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9/4 Help! Tar spilled all over, what's the best way to clean up?
\_ http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/utilityroom/stain%20removal%20tw.htm
\_ http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-remove-stains-from-clothing.htm
http://www.ehow.com/tips_877.html
\_ Turpentine. Careful, it'll strip paint too. -John
\_ Can I buy this at Home Depot? I looked on their web site and
they don't have it. However, they do have paint thinners. Are
they the same?
\_ Paint thinner is general a cheaper substitute for
turpentine (which is organic -- turpentine is just the
generic name of the substance.) I don't know what you're
trying to do, but I'd ask to see if they have something
that won't harm whatever you're trying to remove the
tar from. If it's real tar, you just want something
that is a solvent for mineral oil. -John
\_ I took apart my door panel to fix the rattle and had to
take out the plastic covering with sticky black tar
and it got all over the upholstery and I can't get it
out. I'm sure it's tar. I'll give paint thinner a try,
thanks so much!
\_ Might want to consider getting it cleaned. $$, but
you'll have someone to yell at... -John
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| www.hintsandthings.co.uk/utilityroom/stain%20removal%20tw.htm jpg (3282 bytes) The advice on these pages is given in good faith but it is made clear these remedies are undertaken at your own risk. No responsibility can be taken as regards their results or any consequences relating to their use. PAINT - STICKY MARKS Tar Fabrics/Hair/Skin Carefully remove anything remaining on surface and soften with a glycerine solution (1 part to 2 parts water). Gently dab with lighter fuel, which acts as a solvent, and then with a cloth which has been dampened in warm water. Diann Woods To remove tar from clothes or flooring rub gently with baby oil. Thanks you "Ymarie" Tea Fabric This stain can usually be removed by normal washing, as long as this can be done without delay. You can, however, apply a glycerine solution (diluted 1 part to 2 parts water), leave for about an hour to soften the stain then wash in detergent. Before it is allowed to dry, apply a peroxide solution (20 volume strength 1 part to 6 parts water) and then wash again. Tippex (Correction Fluid) Fabric Skin Scrape off as much of the white deposits as possible, as soon as possible. As long as it is not on a highly sensitive area such as around the eyes, white spirit on some cotton wool will probably do the trick. If you do not have any white spirits try nail varnish remover, this apparently works (according to Chris). Tomato Sauce Fabric This stain can usually be removed by normal washing, as long as this can be done without delay. You can, however, apply a glycerine solution (diluted 1 part to 2 parts water), leave for about an hour to soften the stain then wash in detergent. Before it is allowed to dry, apply a peroxide solution (20 volume strength 1 part to 6 parts water) and then wash again. Urine Fabrics Soak in cold water and a biological detergent, then wash in a strong detergent. Alternatively, sponge with a vinegar solution (1 tablespoon/15ml to 1 pint/500ml cold water). Urine Carpet Sponge old stains with ammonia solution (1 tablespoon/15 ml to 500ml/1 pint cold water). Foam from a carpet shampoo usually works on fresh stains. Vomit Fabrics Remove surface deposits, rinse under cold running water. Soak in cold water and a biological detergent, then wash in a strong detergent. Alternatively, sponge with a vinegar solution (1 tablespoon/15ml to 1 pint/500ml cold water). For non-washing fabrics, remove surface deposits and sponge with warm water into which a few drops of ammonia have been added. Wipe with damp cloth then squirt with a soda siphon or borax solution (15ml/1 tablespoon to 500ml/1pint warm water). Blot well with absorbent paper to remove excess liquid from carpet. Clean with carpet cleaner, rinse and blot, repeating as necessary. Water marks Furniture Rub with metal polish in direction of the wood grain. If on DARK French polished surface a mixture of cigarette ash and a good vegetable oil rubbed on the mark will remove it completely (some take more rubbing than others). Equal parts of olive oil and salt rubbed gently over the mark with your finger, leave for about two hours then wipe away with a clean dry cloth. This is suitable for dark wood only as the oil can stain lighter woods. On light woods rubbing with an oily Brazil nut sometime works. Camphorated oil or pure turpentine and raw linseed oil (1 part of each) can also be used but all these suggestions only work on FRENCH POLISHED items. Water Soluble stains Carpet Usually respond to carpet shampoo eg 1001 or Vanish. Wax Fabrics Remove as much of the surface wax as possible. Place between two sheets of absorbent kitchen paper and press with warm iron, moving paper around so clean sections will absorb the wax. Any residual colour can be removed by dabbing with colourless methylated spirits before washing. White Wine Fabrics/Carpet If stain has dried soften with glycerine (1 part to 2 parts water) before washing. Rinse in warm water, sponge with borax solution (1 tbls. Wine - Red Fabrics/Carpet Sponge immediately with White Wine to remove the red stain then follow the instructions for White wine stains. If you rub salt into the stain immediately after the spillage has occurred this will counteract the stain. Contribution from David Barns (although I am not sure whether they would leave a stain of their own). Wool Carpet Immediately pour a pile of salt onto the freshly spilt wine. If left to absorb overnight the salt may be vacuumed the next day. Wine/Spirit Furniture Light marks can be removed with cigarette ash and linseed oil, then polish. |
| www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-remove-stains-from-clothing.htm Close this window All of us, no matter how neat, have been in a situation where we've had to remove stains from our clothes. In most cases, stain removal is quite simple, though sometimes clothing requires professional care. Many stains become permanent only because one hasn't acted quickly enough. Rather than allow the stain to become embedded in the fibers of our clothing, it's best to act immediately. If the garment can be easily removed without causing embarrassment, soak it in cold water to loosen the spot. If the garment can't be removed, wet a cloth with cold water and blot until you've removed as much of the stain as possible. By rubbing it you're only producing more damage to the fabric. If the garment is still stained after blotting it with cold water, try using a mild dish washing liquid. Blot a little onto the stain with a cloth until it's lifted. If you're in an area where you can actually mix up a solution of one part dish washing liquid to two parts water, this will make for easier blotting. Club soda and even other "clear" sodas will also help to remove the stain. If you happen to have some vinegar handy, you can also use this to blot at the stain. Cold water or any of the above remedies will help to remove the stain, or at least help it to fade away. After that you can launder the item of clothing as usual. If you got to the stain early enough, it should come out of the washing machine good as new. If not, you may want to try pretreating again and throwing it in with your next batch of laundry. It's important to note that stained clothing should never be placed in the dryer or exposed to another form of heat such as an iron. If after a couple of washings the stain still exists, you should probably take the clothes to a dry cleaner for professional advice. Just remember the three most important rules of stain fighting: act immediately, blot -- don't rub, and never apply heat until the stain is removed. |
| www.ehow.com/tips_877.html step-by-step instructions: In some areas, going to the beach may expose you to some unseemly stuff, such as tar, that washes up on the beach. with a little patience, you can get rid of tar with ease. Or read on for additional suggestions submitted by eHow users: 24 tips from eHow users: 1 Removing tar from your feet John Lightbourn Use mayonnaise to remove tar from your foot at your beach picnic. Baby oil is perfect for removing tar quickly and safely from your skin. Put it on cotton balls and rub it on skin - zip, it's gone! After a trip to the beach, our dog came home with one paw covered in tar. It took about 15 minutes of liberally rubbing cooking oil into the fur, wiping with paper towels, and then washing with dish soap and water. This is quick and easy Harry Reish Just put some paint thinner on a paper towel or rag and rub it off, it will come off in under 5 seconds off rubbing. |
| csua.org/u/gu1 -> www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.txt Copyright 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 11 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You are free to copy and modify this GNU Manual. Buying copies from GNU Press supports the FSF in developing GNU and promoting software freedom." The first part of this master menu lists the major nodes in this Info document. The name "tar" originally came from the phrase "Tape ARchive", but archives need not (and these days, typically do not) reside on tapes. It also tells you who has worked on GNU tar' and its documentation, and where you should send bug reports or comments. The second chapter is a tutorial (*note Tutorial::) which provides a gentle introduction for people who are new to using tar'. It is meant to be self contained, not requiring any reading from subsequent chapters to make sense. It moves from topic to topic in a logical, progressive order, building on information already explained. Although the tutorial is paced and structured to allow beginners to learn how to use tar', it is not intended solely for beginners. The tutorial explains how to use the three most frequently used operations (create', list', and extract') as well as two frequently used options (file' and verbose'). The other chapters do not refer to the tutorial frequently; however, if a section discusses something which is a complex variant of a basic concept, there may be a cross reference to that basic concept. Each chapter presents everything that needs to be said about a specific topic. One of the chapters (*note Date input formats::) exists in its entirety in other GNU manuals, and is mostly self-contained. In addition, one section of this manual (*note Standard::) contains a big quote which is taken directly from tar' sources. In general, we give both long and short (abbreviated) option names at least once in each section where the relevant option is covered, so that novice readers will become familiar with both styles. An "archive" is a single file which contains the contents of many files, while still identifying the names of the files, their owner, and so forth. Within this manual, we use the term "file" to refer only to files accessible in the normal ways (by ls', cat', and so forth), and the term "member" to refer only to the members of an archive. Similarly, a "file name" is the name of a file, as it resides in the file system, and a "member name" is the name of an archive member within the archive. The term "extraction" refers to the process of copying an archive member (or multiple members) into a file in the file system. Extracting all the members of an archive is often called "extracting the archive". The term "unpack" can also be used to refer to the extraction of many or all the members of an archive. Extracting an archive does not destroy the archive's structure, just as creating an archive does not destroy the copies of the files that exist outside of the archive. You may also "list" the members in a given archive (this is often thought of as "printing" them to the standard output, or the command line), or "append" members to a pre-existing archive. For example, you can use tar' on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored. Initially, tar' archives were used to store files conveniently on magnetic tape. Despite the utility's name, tar' can direct its output to available devices, files, or other programs (using pipes). tar' may even access remote devices or files (as archives). We want to stress a few of them: storage, backup, and transportation. Storage Often, tar' archives are used to store related files for convenient file transfer over a network. For example, the GNU Project distributes its software bundled into tar' archives, so that all the files relating to a particular program (or set of related programs) can be transferred as a single unit. One way to store several files on one tape and retain their names is by creating a tar' archive. Even when the basic transfer mechanism can keep track of names, as FTP can, the nuisance of handling multiple files, directories, and multiple links makes tar' archives useful. You can think of this as transportation from the present into the future. A backup puts a collection of files (possibly pertaining to many users and projects) together on a disk or a tape. This guards against accidental destruction of the information in those files. GNU tar' has special features that allow it to be used to make incremental and full dumps of all the files in a file system. Transportation You can create an archive on one system, transfer it to another system, and extract the contents there. This allows you to transport a group of files from one system to another. This is not necessary for tar' to operate properly, but this manual follows that convention in order to accustom readers to it and to make examples more clear. Often, people refer to tar' archives as "tar' files," and archive members as "files" or "entries". For people familiar with the operation of tar', this causes no difficulty. However, in this manual, we consistently refer to "archives" and "archive members" to make learning to use tar' easier for novice users. The GNU enhancements were written by Jay Fenlason, then Joy Kendall, and the whole package has been further maintained by Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG, Franc,ois Pinard, Paul Eggert, and finally Sergey Poznyakoff with the help of numerous and kind users. We wish to stress that tar' is a collective work, and owes much to all those people who reported problems, offered solutions and other insights, or shared their thoughts and suggestions. An impressive, yet partial list of those contributors can be found in the THANKS' file from the GNU tar' distribution. Jay Fenlason put together a draft of a GNU tar' manual, borrowing notes from the original man page from John Gilmore. Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG and Amy Gorin worked on a tutorial and manual for GNU tar'. Melissa Weisshaus finally edited and redesigned the book to create version 112. For version 112, Daniel Hagerty contributed a great deal of technical consulting. In particular, he is the primary author of *note Backups::. org/projects/tar'), and active development and maintenance work has started again. Currently GNU tar' is being maintained by Paul Eggert, Sergey Poznyakoff and Jeff Bailey. Support for POSIX archives was added by Sergey Poznyakoff. When reporting a bug, please be sure to include as much detail as possible, in order to reproduce it. If you already know how to use some other version of tar', then you may not need to read this chapter. This chapter omits most complicated details about how tar' works. At the same time, we will try to cover all the basic aspects of these three operations. In order to accomplish both of these tasks, we have made certain assumptions about your knowledge before reading this manual, and the hardware you will be using: * Before you start to work through this tutorial, you should understand what the terms "archive" and "archive member" mean (*note Definitions::). In addition, you should understand something about how Unix-type operating systems work, and you should know how to use some basic utilities. For example, you should know how to create, list, copy, rename, edit, and delete files and directories; You should have some basic understanding of directory structure and how files are named according to which directory they are in. You should understand concepts such as standard output and standard input, what various definitions of the term "argument" mean, and the differences between relative and absolute path names. In this tutorial, you will create a directory to practice ... |