How to Remove Tar From Your Shoes
Typically, cities use tar — a black sticky substance — to repair cracks or pot holes in roads. When exposed to high temperatures, tar melts slightly and becomes tacky. Unfortunately, it’s possible for tar to get stuck on the bottom of your shoes if you walk over it.
While it’s a pain to clean tar from the soles of your shoes, it’s not impossible and cleaning the shoes yourself saves you from buying new ones.
Things You Will Need
- Plastic knife
- Toothbrush
- Degreasing dish soap
- Towel
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Scrape off as much of the tar as you can using a plastic knife. Be careful not to poke the sole of the shoe and damage it.
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Squirt degreasing dish soap onto the soles of the shoes. Use a toothbrush to scrub the tar in a circular motion, getting down in the grooves of the sole thoroughly. Scrub until all of the tar disappears.
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Rinse the soap from your shoes and set them on a towel to dry.
The Drip Cap
- Typically, cities use tar — a black sticky substance — to repair cracks or pot holes in roads.
- When exposed to high temperatures, tar melts slightly and becomes tacky.
- Use a toothbrush to scrub the tar in a circular motion, getting down in the grooves of the sole thoroughly.
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Emily Retherford has been a full-time writer since 2009. She specializes in travel, parenting, fashion and beauty with work appearing on various online publications.
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