Tar on My gear

by **Johno** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:03 am

Av got black sticky stuf all over me wety, boties and board, think its tar how do i get it off my wet gear, guna try acitone on my board any one got any ideas

I feel sorry for the poor birds what get coated in this stuf

by **Hang11** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:22 am

Try margarine.

by **Johno** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:37 pm

Margarine!!!! you being seriouse?

by **spark6** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:45 pm

i dunno if you have it on that side of the ocean, but here in the states we have something called "GoJo" which is really strong hand cleaner with pummus bits in it. (or however you spell it) it will strip motor grease, gasoline, pine pitch, paint, polyester resin, etc off in a heartbeat... you might try some of that...

by **pat42** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:48 pm

Yeah, I second margarine.....Stork is definately better than Flora

by **Milo** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:24 pm

Wax remover the type you use on your board. :idea:

by **Dr Rev** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:30 pm

spark6 wrote:i dunno if you have it on that side of the ocean, but here in the states we have something called "GoJo" which is really strong hand cleaner with pummus bits in it. (or however you spell it) it will strip motor grease, gasoline, pine pitch, paint, polyester resin, etc off in a heartbeat... you might try some of that...

Think its called swarfega over here, green jelly stuff !!!

by **PapaW** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:55 pm

Dr Rev wrote:
spark6 wrote:i dunno if you have it on that side of the ocean, but here in the states we have something called "GoJo" which is really strong hand cleaner with pummus bits in it. (or however you spell it) it will strip motor grease, gasoline, pine pitch, paint, polyester resin, etc off in a heartbeat... you might try some of that...

Think its called swarfega over here, green jelly stuff !!!

yeah you can get both from most hardware stores.

by **Hang11** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:26 pm

Yeah, I'm being totally serious about margarine. When I was a kid, I used to spend summers covered in tar from the beach, my mother used to use it to clean it off.

by **miamisurfer** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:08 pm

I just got tar on all over my feet and board Monday. I used Goo Gone and it took it off perfectly.

by **billie_morini** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:59 am

Johno,
Try to avoid using acetone. It is the solvent for resins used in laying fiberglass. I'd try light stoddard solvent (sold as WD-40 in the US and very light kerosene), mineral spirits, and/or denatured alcohol. You might also try something called Simple Green in the US. It is not as strong as the other stuff I mentioned, so you may have to let it soak a bit.

by **Luke** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:37 am

Peanut Butter works great!

Tar on My gear

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