Can anyone give me any idea of what to use to get spot tar/bitumen of the front of my Avan please, it is Aluminium and the effeted area is about 60cm diameter. It has been there for a few weeks now so may even be too late to save.
-- Edited by barina on Wednesday 8th of May 2013 07:30:05 PM
Dougwe said
02:23 AM May 9, 2013
can I, sorry.
Can anyone give me any idea of what to use to get spot tar/bitumen of the front of my Avan please, it is Aluminium and the effeted area is about 60cm diameter. It has been there for a few weeks now so may even be too late to save.
brickies said
02:31 AM May 9, 2013
Kerosene on a rag then wash off with car wash , Year ago when they used a lot of spay bitumen lot of people would put dribble of kerosene in with the washing water .
Cruising Cruze said
02:34 AM May 9, 2013
G'day Doug
just a bit of petrol on a rag works to
John
billeeeeeee said
02:35 AM May 9, 2013
Yo Doug, Eucalyptus oil, Greetings and Salutatioh Nomads, May I say something, Marj,!!!! sanity ,is not all that its cracked up to b,,,,,,,, keep running,,,,,,,not long now,,,hehehe ,stay excited Doug,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Billeeeeeee
Finally got it here. Been having trouble trying to post it.
Cheers,
Sheba.
KFT said
04:34 AM May 9, 2013
Sheba if you have trouble what chance do the rest of us have trying to do what you do with this stuff?
Gerty Dancer said
04:39 AM May 9, 2013
brickies wrote:
Kerosene on a rag then wash off with car wash , Year ago when they used a lot of spay bitumen lot of people would put dribble of kerosene in with the washing water .
Ditto. Works on car duco too.
NandK said
06:53 AM May 9, 2013
Hi Doug,I used to work in the asphalt industry and as everyone else has said kerosene on a rag does the job.. cheers..
Dougwe said
12:58 PM May 9, 2013
Thankyou to all of you, I will give good old kero a go and see how things work out.
Baz421 said
04:27 PM May 9, 2013
You would be ABSOLUTELY CRAZY to use petrol.
Static electricity is everywhere and rubbing the car actually can produce it,,, you know what sparks you get sometimes when you get out of the car and touch the ground,, thats static electricity.
I worked with many fuels over the years including aviation gas with very high octane ratings (up 145 if I recall) and aircraft refuelling equipment both mobile and static,,, and I can tell you static electricity is everywhere in the atmosphere and machinery etc ,,, and it strikes when least expected.
Even small amounts of petrol on a rag can burn you quickly.
Use kero it's much safer with a higher flash point than petrol.
-- Edited by Baz421 on Thursday 9th of May 2013 04:27:55 PM
Dougwe said
05:03 PM May 9, 2013
I had a some petrol in Gene that I needed to drain as why should I be drained of all energy and not Gene. So used that petrol to try on the Avan problem and guess what, it worked. I have done half already and will do the other half later.
I will now let Gene run until she is drained of all energy as I don't think she is going to get much use due to the way the Prado and Solar Panel performs.
brickies said
06:11 PM May 9, 2013
The petrol would work for sure but only problem with petrol is very flamable and need to be very carefull
justcruisin01 said
08:07 PM May 9, 2013
Kero, diesel, wd40 all work well.
ken thomas said
08:31 PM May 9, 2013
Believe it or not peanut butter is magic for tar Ken
herbie said
11:02 PM May 9, 2013
I have used butter in a emergancy , try useing the Bruce highway at the moment in places with out getting tar on tug / van is like winning the lotto.
patrolst said
11:42 PM May 9, 2013
Kero is the best one I have used, you can apply and leave it for a while to soften the bitumen then I wash off with more kero then truck wash then use "Armour All" spray on shine polish.
Makes cleaning easier next time.
Kero is easier on your hands and doesn't evaporate like petrol.
Dougwe said
12:51 AM May 10, 2013
Thanks all for the tips and care to be taken using petrol. The job has now been completed with petrol and all is left is to wash the Avan with good old soap and water, well car wash anyway. Maybe a job for tomorrow, maybe. You can't rush these things.
jules47 said
01:15 AM May 10, 2013
We have had the motorhome washed Doug - grandsons came - one washed it, the other two have half polished it - Billeeeeeee has blacked the tyres, and has some special polish for the bullbar - looks lovely!! Has not been done so thoroughly since new!!!!!!!!
No, don't rush into it - ponder for a while, and do it when the time is right!!!!!
Baz421 said
04:55 AM May 10, 2013
Dougwe wrote:
Thanks all for the tips and care to be taken using petrol. The job has now been completed with petrol and all is left is to wash the Avan with good old soap and water, well car wash anyway. Maybe a job for tomorrow, maybe. You can't rush these things.
Doug It would be a good idea to check the sealant around the van edges to make sure the petrol hadsn't washed any off or softened it so that it sags in joints etc.
Petrol as a solvent will be very harsh on sealants (so will kero but not as harsh as petrol).
Cheers Baz
brickies said
05:28 AM May 10, 2013
In my other life I had been turned out to fire started by miss use of petrol for wash motor vechiles
A few tips here, hope it helps.....
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf969926.tip.html
http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t46192172/tar-removal/
-- Edited by barina on Wednesday 8th of May 2013 07:30:05 PM
can I, sorry.
Can anyone give me any idea of what to use to get spot tar/bitumen of the front of my Avan please, it is Aluminium and the effeted area is about 60cm diameter. It has been there for a few weeks now so may even be too late to save.
just a bit of petrol on a rag works to
John
Yo Doug, Eucalyptus oil, Greetings and Salutatioh Nomads, May I say something, Marj,!!!! sanity ,is not all that its cracked up to b,,,,,,,, keep running,,,,,,,not long now,,,hehehe
,stay excited Doug,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Billeeeeeee
http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t46192172/tar-removal
Finally got it here. Been having trouble trying to post it.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Ditto. Works on car duco too.
cheers..
You would be ABSOLUTELY CRAZY to use petrol.
Static electricity is everywhere and rubbing the car actually can produce it,,, you know what sparks you get sometimes when you get out of the car and touch the ground,, thats static electricity.
I worked with many fuels over the years including aviation gas with very high octane ratings (up 145 if I recall) and aircraft refuelling equipment both mobile and static,,, and I can tell you static electricity is everywhere in the atmosphere and machinery etc ,,, and it strikes when least expected.
Even small amounts of petrol on a rag can burn you quickly.
Use kero it's much safer with a higher flash point than petrol.
-- Edited by Baz421 on Thursday 9th of May 2013 04:27:55 PM
I will now let Gene run until she is drained of all energy as I don't think she is going to get much use due to the way the Prado and Solar Panel performs.
Kero, diesel, wd40 all work well.
Ken
I have used butter in a emergancy , try useing the Bruce highway at the moment in places with out getting tar on tug / van is like winning the lotto.
Kero is the best one I have used, you can apply and leave it for a while to soften the bitumen then I wash off with more kero then truck wash then use "Armour All" spray on shine polish.
Makes cleaning easier next time.
Kero is easier on your hands and doesn't evaporate like petrol.
No, don't rush into it - ponder for a while, and do it when the time is right!!!!!
Doug It would be a good idea to check the sealant around the van edges to make sure the petrol hadsn't washed any off or softened it so that it sags in joints etc.
Petrol as a solvent will be very harsh on sealants (so will kero but not as harsh as petrol).
Cheers Baz