Tips for removing pine sap or pitch from your hands as posted by the ThriftyFun community. Post your own ideas here.
While arranging some pine boughs in a vase as a centerpiece, I ended up with pine sap all over my hands. I tried soap, Dawn, scrubbed, and scrubbed, nothing worked - still sticky.
I went upstairs and got some toothpaste (not the gel kind) and put a quarter size dollop in my hand, then added a bit of water. Washed my hands like you normally do and the pine sap was gone - no sticky!
By Jenny in KY
My son in law told me to use Pam, or something similar, to remove tree sap from my hands and he was right. It came right off.
By Granfran
Pam works fast and it does not hurt from scrubbing. I could not remember where I read butter, but after looking at Pam, and having tried many of the above solvents: Dawn, toothpaste, Joy, Grease Monkey, tar soap, baking soda, finger nail polish remover in the past. I decided to try the internet first this time. Pam non stick food spray! 10 seconds, and soft clean, smooth hands!
By Katylin
My mom always used fingernail polish remover. I've heard you can use petroleum jelly as well.
By Sachi
We have always sworn by Lestoil.
By japhysimon.
While working at a florist shop, we used WD-40.
By JODI
To get "Pine Sap" off your hands, put a small amount of cooking oil on your hands just enough to coat your hands. Then rub your hands together for about 1 whole minute or so. The pitch will loosen up and once it does you can then wash it off with soap and water. Repeat if necessary. Works great!
By luke
I've found That peanut butter works best at removing pine tar from your hands. Put a little dollop in your hands, wash and rinse as usual with a little warm water and your good to go.
By C.M . Mang
The peanut butter worked great for me! I think any oil based product such as butter, Pam or any kind of cooking oil will do the trick, too.
By Michelle
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Goof Off, Goo Gone, and lighter fluid for pocket lighters all work very well.
Avon skin so soft oil works great for us-hands and feet!
I tried the cooking spray and it did work great. Also softens hands. A two for one deal. AWESOME!
After reading the above, I tried Canola oil to remove pine sap. Worked great. I agree, I think any oil-based product will likely work.
spray pam worked...and fast!
Toothpaste worked.
Cooking oil worked wonders, thanks.
Thanks People! It really works. I tried using PAM to get the sap off of my sandel and it worked. I just sprayed it on, waited 10 seconds and washed it off.
Pam cooking spray works the best. Just spray a quarter size amount in your hand, rub your hands together and its GONE!. Then just was hands with soap like normal.
A million thanks! I ended up here from Google because my daughter had a pine tree drip sap right onto the inside corner of her nose, next to her eye. The oil worked fast and like a charm. Thanks again everybody! JoAnne
New convertible top covered with pine tree sap and droppings! HELP Jabne
Mayonnaise works well also.
The cooking spray worked terrifically! Thanks!
I got pinesap on a beautiful dress of mine. Someone suggested hand sanitizer. It worked great and didn't leave a stain like oil.
Just good old butter and wash it off.
Toothpaste worked really well.
Peanut butter worked a lot. Thanks. I suggest oily cooking supplies were great like toothpaste, mayonnaise, and toothpaste. :) Happy.
Baby Oil
I knew it took sticky wax off your skin, so when I had sap from a Christmas tree all over my hands I decided to use some baby oil and it took it right off! No harsh chemicals!
After trimming evergreens in our yard we were covered in sap. Plain olive oil removed it in seconds with all the healthy benefits too!
I have done a fair bit of logging. Naturally, you wear gloves, but now and then they have to come off for various reasons, and you get sap onto your hands. If you don't get rid of it, you will have blisters, because the gloves don't slide on the sap and pull the skin.
If you are in the bush, hours from town, you can't run upstairs to get toothpaste or similarly silly concoctions.
Loggers carry a small hip pocket size can of OFF mosquito spray, even in winter. One quick squirt, and one fast wipe of the hand onto the jeans, and the sap is gone.
OFF does not leave an oily residue. The hands are clean and ready for work in 2 seconds.
By the way, I have been hit by my Million mosquitos and they don't like me anymore. I have not needed to spray the OFF on me as a repellent since the mid 80's.
Have FUN!
DearWebby
When our cat was chased up a spruce tree by a dog, she was covered in sap in her fur when she came down. We tried all the solutions listed, Pam, WD-40, oil etc. Finally I tried regular dish soap. It didn't work. Then I thought of the Dawn commercial cleaning wildlife and was desperate for my poor cat.
Just tried some Olive Oil....rubbed for about 30 sec. or so....worked like a champ!!
Thank you for the pam cooking spray tip! I didn't have Pam though so used Olive Oil instead since I figure oil base...worked like a charm. Hands are pretty soft too :)
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