How do I get hardened tar off my truck? I have tried Tar and Bug remover but it didnt do a whole lot.

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• Wash the car with hair shampoo? Not a good idea.

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  by geek860 on June 24th, 2007

• Why not?? Dish soap is harmful to the paint. My father owned a car wash and advised people to use hair shampoo instead of dish soap when they washed their cars at home.. it was in the newsletters from corporate. It does not damage the paint like dishsoap, and is friendly to the wax.

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  by tjatherton on June 25th, 2007

• Never heard of that. Why would the owner of a car wash not advise customers to use a soap that is specifically designed to wash cars (ie. car soap)? I can see using it over dish soap, but that's like going from a horrible chemical to use to a bad chemical to use - an improvement, yes, but still not the best. It can be in all the newsletters in the world, but different kinds of hair shampoo contain different chemicals, and do not float away contaminants in the same way that vehicle soap does. That's not even factoring in the higher cost of shampoo over car soap.

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  by geek860 on June 25th, 2007

• Car wash soap is not available everywhere. Perhaps now days it is, but previously it was not available in all cities, and yes, sometimes the "cheap car soap" is worse than hair shampoo... I'm not talking your expensive dandruff, dry hair, rejuvenating oil, two-in-one shampoo. But if you are going to wash your car and town shopping isn't until Saturday, then use hair shampoo instead of dish soap!

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  by tjatherton on June 25th, 2007

• Ic. So you're referring to many years ago when car soap wasn't in abundance. Now I can see it more clearly.

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  by geek860 on June 25th, 2007