Removing pine tree sap from your hands

Up at the cabin last week I had to remove a few pines that blew down in the past storm.
When I was done my hands were black with pine tar. I was going to grab the gas can when one of my friends GF said “cooking oil will get that off”
I gave her the business when she said that, so to prove her wrong and get a laugh I grabbed the olive oil out of the pantry then smiled at her when I poured it on my hands.

Yeah, she got the last laugh when the only sap left was me.

It actually worked like magic.

That’s good to know. I hate that sap. I usually wear gloves when dealing with pine. Love the pine for campfire wood though!!

I will try that. I usually use isopropyl or gas in a pinch.

No idea about sap but Ill use acetone to remove other substances

Try carburetor cleaner – the good solvent based variety. I have cleaned all sorts of sticky substances using this method. WD-40 works pretty good as well.

Butter works wonderfully! And it doesn’t dry out your skin. GOJO also works well.

Thanks for the tip! I’ve trimmed a lot of pine branches this year and I always like hearing home remedy things like this. I’ll give it a try.

Canola, peanut or corn oil also work without drying your hands or making them smell like gas, WD40 or carburetor cleaner will.

Good to know. I was going to guess sand paper.

Huh, I had no idea things like cooking oil and butter would work. I’ve always just used gasoline, then washed my hands a billion times and applied lotions after to get the smells and dryness off!

I bet your hands were soft after the olive oil treatment! This reminded me of using peanut butter to get bubble gum out of the kids hair haha

In college I worked at a hazardous waste dump center. My job was to empty the paint cans into drums and pop spray paint in a compactor fitted with snowmobile spikes. I would leave there covered in paint. Good-ole WD-40 on a rag got everything off my face…

Fast forward 3 years later…someone told me to try an olive oil/dish soap mix. Worked just as good, if not better….

Goo Be Gone, is what I use.

I’ve never really worried about it on my hands, but rubbing alcohol works awesome to remove it from vehicles

(I have a ton of red pine in my yard that drip on hot days)

Couldn’t you just wear some gloves?

gimruis wrote:

Couldn’t you just wear some gloves?

You kinda sound like my X.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
Couldn’t you just wear some gloves?

You kinda sound like my X.

LOL

gimruis wrote:

Couldn’t you just wear some gloves?

Only sailors do. Those dirty b@stards go from port to port.

I use charcoal lighter fluid. Works great for tar too. I heard about it on Public Radio years ago. They said of all the “stuff” (gas/fuel oil/acetone/alcohol etc.) it is the least volatile, ie safest to not catch fire.

Pinesol floor cleaner takes sap off very effectively and might be better than some of the harsher chemicals.

Great tip, thanks!

Good to know. I’m trying to be healthier and steer clear of the brake clean type fixes…