Comments on How to Remove Tar From Skin

I used to live in Santa Barbara where there are natural tar deposits in the sand at the beach. Every time I went, I came back with globs of tar stuck all over the soles of my feet. The best trick I found was to rub a generous amount of baby oil onto the tar and then wipe it off with rags or paper towels. I would often do this before going home and tracking it all over my kitchen and bathroom. It's pretty messy, but afterward my feet were clean and smooth.

I used to live in Santa Barbara where there are natural tar deposits in the sand at the beach. Every time I went, I came back with globs of tar stuck all over the soles of my feet. The best trick I found was to rub a generous amount of baby oil onto the tar and then wipe it off with rags or paper towels. I would often do this before going home and tracking it all over my kitchen and bathroom. It's pretty messy, but afterward my feet were clean and smooth.

I've noticed that some of the tips to remove tar use products that either smell or ones that you wouldn't necessarily have with you at the beach (the place you would most likely get tar on your skin). So my tip is use to use sun cream. Just rub sun cream onto the skin and wash off!

I've noticed that some of the tips to remove tar use products that either smell or ones that you wouldn't necessarily have with you at the beach (the place you would most likely get tar on your skin). So my tip is use to use sun cream. Just rub sun cream onto the skin and wash off!

Use Nail Polish Remover and a washcloth and scrub the area where the tar is located.... after Tar has been removed, repeat to remove stain.

Use Nail Polish Remover and a washcloth and scrub the area where the tar is located.... after Tar has been removed, repeat to remove stain.

Vegetable oil worked well on removing tar from my brothers legs and arms. It's harmless and everyone has it in their kitchen!

Eucalyptus oil, found at health food stores, will dissolve tar. Rub it into the tar and wash it away with warm soapy water.

Provided the tar on your skin isn't hot or burning you, slather good old fashioned petroleum jelly on the tarred area. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Wipe off the jelly and tar with soft old cloth. Wash the area with soap and water. No more tar!

We live at the beach, and tar is an ongoing problem. 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! The store brand is fine.

A mason working on my chimney (with tar) gave me this tip. Spray WD-40 on the tar and wipe it off. This works on skin, on tools and on anything else that gets full of tar. It dissolves and wipes right off.

Not only does it remove the tar immediately, it smells terrific after you're done. No stinky beach tar smell.

Cooking oil works. 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. It worked like a charm!

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.

any kind of oil or grease will easily remove tar from skin.Just rub it on, work it in and wash it off.This also works like a charm on lino.

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.

I tried the tea tree oil on my husband's hands after getting tar on himself repairing the roof, and it worked beautifully! Only needed a little bit, too! :)

Cooking oil works. 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. It worked like a charm!

A mason working on my chimney (with tar) gave me this tip. Spray WD-40 on the tar and wipe it off. This works on skin, on tools and on anything else that gets full of tar. It dissolves and wipes right off.

My 6 year old got tar on his face and in his hair. The baby oil worked! I couldn't believe how easily it came off. Other suggestions like WD-40 or gasoline are far too dangerous, especially for a youngster.

Use mayonnaise to remove tar from your foot at your beach picnic.

Eucalyptus oil, found at health food stores, will dissolve tar. Rub it into the tar and wash it away with warm soapy water.