Yes, it's that time of year again, they just decided to fix cracks in a dunkin donuts parking lot with tar,,,in the summer,,,yeah. To make a long story short I walked it it, and now I have tar spots all over my flipflops. I don't think I can wash these in the washing machine. Any ideas on how to remove the tar? And prefferably any house hold items that I probbably already have?
2007-06-27 02:40:24 · 18 answers · asked by Casey Lynch 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Any hydrocarbon will work - gasoline, lighter fluid, etc. But you might want to test a little spot first. Hydrocarbons can dissolve some types of plastics and rubber products.
Wet a paper towel with the fluid and keep dabbing it onto your flipflops.
2007-06-27 02:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by STEVE C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eucalyptus oil - a definite. After trying dishwashing liquid and nail polish remove (and building up a sweat for no results) I applied some eucalyptus oil, rubbed it in with my hand and the tar just melted away. Took a couple of applications for the thicker areas. Didn't damage the print on the flip flops. And they now smell nice too!
2014-11-16 01:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spray the tar with WD-40 works great for getting tar off of anything, my husband used to do tar-roofing for a living.
2007-06-27 12:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by cas1025 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For something like this you might want to try a delimonene (citrus) based product. They are mild solvents that are safer to use then the previous mentioned cleaners (those cleaners are great for getting tar off of car fenders and such, but might ruin flip-flop rubber...stilll...very good suggestions). Here is a link to one such product.
http://www.interstateproducts.com/tar_remover.htm
2007-06-27 10:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by Heidi L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say wd-40. my husband drag races and the rubber from the track gets stuck to the bottoms of my shoes, that is what i use and it wipes right off. this rubber is almost as bad as tar. it should work for you though
2007-07-02 13:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Camryn's mom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two good tar removers:-
Fresh Butter ..or
Johnson's Baby Oil
Also petrol, but that can get a bit dangerous.
2007-07-01 13:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by Cilly Buggah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not entirely sure, but I think someone told me that peanut butter will clean tar off. Hate to waste that pb, though.
2007-07-04 06:32:37 · answer #7 · answered by sjdelp 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At home depot they have this stuff called tar off. Works great
2007-07-03 22:04:23 · answer #8 · answered by sillylittlemonkee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try Lestoil. It says right on the bottle that it removes tar. I used it on my car one time and it worked, but Im not sure about flip flops!! Its a maybe!
2007-07-02 14:28:39 · answer #9 · answered by mcksimmy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are flip flops, buy a new pair Cuz that tar on that rubber isn't going to come off... you could make some tires out of those shoes :)
2007-07-05 04:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by saddledheart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋