Trying to remove tar off of an old field jacket, actually several. The first one is the experimental one, so I have plenty of spots and methods I can try to try and get it right. I just made a quick effort last night. Searched google. I have applied a commercial stripping gel to one spot, acetone to another, and bacon grease (for lard content) to another. However, the suggestions that I really need to try are Pure commercial grade lard and white kerosene. If anyone has any experience please post. Thanks, Chris...
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Try your local auto detail shop. We deal with tar alot of the time. Best regards. -
Visit your local tire shop and get a can of liquid buffer. It comes in an aerosol can. It works great getting tar out of carpets. I have tried it and was surprised it works quite well. The Tech brand is called Rub-o-Matic.
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dont use acetone it will eat the wool -is the jacket wool
i know i have used regular crisco cooking oil not the bottle stuff it looks more like lard to remove tar from the side of the car it works real good i have never tryed it on cloth material it might work then i would get it dry cleaned after you get the tar out
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Hi Guys,
I have an SS zelt that was coated with tar, and I removed it with absolutely NO problems using a cleaner called PREPSOL. It's a cleaner/preparation solution used by signwriters. Soak a cloth in prepsol, lay it on the area that requires cleaning, let it soak in and wait 5 minutes. Then clean off with another rag also soaked in prepsol. IT IS MAGIC and leaves no oily reidue, doesn't touch the dyes and leaves no smell at all. No stains either. The zelt was actually soaked through with the tar that it was stiff in places 10 inches wide. Now you wouldn't know it.
Mark.Comment
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Tar Removal
Cleaning off cotton duck material, field jackets, etc. I have a couple ratted out field jackets that I'm cleaning off as a test, they are beyond hope and are not WW2 era before I move to the ones that have tar on them. Like Medicine....no harm done. Chris....Comment
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White kerosene works great. If that fails, got to any auto supply store and get a commercial tar remover. It dissolves the tar without much trouble.
Unfortunately, tar can leave stains in the material. You may have to do a larger area than the spot the tar covers, to avoid the dissolved tar from spreading.
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Odorless Mineral Spirits
Just one additional note.......I have found that mineral spirits, commonly sold as odorless mineral spirits, works well for removal of foreign materials such as petroleum based materials such as tar. This chemical product does not seem to degrade wool materials, in my experience. Good luck!Comment
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I have used acetone to clean many fabrics, to include wool. I never had a problem, if the article was still in good condition. Acetone is natural and is water soluable, so I can't imagine it harming wool.
Our pancreas' produces acetone.
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Cleaning Tar
Does anyone know where I can get Prepsol here in the US in small quantities? Is there a particuliar "trade name" or just Prepsol? I didn't make it out today to check at my auto stores, but sometimes we can be very limited on what is available locally being up in Alaska. Even in Anchorage....there are products I have purchased easily in the lower 48 that can't be found anywhere up here. Chris.....
I guess I'll try the Prepsol first, then White Kerosene and move on from there, I have several experiment pieces that have very little if any value to them before I go to the "good stuff"...Comment
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Chris,
Try your local friendly signwriter? I'll get back to you with a specific solution content of what we call 'prepsol' (preparation solution) down here.
Here's the zelt I mentioned. I was amazed at the results. I have actually left the smaller tar patches as they are part of it's history, but the huge clogged patches were destructive to the material.
Regards,
Mark.Comment
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Tar cleaning
Very nice results Mark! BTW, you have some nice "stuff"! Makes me envious, in a good sort of way.
Chris....
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