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07-11-2019, 01:15 PM
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#21
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Ladysmith, British Columbia
Trailer: Escape
Posts: 14
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tar on trailer
Thanks everyone - great suggestions - I will get to work.
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07-11-2019, 02:32 PM
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#22
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,363
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Hamburger patties?
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Those weren't the kind of patties I was complaining about!
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07-11-2019, 03:00 PM
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#23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Yup. I know. They used to build houses out of them. Took me an afternoon with high pressure water and a stiff brush to clean the wheel wells.
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07-11-2019, 03:01 PM
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#24
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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i still have yellow road paint in my wheel wells haven't gotten around to removing it yet someone made several good suggestions on how to remove it but now i have forgotten what they said.
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07-11-2019, 03:14 PM
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#25
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,023
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox hunt
i still have yellow road paint in my wheel wells haven't gotten around to removing it yet someone made several good suggestions on how to remove it but now i have forgotten what they said.
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Kate, I don't know if I answered in this thread and I'm not going to read it to find out . I too have road paint on Ten Forward. I found a plastic spoon would 'pop' it off the gelcoat. The plastic spoon didn't scratch the gelcoat. It just took some work and I'm not done yet. You're actually lucky you can see it. The white, not so much, I have to find it by feel. Which isn't the same as it will never be seen..
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Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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07-11-2019, 03:33 PM
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#26
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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They make plastic scrapers too, but if you have a spoon, and it works...
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Bob
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07-11-2019, 03:44 PM
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#27
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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i will try it- i hoped if i didn't look at it it would go away
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07-11-2019, 04:44 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
Posts: 5,122
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older that paint gets, the harder it will be to remove.
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07-11-2019, 05:37 PM
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#29
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,023
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
older that paint gets, the harder it will be to remove.
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I'm not sure how much older it needs to get, in my case. I drove through the paint on my way to the 2015 Escape Rally. Every time I wash Ten Forward, I chip away at more splats. Doubtful I'll ever get it all off, but who knows... ten years of chipping away? Just so everyone knows, you can't see it. It's on the bottom door side edge of the trailer. I did get it all off the front (under the loft) and the awing arms. Just bugs me.
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Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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07-11-2019, 06:35 PM
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#30
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Only on the trailer I would use acetone if at home. It cleans fibreglass real fast of all kinds of contaminants. Trailer gelcoat is basically a coloured polyester resin. I have used it many times, as does Escape.
However do not use it on paint unless you are looking to remove it.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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07-12-2019, 01:28 AM
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#31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Trailer: 2018 5.0 T/A "Escaper"
Posts: 209
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I just use gasoline on all my vehicles for road tar.
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07-12-2019, 04:10 AM
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#32
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21
Posts: 5,122
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gasoline evaporates too fast. I prefer using kerosene or diesel or WD40, gives me some time to melt and wipe the goo up.
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07-12-2019, 09:04 AM
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#33
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19 pulled by GMC Canyon Diesel.
Posts: 198
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
Most American made farm equipment is very well made. I asked one time which manure spreader had the best warranty. My salesman told me none of them came with a warranty. I asked why?.
He said “Because nobody wants to stand behind them”. Rimshot please
Iowa Dave
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Oh! That's a good and funny one! Thanks!
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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Mark Twain
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07-17-2019, 11:17 AM
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#34
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
Trailer: Escape19 2016
Posts: 50
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I cleaned and polished my Escape soon after I purchased it and it's the best thing I've done. The shiny surface is very easy to clean.
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07-17-2019, 11:24 AM
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#35
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Surrey, British Columbia
Trailer: 2007 5.0
Posts: 2
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Tar removal
WD-40 works best for removing road tar. Mechanics use it to clean their hands after a messy job!
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07-17-2019, 01:57 PM
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#36
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
Trailer: Casita 2013
Posts: 14
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Here is a list of everything noted plus a few others. GoJo, carefully applied, worked for me on tree stains. I have tried many things, including Acetone. Only GoJo worked.
WD-40
Turtle Wax Bug 'N' Tar
Kerosene
Rubbing alcohol (91)
Schaeffer’s Citrol
Tarminator by Stoner
Old dryer sheets as scrubbies + above
Krud Kutter
Acetone
Paint thinner
Coal oil
Mr Clean Magic Eraser
Goof Off
Toluene
Bon Ami
Barkeeper's Friend
Hand Sanitizer
GoJo (has Pumice in it)
Mineral spirits
Simple Green
Dawn
Mineral spirits
Mineral oil
Star brite Ultimate Fiberglass Stain Remover
Gasoline
Aurora Waterline Stain Remover
FSR Fiberglass Stain Remover
Y-10
MaryKate On & Off
West Marine Hull Cleaner
3M™ Marine Fibreglass Cleaner and Wax, 09009
Mother’s Marine Black Streak Remover
Bleach
Oxalic acid
Purple Power concentrated cleaner/degreaser
Collinite 920 Fibrglass Boat Cleaner
Gel Gloss Rv Wash and Wax
Oxy Clean
Zing Hull Cleaner
BIO-KLEEN fiberglass hull cleaner
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07-17-2019, 02:12 PM
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#37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Quimper Peninsula, Washington
Trailer: TBD
Posts: 369
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You may have missed peanut butter.
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07-17-2019, 02:27 PM
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#38
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
Trailer: Casita 2013
Posts: 14
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John, not sure if you are joking or not, but I have indeed used peanut butter upon occasion, specifically to clean my knife when camping with the Boy Scouts some years ago. Worked well enough.
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07-17-2019, 02:34 PM
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#39
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Every time I put peanut butter on my knife it gets cleaned off really well, with my tongue....
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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07-17-2019, 02:50 PM
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#40
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,235
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Peanut butter
Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Every time I put peanut butter on my knife it gets cleaned off really well, with my tongue....
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Hi Jim
I have a peanut butter story I’ll tell you next time we camp together. Not crude or mean, just socially unacceptable these days.
Iowa Dave
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