Tree Sap Removal
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Florence Wisconsin Florence WI
Posts: 197
RE: Tree Sap Removal
Try brakleen from an auto parts store. It is cheap and evaporates very fast so the smell should be gone in no time. If you have any plastic to clean try it on a small, nonstructural area just to make sure there is no reaction 'cause it can be hard on some materials.
#14
RE: Tree Sap Removal
Brake clean... now there's a good idea. Comes in an aresol can, inexpensive and like Dave said, it evaporates in seconds. It doesn't harm plastic / rubber brake components (caliper seals, etc), that it touches so it should be safe. It may fade your finish, but that isn't hard to deal with. Man, I should have thought of brake clean. Good one Dave.
#16
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 439
RE: Tree Sap Removal
OK guys - I tried the pressure-washer deal. I went to one of the better quality PW stations with the tire cleaner, engine cleaner, hot water, ect. (you know - the ones that charge $1 for 3 minutes[]). To my complete suprise - the tire cleaner melted that stuff away like it was sugar! I simply rinsed it off with water following a good douching with the chemical and it worked great. Now I just need to de-scent it with baking soda.
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
Posts: 2,051
RE: Tree Sap Removal
Try putting the sap covered stuff in the frezzer over night ,usly chips right off and no smell . Oh put steps in a bag ,the wife will be pissed if she finds the sap on the ice cubes!
#18
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: North-Central/NW WI
Posts: 92
RE: Tree Sap Removal
I was also going to say goo-gone, or some type of citrous based cleaner. Wouldn't hurt to try Simple Green either. That stuff seems to clean everything, from grease, to dirt, to sticky stuff.
peashooter
peashooter
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location:
Posts: 446
RE: Tree Sap Removal
Womans hair spray will take it right off, i've used the aerosols plus the stuff thats in the pump spayers,,try it you'll be amazed, might try keeping a bottle of it when your out and about, that is the handiest stuff to clean arrows when you get pitch or sap on them.
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