In my group of friends, everyone knows how particular I am about my truck and how it looks.  I’m a little obsessive to say the least.  So sit back and I’ll tell you about my trip to my dark place.  😆 When I left the farm to go pick up my daughter from National airport, waze ran me through the back country, which is fine, but it put me out on a road in Upperville, Virginia that was under construction.  I was on an intersecting side road halfway through the construction. I pulled out into my lane, it was dark but I could tell it had been milled.  As I drove down the road I was met by a guide truck with a line of vehicles behind it coming the opposite direction.  Then I came up behind a stopped tar sprayer truck and I knew I was screwed.  I had just ran up freshly sprayed liquid tar so to say my truck was messed up is an understatement.  It was everywhere and it was thick. I bought 2 over the counter products to see if I could even begin to get it off.  I was going to buy 2 of the meguires (due to recommendations) but they only had 1 can so I picked up another made by turtle wax.  I was impressed with their wax so I thought I would give it a shot.  Result...both failed to even make a dent in the tar.  I guess I was expecting it to magically dissolve the tar but even applying it multiple times, neither one so much as made the tar run.  Tried gasoline and it was better but not by much.  I ended up using good ol turpentine.  Upon closer inspection, I found the tar on the hood, roof, tailgate, running boards, pretty much thick in the obvious areas but misted over the entire truck.  Since it had been a few years since I stripped all the wax and sealer off the paint, and the fact that there was tar everywhere,  I went ahead and scrubbed the whole truck with turpentine.   Next I wiped the entire truck down with the turtle wax tar remover to make sure all the turpentine was off plus any wax. Next I went old school and claybared the entire truck.  I finished it up with a meguires cleaner wax.  Oh, and as well  I decided to get out the Nevr-Dull and polish all the chrome and rims.  Started at 9am and finished at 6pm. 

wait.  you went into the lane closure?

Yep.  Because I entered from a side road and midway through the construction, I had no idea they had a pilot vehicle escorting traffic in a single lane.  Which it just so happened it wasn’t the lane I was using.  It’s not uncommon to drive on a freshly milled road here in Virginia before they get ready to finish it. This one was milled and they put down the liquid tar.  Then they come back and use the tar mix which is thick and you see the big machines laying down asphalt.  The construction company should have had signage that there was a pilot vehicle at the side streets. In the dark, it looked like just another construction zone. 

1 hour ago, TOXIC said:

Started at 9am and finished at 6pm. 

Dang, that is some serious scrubbing and truck washing @TOXIC.

 

At least you got it all off. That sort of crap would bother me too.

4 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Yep.  Because I entered from a side road and midway through the construction, I had no idea they had a pilot vehicle escorting traffic in a single lane.  Which it just so happened it wasn’t the lane I was using.  It’s not uncommon to drive on a freshly milled road here in Virginia before they get ready to finish it. This one was milled and they put down the liquid tar.  Then they come back and use the tar mix which is thick and you see the big machines laying down asphalt.  The construction company should have had signage that there was a pilot vehicle at the side streets. In the dark, it looked like just another construction zone. 

I have pulled off a side road into a closed lane also.  It amazes me that they think putting two flaggers 10 miles apart with 8 side roads in between is enough to "close" a lane and alert people.  Fortunately I didn't run into what you did.  I would have lost it.  Fantastic job cleaning up!

@BigAngus752 exactly! A simple sign at the side street would have let me know there was a pilot vehicle and I could have fallen in line with them.  @gim It didn’t just bother me, it triggered my OCD to the point there was no resting until I got it all off.  There’s still some on the felt wheel well liners and a good amount on the bottom of my chrome exhaust tip but that will never be seen so I can live with it.  Every time I thought I was done with an area the longer I looked, the more tiny, tiny black spots I would see and would turn the rag brown again.  I never want to go through that process again.  😝 

What a mess.

Glad you got most of it off.

Bet you were still gritting your teeth a little when you were done.

I know I would have been despite having a black rig. 

Unless you are routinely ripping across the Mojave desert

Slash Guards (and rock tamers when towing) are your friend.

A-Jay

@A-Jay actually, I’m somewhat glad the truck is white because I could see every last speck of tar and likewise know that I got it off.  I can’t imagine if it was black the feeling of not knowing whether I got it all. OCD on full display. 😆

Emulsion filth aside:  that traffic control plan was faulty.  I do this for a living and public safety is paramount.  I would have put a flagged at that intersection.  
 

those paving crews clean everything with diesel.