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Bought the car like this. Would never park voluntarily under in spring or summer. Anyway tried the cleaner, goo gone, peanut butter, and soap. Have made great progress. Still not 100%, but very close. Will get it next time. I think the peanut butter might have loosened it a little, but in the end, I believe the GooGone did the heavy lifting.

Will try peanut butter first. Then goo gone. Then "Ragtop", and then rent a steamer from the paint store. Then if those don't work, I will sew calico patches on like old blue jeans!

You can feel the damage with your nails. Can't say you could catch your nail or even close. After re-watching sever scratch video again, I will try to spot buff with correcting polish one more time, and if that isn't enough I am not afraid of #2000 grit sanding. Unless there is an in between step I could take, I see this as the course of action. I am quite frustrated with the sap smears on ragtop. It is so embedded in the fabric. I'm thinking with freezing temps, it will eventually break up. ???? I really am appreciative of everyones replies. Nice to know there is somewhere to get informed info.

Help! Tried denatured alcohol. Was sure it would work. It hasn't. BMW z4 top. Don't want to damage it. Also before new(old), car was delivered, I said don't do anything when salesman said he was going it cleaned. Well, he was smarter than I was, so he took it back to have pine sap removed from hood. They used some kind of scrub pad. Very scratched. Have used Adams paint conditioner in serious manner. Has not helped much. What next? Thanks in advance, New to detailing thanks to Adams