When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and
clothing. For years I have used a product called
De-solv-it, but it has been harder and harder to find in
recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Thanks.


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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

CWLee wrote:
When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and clothing.
For years I have used a product called De-solv-it, but it has been
harder and harder to find in recent years, and now I don't see it at all
at my local grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Thanks.



Mineral spirits or turpentine work very well.

CWLee wrote:
When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and clothing.
For years I have used a product called De-solv-it, but it has been
harder and harder to find in recent years, and now I don't see it at all
at my local grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Thanks.


Thought about wearing gloves?

CWLee wrote:
When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and
clothing. For years I have used a product called
De-solv-it, but it has been harder and harder to find in
recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Thanks.

kerosine

"LouB" wrote:

Thought about wearing gloves?

Yes, I wear them whenever I work in the yard. Most sap
accumulation is on lower arms and elbows, sometimes on
face/neck from using sap-stained gloves to scratch or wave
away insects.

When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and
clothing. For years I have used a product called
De-solv-it, but it has been harder and harder to find in
recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?



*I think Goop would work on that.

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:07:50 -0700, "CWLee"
wrote:

When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and
clothing. For years I have used a product called
De-solv-it, but it has been harder and harder to find in
recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Baby oil. Makes me smell nice, too.g

Jim

"Jim Elbrecht" wrote in message
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Baby oil. Makes me smell nice, too.g


Sure, but the nice smell is far outweighed by the thought of the extraction
process...

On Jun 8, 2:07*pm, "CWLee" wrote:
When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and
clothing. *For years I have used a product called
De-solv-it, but it has been harder and harder to find in
recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. *What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

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Where do you live? What kind of trees? Deciduous sap is different from
evergreen, cactus from bananas, etc.

Joe

"CWLee" wrote in message
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When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and clothing. For
years I have used a product called De-solv-it, but it has been harder and
harder to find in recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have you found
effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Thanks.


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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

I use "Fast Orange" Takes off wood staining, paint, glue moly oil or
grease and most all I get into. Leaves hands feeling good. Also for
cleaning paint brushes after first using solvent (proper for type of paint
or stain I am using) then washing with water.WW

"Joe" wrote:

Where do you live?

Greater Los Angeles.

What kind of trees?

Cedars, cypress, pines, birches are the ones from which I
get the troubling sap.

Deciduous sap is different from
evergreen, cactus from bananas, etc.

I didn't know that. Do you use a different product for
deciduous, evergreen, cactus, bananas, etc?

On Jun 8, 11:57*pm, "CWLee" wrote:
"Joe" wrote:
Where do you live?

Greater Los Angeles.

What kind of trees?

Cedars, cypress, pines, birches are the ones from which I
get the troubling sap.

Deciduous sap is different from
evergreen, cactus from bananas, etc.

I didn't know that. *Do you use a different product for
deciduous, evergreen, cactus, bananas, etc?

Your university agriculture extension service should have experts
familiar with the common tree types of the south west. Since most tree
saps are aqueous solutions or suspensions of the resinous matter,
using a solvent/dispersant similar to the natural ingredient probably
works. You could experiment with ammonia, for example, or common
solvents for pine resins like turpentine, but other materials may not
be available in California because of pollution regulations. Whatever,
good luck.

Joe

Joe wrote:
On Jun 8, 11:57 pm, "CWLee" wrote:

"Joe" wrote:

Where do you live?

Greater Los Angeles.


What kind of trees?

Cedars, cypress, pines, birches are the ones from which I
get the troubling sap.


Deciduous sap is different from
evergreen, cactus from bananas, etc.

I didn't know that. Do you use a different product for
deciduous, evergreen, cactus, bananas, etc?

you might try some WD40 - the sovlents and oils in the product work well
to remove a lot of things similar to sap.

On Jun 8, 1:27*pm, "CWLee" wrote:
"LouB" wrote:
Thought about wearing gloves?

Yes, I wear them whenever I work in the yard. *Most sap
accumulation is on lower arms and elbows, sometimes on
face/neck from using sap-stained gloves to scratch or wave
away insects.

There must be industrial-type gauntlet/gloves that cover up to & over
the elbow.
Worth checking on-line?

A low-tech solution might be to engulf your arms in tough plastic
bags, secured at the top by rubber bands or duct tape, but at the
bottom
open so you can pull on gauntlet gloves (available in good plant
nurseries and maybe in homeowners' stores. Might need help
getting "suited up".

Keep a bamboo back scratcher handy, plus a sturdy, inexpensive
fan, for the two problems you outlined above.

The one time I had a circular saw blade loaded with sap, a friend
suggested gasoline and paper towel. Worked fine. Usual safety
precautions apply.

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"CWLee" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote:

Where do you live?

Greater Los Angeles.

What kind of trees?

Cedars, cypress, pines, birches are the ones from which I
get the troubling sap.

Deciduous sap is different from
evergreen, cactus from bananas, etc.

I didn't know that. Do you use a different product for
deciduous, evergreen, cactus, bananas, etc?

In article ,
Jim Elbrecht wrote:

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:07:50 -0700, "CWLee"
wrote:

When I work in my yard I often get tree sap on my hands and
clothing. For years I have used a product called
De-solv-it, but it has been harder and harder to find in
recent years, and now I don't see it at all at my local
grocery chains. What other common household cleaners have
you found effective in removing tree sap from your hands?

Baby oil. Makes me smell nice, too.g

Jim

Any kind of oil works well. I use olive oil, since it's what I have in
the kitchen.