Thu 15 May Argoos - frostbite.

Aug 29, Like I said in my earlier post, methyl hydrate will remove most tree sap lickity split. No elbow grease is even required. Use it with a microfibre cloth, and apply a good wax afterwards. Get a large jug of it to do a complete car, cuz it evaporates very treedelimbing.barted Reading Time: 5 mins. Damned Trees! Removing residue from my car. A few of the yards on my street have trees in them that drop little sticky pods all over the damned place! Many of these pods have fallen on my car.

Due to the weather recently (and some laziness), I did not wash my car immediately upon finding the vile pods on my car. Oct 15, Expert Response.

We have lots of trees around my works car park and I suffer the same problem.

These are insect galls. We get this inquiry occasionally and just had another one today. Normally, the galls fall to the ground still attached to the leaves, but sometimes they also separate and you get the rain of galls you are experiencing this year.

No cause for concern. May 16, Trees are infested by aphids which suck sap. Sap is high in sugars and low in protein. In order to obtain enough protein the aphids pass masses of sugars/saps through their bodies and drip it on your car - it's"honeydew".

Jan 08, Dear Neil: I park my car beneath a huge live oak. The car gets coated from a fine mist-like substance that falls from a large pecan tree all summer, but this is winter, and we've had several hard Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.