Getting sap off kit!!

[Sburdy]

Today we section'd down a Western Red Cedar, and i cant get the sap off myself, clothes, climbing kit, rigging kit and saws!!

 

I have got sap on kit before... but this just will not budge!!:mad1::

 

any advise would be helpfull!!

 

TA Mucho....Shaun.

[Frankie Lawrence]

I soaked aload in a bath for few hours ran it through hands run a hicth through rope and seemed to work fine I did try the washing machine trick but seemed to do nothing!

[Taupotreeman]

Took down some Pines on Tuesday and got gunked with sap so badly the rope wouldn't run through my spider jack. I washed by rope, lanyard and hitch in the washing machine on a warm wash. They all came out spotless. I soaked my carabiners, SJ and metal gear in hot soapy water for half hour and then shifted the stubborn stuff with a toothbrush. Again, everything came out spotless.

[AlvinD]

Hydrochloride acid

[littlerob]

petrol is good for sap to is warm/hot water with sugar and also warm water and washing machine powder works as its slightly coarse oh and mechanics hand cleaner works

[Taupotreeman]

Petrol NOT good for sap on ropes and gear though. It also eats through clothing and can give you some pretty serious skin complaints.

[littlerob]

yes petrol is not advisable to every one i must admit but i clean my hand with it all the time oh and for got WD40 is a good cleaner to

[Sburdy]

Cheers for all the advise guys, just trying to work in the Mrs.. in letting me put kit in the washing machine!..... we live in hope!

[twistedhicap]

yes petrol is not advisable to every one i must admit but i clean my hand with it all the time oh and for got WD40 is a good cleaner to

 

serioulsy stop cleaning your hands with Petrol you ill end up with contact dermititus at best trust me you dont want that i have a sesitivity to most oils and fuels and being a spanner man its not good when i flare up it gets to the point your whole hands crack up and bleed ! i dont get may episodes as i now know the triggers use proper natural hand cleaners and yes moisturiser if needs be and use gloves and barrier cream at work etc !

 

oh not to mention the benzine in fuel is not nice to your health !

[LGP Eddie]

I have a nightmare getting all the stuff off my machines at the end of the season, plus if we've been doing a lot of loading fires the machines get coated in a horrid black stuff on the dipper arms and attachments.

 

I've tried pretty much everything until I stole the wife's 'bug and tar' wipes from turtle wax.

These aren't cheap, but absolutely effortlessly shift all the residue from the paintwork with minimal effort.

I tried some other brands and even some solution that I could spray on that was supposed to be 'bug and tar' but nothing comes close to these wipes.

 

Well worth a go for some of your gear and shouldn't harm anything?

 

Eddie.