diesel fuel, WD-40, any de-greaser, or even Skin-So-Soft gets tar out. Although, most will fade the colors.
2010-07-06 14:07:41
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Getting Tar out of jersey and shorts
During the TourDeCure, I took a 0mph spill on a tar and chip road. (My fault, I stopped on a steep incline to catch my breath and then tried to re-start as if I wasn't using clipless pedals....)
Anyway, now my favorite shorts and jersey are covered in sticky tar. (Something I didn't notice until yesterday.) Also there is a bike on my handlebars as well.
Is there a good way to remove the stuff, or am I stuck having to buy a new jersey and shorts?
2010-07-06 13:46:08
What are clipless pedals?
2010-07-06 14:44:11
Strangely enough, pedals that shoes clip into. So, somehow, clipless pedals are pedals that have clips. If someone had been thinking about it, they should at least have been called "strapless pedals".
2010-07-06 15:09:23
That doesn't make sense. LOL
2010-07-06 15:11:18
Some how the phrase "beat the tar out of..." comes up. I doubt it is much use.
Sometimes using vegetable oil can work. Slather it on an hour -or a day - before washing.
Have worked in a coal tar factory, I'm guessing the best you can do is get any substantial tar off. The black stains will remain as a badge of experience.
2010-07-06 15:15:36
If someone had been thinking about it, they should at least have been called "strapless pedals".
"Toeclip-less shoe-retaining pedals" doesn't exactly roll trippingly off the tongue either.
2010-07-06 15:21:12
GoJo or any type of automotive hand cleaner also works well and does not fade
2010-07-06 15:57:25
Other things that have been known to work: Murphy's oil soap and Vaseline.
Some folks prefer "pedal bindings" as a term, since they were invented by the same folks that invented the modern downhill ski bindings. I do like "strapless pedals", though. From now on, that's what mine are.
2010-07-06 17:54:00
Diluted Pine-sol. (May eat some fabrics).
2010-07-06 18:35:05
has anyone suggested asking BP yet?
LOLZ
2010-07-06 19:42:18
@caitlin: Yeah, I hear nothing beats manatee fur for soaking up the petrochemicals.
2010-07-06 19:44:30
GoJo (white cream hand cleaner, not the pumice cleaner) works great, and it has never damaged any of my fabrics. It is petroleum based, and sometimes leaves and oily stain. However, that stain can be washed oil with normal detergent.
2010-07-07 03:19:08
+1 on Pine-sol.
2010-07-07 16:15:45
Thanks everyone for the help. Hopefully one of these will get the worst of it out.
2010-07-07 16:18:28
I think the GoJo stuff is similar to the product I know as DL hand cleaner. The stuff is amazing for cleaning my hands after oily mechanical work, but I've never tried it on clothes.
2010-07-07 17:40:44