How can I remove road tar from paint

[PaulE]

Back in the good old days DuPont made something called "Prepsol" used by auto body shops for removing all wax, tar, etc. from panels prior to painting and sold by auto body paint supply stores. I think it was discontinued quite a while ago due to volatile organic compound issues - too bad because it worked really well. Nowadays if I have a lot of tar to remove, I use OOPS or Goof-Off, these smell similar to Prepsol to me and are available in paint stores, hardware stores, Home Depot, Lowes, etc. They are advertised as dried latex paint removers. With a soft cotton cloth, I have found them to both work fine for removing tar from autos without affecting paint.

[Gremlin]

Lighter fluid

[redeye280z]

After countless hours of trying and having tried countless products I am at a loss. I wasn't able to get any of the tar off didn't even manage to stain the rags being used. I have a friend who is a bodyman I will see what he uses in his shop to tackle this problem.

[PaulE]

That's weird that nothing has worked - are you sure it's tar and not some black paint that got splattered on your car? Let us know what you find out.