How do you remove pine tree sap from glass?
Helen Tobey from Michigan
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Try acetone. Acetone is a universal solvent. In college chemistry lab we used it to clean glassware that had all kinds of funky stuff in it and it would dissolve everything and leave the glass sparkling clean. It was also used to clean equipment between experiments.
You don't want to touch a car with acetone, it will eat the paint.
If its a glass bowl or jug - stick solid from melting it for beeswax wraps - stick it in the freezer for half an hour. Then it scrapes off easily with a cutlery knife. Wash as usual.
The best thing to use would be pine sap's natural solvent: turpentine (which is derived from the pine tree.)
Reference: Popular Mechanics
Goo Gone Automotive Spray Gel is the best thing for any surface and or clothing that has tree sap.
Goo gone did not work at all
I tried all the suggestions for tree sap, WD40 to alcohol. Rubbing alcohol was decent, rest, not really. Then I tried well everything else under the sink. Here's 2 cleaners not mentioned that work really well. Fantastic dissolves it, only light rubbing required.
Have you tried removing tree sap from duradeck flooring on patio. ?
This may sound weird, but I was looking for my WD40 when I found a can of carburetor cleaner. Used it and had great results. Not everyone has that (unless you have an older car). but it worked great
Dab a bit of butter or soft margarine on the sap. Wait a minute or two, then rub it off with a paper towel. This tip was given to me from a auto body repair shop.
the butter solution worked for me!
Have you tried soaking the glass with Skin So Soft Bath Oil from Avon? It works on just about anything sticky. Soak it really well and scrub with a soft cloth. It may take a while and some "elbow grease" but it should work. Good luck! Yilbit
Just thought of something else for removing the sap. WD-40 may work? Never tried it but I have heard it removes tree sap from other surfaces.
Believe it or not I've used Pine Sol to remove sap from my hair and skin. It may work on glass too.
I used an ice cube and a paper towel.... it freezes the sap and the edge of the cube makes a nice 'scraper'... Use a clean piece of the paper towel to lift off the frozen sap pieces and continue until all sap has been removed.
Thanks for the Acetone idea....worked like a charm!!! :)
Rubbing alcohol works for me on the shoe tracks that get on my pergo floor and our car windows.
It might sound weird but ammonia works the best
Oh yes! The acetone worked wonders - just a nail polish remover did a pretty good job, now I will be getting some good acetone. Thanks a million!
I tried WD-40 and I had to scrub until my elbows hurt and it still did not remove the pine sap. Even the still liquid sap was hard to remove with WD-40. The best thing I tried was PVC pipe cleaner which can be bought at any hardware store. Check the ingredients on the can. It should have Methyl Ethyl Ketone and Acetone.
I had thought turpentine, for the reason expressed above. I was very surprised when it didn't work very well. So, since I'm out of acetone right now, I tried rubbing alcohol (70% isopropyl). It worked.
However, it dissolved the sap, distributing it in a thin film wherever the rag went. Using two rags, one in each hand, worked well. Use one soaked in alcohol and with the other (clean and dry), follow and remove the alcohol immediately. Takes a bit of doing, but it isn't too hard.
usually just plain water takes it off
Really? Then you happen to time it right to remove while still wet and freshly dropped from the tree. Maybe you're the luckiest guy I ever met, or, you've never dealt with sap already hardened...
I tried everything I had on hand that was mentioned on this page. I gave-up after the butter/margarine smeared the glass to the point I would not be able to drive with it but cook on it or fry eggs on a hot dang day !! Finally went to the garage/work-shop and found Tilex. Tilex at the city residence was no dang good, so was brought to the Bush Country at the Cottage, couldn't hurt to keep it for junk-stuff. I tried it on the the Pontiac's glass that was covered in tree-sap and from the get-go !! the window was sparkling clean. Afraid to use too much $$paper-towel$$, used old 100 % cotton white rags. Un-believe-able....Tilex is not great on tiles and works like a charm to remove tree-sap from vehicle-glass. In case of separation; today is; Lucky 13th. of June 2021. (I never brought the Pontiac G-5 to the Cottage before, always used the S.U.V. which can be parked anywhere on the property full of trees) Rosa M*. from the Haliburton Highlands in Ontario, Canada.
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