Comments on How to Remove Tree Sap From Your Hands

I am chemically sensitive, so could not use paint thinner. I use organic canola oil, then just warm fragrance-free dish detergent and it works for me.

I am chemically sensitive, so could not use paint thinner. I use organic canola oil, then just warm fragrance-free dish detergent and it works for me.

Faced with a large area of sap on my hairy arms and the prospect of shaving them (ugh), I laughed when someone said "Butter." I tried it, I didn't need much either. It worked like magic and was easier to wash off than some of the other suggestions here.

Rub butter on your hands and all over the sap and then wash both with soap and water.

Massage rubbing alcohol or instant hand sanitizer on the area, then wash with regular soap and water.

Massage rubbing alcohol or instant hand sanitizer on the area, then wash with regular soap and water.

I use any cooking oil to remove sap. I apply some to a paper napkin and rub the sap. The oil loosens it and the paper towel takes it off.

After moving to a cabin in the mountains, we found Isopropyl rubbing alcohol to be effective in removing tree sap from hands and home.

Use mayonnaise.

Use Avon Skin-So-Soft. Pour the oil on your hands. Rub together, and then use liquid hand soap and water to rinse the oil off. The oil makes your hands so soft. There's no hard scrubbing either.

I don't remember why we tried it but after cutting a Christmas tree we use hand sanitizer and a paper towel. The sap comes off easier than any other way we have tried.

Take a paper towel and rub with vegetable oil for a few moments then rinse under running water!

Rub peanut butter over the affected area. Rub back and forth over the area for a minute or so. Remove peanut butter with a paper towel and wash your hands. It works like magic!

Use mayonnaise.

I came to this tip because my puppy had tree sap all over his fur. I rubbed peanut butter on my puppies fur and then washed it off with water. The sap was gone.

Dab some peanut butter onto the sap and rub your hands together to loosen the sap. Rinse with soap and water. Peanut butter works on sap in hair, too.

I use any cooking oil to remove sap. I apply some to a paper napkin and rub the sap. The oil loosens it and the paper towel takes it off.

I use nail polish remover on a cotton ball to remove tree sap from my hands.

I don't remember why we tried it but after cutting a Christmas tree we use hand sanitizer and a paper towel. The sap comes off easier than any other way we have tried.

Take a paper towel and rub with vegetable oil for a few moments then rinse under running water!