removing bitimum?

Answer 1

err...do you mean bitumen? If so it is basically tar, so petrol will dissolve it

Answer 2

Did you know that standard bitumen solvents can kill you? Full of toxic chemicals and additives, regular bitumen solvents are so harmful to human health that medical dictionaries devote entire entries just to solvent poisoning. Spill your current solvent, and you’ve contaminated your site. Breathe in the vapours or fumes, and your employees run the risk of serious ill health. Now, a new and revolutionary all-natural bitumen solvent promises to remove the risk of illness and contamination entirely, and it even out-performs existing solvents.

The new NATURoil bitumen solvent is a UK-first from the BioComposites Centre at Bangor University, developed by people who know how to make the right materials for the right job. Unlike traditional bitumen-removing agents based on kerosene, mineral spirits or petroleum distillate, the NATURoil solvent is entirely natural, derived from a clever formula of plant oils.

That means it is much safer for people to work around - it causes next to no skin irritation, and won’t make you sick if you breathe vapours or aerosols from it. It’s also safer to handle and store, with a much higher flashpoint than regular bitumen solvents. What’s more, if you spill it, it doesn’t contaminate either you or the site with harmful chemicals - and as it’s vegetable based, it biodegrades harmlessly.

Aled Roberts is a Contracts Manager at major construction and tarmac firm, the Hogan Group - experts in concrete, asphalt and contracting, who know how tricky it can be to remove bitumen. Hogan Group tested the NATURoil tar solvent in the demanding environment of their day to day work, where products have to perform properly first time. Aled comments that “The solvent works well, cleaning the shovels and machinery very well. We normally use PS9, a time factor chemical release agent to clean our equipment. The bio-solvent is at least as good as PS9, but environmentally friendly, and the lads were very happy with it. It’s a very interesting product.”

Dave Preskett, who developed the NATURoil bitumen solvent, points out its multiple advantages. “Essentially, this stuff works brilliantly - it has low odour, a very high flashpoint, and is highly effective at removing bitumen. And, because it won’t harm you, it’s much easier to use, store and dispose of. It’s even biodegradable - that’s how safe it is.” When there’s a solution to bitumen removal as good as NATURoil’s new bitumen solvent, isn’t time you started using it?

FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact Dave Preskett HND, B.Sc., AIWSc, developer of the Biodegradable Bitumen Solvent, at:
The BioComposites Centre, University of Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW
T: 01248 370588 F: 01248 370594 [e-mail]

Contact Aled Roberts, Contracts Manager, at:
Hogan Contractors Ltd., Hogan House, Caernarfon Road, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 4EA
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]
www.hogan-group.com

Answer 3

Dead easy way to remove bitumen from anything. try using Product called WD40 its available from all diy stores and many other outlets

Answer 4

There are plenty of ways of removing it but it all depends on what your trying to remove it from???

Your drive, roof, car, teeth?

give us some more details please

Answer 5

You can buy a spray bottle of Degreaser, that will take tar off anything without destroying it.

Answer 6

Try white spirits,turps petrol is a last resort,all flammable
so take care.

Answer 7

a solvent based product like thinners normally do the trick.

Answer 8

From.....? A drive, hands clothes.....more info would help.

Answer 9

PETROL OR WHITE SPIRIT, SWARFEGA WILL HELP FOR HANDS