Removing Tar

hi ray,

try kero,diesel, or even baby oil, thay should all help,

johno.

Hi Ray

Did you try a little diesel on it? This will dissolve the tar easily, and shouldn't affect the paintwork, as it doesn't seem to worry it when refuelling spills occur. Better than cut & polish and dead easy.

Try CRC Spray, It works a treat and dissolves it instantly

eucalyptus oil.

Thanks guys, plenty of suggestions. I'll try some of these and see how they go.

I have found that Nu Finish polish will do both jobs at once, depending on how big the tar splotches are.

shellite, petrol, white spirit, mineral turps, pure turpentine, and all of above

Turps is what they put in commercial Tar & Bug Remover.

The other part is Cloudy Anmmonia (available from Coles Cleaning Dept) - dissolves bugs with no rubbing.

Mike

hi ray

i am a spray painter and i am not sure if i would be using a few of the methods above on my paint work,goto your local automotive paints distributor and get a product called prepsol or de-wax(same stuff,different label)it is designed to be used on paintwork and is about $10 a litre.

cheers andrew

Hi,

Easiest cheapest most readily available one not mentioned yet.... margerine, it disolves it easily, then a wash removes the marg left over, also you can usually do this one in camp on the night it was 'tarred'

Ron

G'day Ray, I used to work on a road sealing crew a few years ago and used to take great delight in watching the new guys trying to get bitumen off the skin after work. They usually ended up looking like lobsters after trying to scrub it off.

The secret is baby oil. Wipe it on liberally, leave for 5 minutes and the bitumen will wipe off effortlessly. Works on skin and painted surfaces just the same.

Cheers,

Peter

How about the problem when you get tar on your carpets/mats?

I have tried a number of solvents (turps, metho etc) and supemarket carpet cleaners (Preen, Chem dry) but I still have brown smudges.

It looks like replacement mats for me.

Kings