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8/21/2010 5:43:27 PM EDT
I've got this truck I bought right after my divorce, it's one of the few things in this world I own that's nice.  I live in an apartment complex that doesn't have covered car ports so the only shade available is under the trees. I polish this truck quite frequently and recently I've discovered these white spots on the hood and forward end cab top. And this shit what ever it is will not buff out. Since in the past most of my previous trucks were "beaters" and normally covered in mud and dirt, this one I baby.

I look at my neighbor's vehicles and I see the same white spots on theirs, do trees let out some shit that screws up car finishes?    
If so I will stop parking the thing under the trees. What sort of product is out there to fix this?

And I swear....when the day of my last child support payment is paid, I am going to get a house with a HUGE garage!
8/21/2010 5:44:42 PM EDT
[#1]
clay bar

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8/21/2010 5:45:14 PM EDT
[#2]
Just wait until the squirrels start dropping their nuts on the car...
8/21/2010 6:10:06 PM EDT
[#3]
I have sugar maples by me and while good shade trees they do emit some kind of sap or something this time of year .
Seems to wash off easy enough but still a pain .
8/21/2010 6:12:11 PM EDT
[#4]
most tree droppings with eat through clear coat and screw up paint. My dad owned a detail business for several years, and we saw a lot of this.
8/21/2010 6:35:48 PM EDT
[#5]
What kind of trees?

Many trees will ooze sap when they're flowering (spring) and some pine species will ooze sap in the fall from the cones.

Or it could just be birds sitting in the trees and shitting all over your car.