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How to Get Pine Sap Off of Your Car

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Living in an old, established neighborhood with lots of mature trees is wonderful. Except for the white pine which had grown about sixty feet tall in a location that allowed it to quite effectively rain pine sap over my entire driveway. Since there are more cars here than fit in the one car garage we've had to deal with getting pine sap off the cars the last few years. It took some research online and some courage to try what people suggested but, through some trial and a lot of elbow grease I found a method that gets the sap off the car and gets the finish back to looking like it never happened. Briefly, I'd like to mention that this process is for cleaning the sap from the paint. Cleaning off the car windows can be accomplished easily with Windex and paper towels. I have been told that Windex will damage the finish on the car which is why I developed the following process instead.  Here are the things you will need: Rubbing alcohol 70% isopropyl; an old rag or a bag of c...