How to clean tar from a sailboat?

Question

I got tar on the top of my sailboat.It is a 25' O'day. I am wondering if there are any good products or home made remedies made for cleaning the tar

Answer 1

Dupont #7 Tar Remover

Answer 2

Lighter fluid and paper towels. Then put a coat of wax on and good as new.  Put the paper in the barbeque and have hamburgers.

Answer 3

Ordinary paint thinner will work best.  There are other products, but if you take your time paint thinner will do the least damage to anything non-fiberglass, and will evaporate completely soon after your done.  Hardware stores all carry it for $7.00 a quart, which should be plenty.  Walmart and Home Depot both carry it.  Good luck!

Answer 4

WD40 works, and You probably have some.

Answer 5

Kerosene will work very well, and is not nearly as flammable as paint thinner or lighter fluid (which I do not recommend using). You can also use ordinary diesel fuel, which is another form of kerosene. You can put it in a plastic container, and just get a cup or so of it.

Regards,

Dan

Answer 6

the safest thing to use is denatured alochol and some rags keep changing the rags nothing is safe as this  . Tinners will raise the paint etc i am certain of this