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https://www.askthetrades.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl DIY Forum >> Painting, Decorating & Tiling Questions >> tar stain https://www.askthetrades.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1230486722 Message started by liversage on Dec 28^th, 2008, 5:52pm

Title: tar stain
Post by liversage on Dec 28^th, 2008, 5:52pm

whats the best thing to use to remove tar on a carpet :-[

Title: tar stain
Post by Lectrician on Dec 28^th, 2008, 6:09pm

This Topic was moved here from The Forum by Lectrician.

Title: Re: tar stain
Post by Zambezi on Dec 28^th, 2008, 10:53pm

You could try using white spirits. Try a bit on the carpet somewhere hidden first to make sure it does not "eat" the colour or anything else.

Title: Re: tar stain
Post by CWatters on Dec 29^th, 2008, 2:53pm

I hesitate to suggest it but petrol is also worth a try. At least it removes road tar from cars.

Swarfega or neat washing up liquid works on oily hands but only if you haven't tried water first. Once water is used it seems to stop working totally.

Title: Re: tar stain
Post by Sandy on Dec 31^st, 2008, 4:15pm

I had the same problem earlier in the year following the Highways Dept "re-dressing" the roads outside. The stupid cat belonging to the ex walked across the street and straight through the lounge with tacky bitumin on it's feet, leaving nice little black slodges all through the cream lounge carpet. The f'ing dirty, stinking, flea-ridden little bar steward!!!

The company that did my fascias and soffits left me some of their cleaner, which is spirit based and worked a treat. Put plenty on a cloth and rub well in, left it for a few mins, then put a bit more on with a clean cloth and hey presto!! Jobs a guddun.

There's no tar/bitumin there any more, but the carpet has melted and disintegrated away. No, only joking. Given it was spirit based, I tested it first on some off cut of the carpet in case it leached the colour out and made it worse.

Moral of the story for me. SHould have bought a big angry dog to keep the cat out!!

Title: Re: tar stain
Post by liversage on Jan 1^st, 2009, 3:03pm

thanks everyone for your replies will try ,i would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year ;)

Title: Re: tar stain
Post by CWatters on Feb 3^rd, 2009, 8:18pm

:-?

Title: Re: tar stain
Post by woodsmith on Feb 3^rd, 2009, 10:59pm

There it was, gone ::)

I've deleted the spammer's post, who knows what the link may lead to :o