Advice on removing pine resin off tarp...

**shichimi** · 07-17-2020, 02:03

Originally Posted by 1-Hung-Low

shichimi, your post is a little vague, are you using Isopropyl Alcohol also known as Rubbing Alcohol and if so, at what %, as it is available from 70% to 91%.
Or are you using Denatured Alcohol or last but not least, Jack Daniels..

I am using Ethanol (Drinking Alchohol) somewhere around 70-75% (I am diluting 90% Ethanol with plain water ).
And using this diluted alchohol as fuel for my trangia spirit burner as well.
Here in Russia it is hard to find because of our country drinking habbits ))

**KBr00ks** · 08-17-2020, 10:19

Found this thread after hanging from red cedars. There were not big globs of sap on the tarp, just lots of little spots. There was some random tree dirt as well, so I washed it with water and Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds (very diluted), which is pretty strong but gentle. I used an old dish scrubbie to very gently remove the sap spots.

Then when I was rinsing and drying the tarp, I found some spots I missed. I was wiping it with a microfiber towel (one of these). I wiped at the sap, and lo and behold, it came right off. No scrubbing needed.

I don't know if it was some special action of the microfiber towel or if the sap was hardened by a few days' time and water, but it was way easier than I would have guessed to remove.

The straps, on the other hand... gotta try some rubbing alcohol for those I guess. I scrubbed with the Sal Suds and got the tree dirt off them but the sap is impregnated in the weave. These are Kevlar 3.3 straps from Dutch.