Removing Pine Tree Sap?
 

Had to park the Thunder under a pine tree for a while. Now I have sap drops all over the deck. I've tried dish soap, acetone, WD-40, and some fancy gel-cleaner from West Marine, Nothing seems to touch the sap. My other thoughts are diesel fuel, charcoal lighter fluid, or a friend suggest "Goof-Off". Any other ideas?

Bug and tar remover by turtle wax. Works great on pine sap

Goo Gone and also agree with vbot

I've used acetone before with no issues.

Gasoline on a clean rag is economical and works great. It (along with all the others) will remove wax so be sure to wax her back up after clean-up!

the best of the bestt never no matter what park under trees .... frikken nightmare ...

Clorox Cleanup. Spray on cool dry surface and watch it melt in 10 minutes. Scrub, rinse and hit again if needed. Works great.

Hottest water you can get through your garden hose is what a automotive paint guy told me.

My boats always lived in a shop and never lived out of cover... until I moved to Florida. It seems owning your own shop/barn down here is only for the rich & famous?
Anyway, I bought a nice full cover some time ago, but STILL trying to get the sap off. I realize I ain't reel smartt these dayz, :crazy: so I figured I would go to those who knew.
Thanks for the ideas!

Ayuh,.... Use Butter,..... The kind ya slather onto yer toast in the mornin',.....

Butter will dissolve pine pitch, spruce pitch 'n fir pitch,....

Then clean with soap, 'n water to get rid of the greasiness of the Butter,....

Must be southern pine sap is tougher than white pine. That's what I have and acetone takes it off very easy, then a quick polish job and yer good to go.

I had

Sorry about that... posted before I was ready... not sure how to delete. Here is what I intended to post...

I had this issue with a Bayliner I bought- parked it under a pair of pine trees in the back yard for a year and by the time I realized it was a problem; I had a mess! Tried everything listed above (except the butter... may have to give that a shot next time) but what I found worked best was waterless hand sanitizer. Buy the big pump bottle from a dollar store and use it generously- I put a big dollop of it on the pine sap and covered it with a paper towel for a few minutes then just a little rubbing took it right off. It's best to use paper towels because that pine sap is a mess no matter what you do to it, and I didn't want it on rags laying around the shop.

I wasn't hacking on you and by no means do I think you're not smart . I myself have been there and done that . Hot water n little compound will take it right off ! Sorry to come off like a dick ?

You can use a green scrubby.... Whoops, that's a bad idea. My wife learned that one the hard way when we first started dating. Luckily it was her car and not mine. I still cringe when I think about it... Hope you find something that works. I like the bug and tar remover...

I have tried a lot of things getting tree sap off the boat and the best thing I came up with is this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMInvh4PFGY

Mineral spirits.

Rob, It's all good! Let's face it, parking under a pine tree with only a cockpit cover ain't the smartest thing, but at the time, I had no other options.
In a lot of trial and failure, I DID find something that worked great, and I had it all along.
I found a can of GM weatherstrip adhesive remover on my shelf from mo old dealership mechanic days (almost 30 years ago). A well soaked rag, let the juice do the work with minimal rubbing, and got em one tar-drop at a time.
I then hand washed the whole thing with old school hot-soapy water. Covered the boat and tomorrow I'll pull out the buffer for polish & wax.

Excellent news. Nothing worse than looking at you're stuff. N seeing anything but what you want to see. Good luck. :-)

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+1 Hand sanitizer pour it on walk away come back later wipe it off your done.

Maybe this will work.
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping...r-gallon/21242

I would ask how long the sap was on the clearcoat or gelcoat. You might not be able to remove the spots because they have eaten into the surface. If that's the case then get out the sandpaper and wetsand a test area then buff it out to see if the spot will disappear. Hope it comes out.