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Warm weather hot tar!!!

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  • 17-07-2006 4:42pm
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    racso1975
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    I've been finding that in this hot weather i am getting a serious amount of tar from the roads being sprayed onme. Anybody have a sugestion how i can remove this stuff from my body cause it is really getting on my nerves......and yes i do shower straight after my trip..


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    #2
    layke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,956 ✭✭✭layke


    Use an engine degreaser. Works wonders.


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    kona
    Registered Users Posts: 7,525 ✭✭✭kona


    eh dunno what you want...
    if ya wanna get it off the bike id reccomend muc-off degreaser and the bike cleaner, with a cloth to remove it and a bruch will scrape the paint.
    if its on you i dunno what to do sorry:(


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    I was strangely drawn to this thread.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    It rots your tyres too. I think they were michelin selects anyway they had parallel grooves and just soaked up that tar. Remember one year the layer of hot tar was picking up grit and then a second layer of tar on top of that !

    Butter works too* if you want an old fashioned bio-degradable way.

    * not very effective though


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    milod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 757 ✭✭✭milod


    WD40 is great - can't vouch for it's safety on the skin but I use it all the time and wash it straight off - no probs


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