a huge sigh of relief*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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