Conference moira::parenting_v3

I've had success getting it off with turpentine.  Then wash them well and apply
a bit of body lotion to recondition their skin.

Cheryl

    You may laugh -- but someone told me that Skin So Soft will remove
    tarry/gummy things...one more use for the miracle substance?
    
    I usually use mechanic's hand cleaner (lanolin based) for stuff
    like this. Get it at the automotive section of any discount store.
    
    Lucy

Elspeth gets a lot of pine sap on her feet, too (since she really doesn't
believe in shoes in the summer).  Two things that Lynne has found that work
pretty well:

	dish washing detergent (not dishwasher soap) and lots of scrubbing

	Skin-So-Soft (you knew that was coming, right?)

-Neil

    
    I'd also recommend mechanic's "waterless hand soap".  However,
    I thought it was petroleum-based, not lanolin, so it smells 
    pretty horrible but always does the trick!  
    
    Carol

    Baby oil works great, smells good, doesn't take a lot of
    scrubbing, and doesn't irritate the skin as turpentine can.  I
    used it after spending half an hour in the back yard removing some
    branches.  My hands were black, but it only took about two minutes
    to get it all off.  
    
    Putting hand lotion or skin-so-soft or something on the feet and
    hands *before* you go out in the pitch also helps.  It puts a
    coating on your skin that makes it harder for the pitch to stick. 
    
    --bonnie

    
    How about Fingernail Polish remover...  ??
    
    Never tried it, but it works for everything else for me...
    
    Chris
    
    

    While in Bermuda (pre-baby), we found that their beaches were sometimes 
    plagued with  balls of tar washing up onto the shore. Our hotel left a
    bottle of Lestoil, some rags and a hose near the top of the steps
    leading up from the beach. The stuff worked like a charm in removing
    any tar you might have stuck to your feet. (it also helped save them a
    fortune in carpet-cleaning bills...)

    I use nail polish remover, and then wash the child.  
    
    Is there anything will get pine pitch out of *hair*?  I tried vinegar
    on my son, and that took some of it out, but not enough.  Poor kid
    had a bald spot for a week....

    If your little one tracks tar onto the floor on the bottoms of shoes...
    try this:  bug and tar remover that you buy for your car!  It works
    wonders.  Don't know about little feet though!  I know it would work. 
    I don't wear gloves or anything when I'm using the stuff and it doesn't
    cause any irritation.

    I use rubbing alcohol to get the stuff off of me.  Works, but
    you gotta scrub.  At least their feet should be tough enough
    to handle it, unless they are ticklish!
    
    judy

    just a note; the bug & tar remover (the one used for cars) 
    dissolves some plastics; when using try not to touch anything with it
    (I can't use that stuff on my car as I discovered 1st hand......)
    
    Monica

    The baby oil really does work for pitch.  On hair, on skin, even
    on most clothes.  No irritants, no dangerous chemicals.  
    
    --bonnie

    We always use the mechanic's soap stuff, and it works wonders!  
    
    patty

    I may be over-cautious, but I would go with the most inert
    stuff that works (like baby oil) -- turpentine and nail polish 
    remover (which has acetone in it) give off fumes that little 
    kids should not be breathing. 
    
    Lucy 

I would think that a shortening like Crisco might do it, too.  That was what
we always used to get tar off our feet.

There is a citrus-based product called DeSolvIt which works very well for
removing pitch and sap, as well as many other types of goo and stains.  It
is safe for the skin.  I bought mine at Somerville Lumber, but I've seen
it at a few other places as well.  It comes in a clear plastic bottle.

			Steve

    I have quick query...I am presently out of Baby oil, but have a lot of
    small sample bottles of Keri Oil.  Is Keri interchangable with baby oil
    as far as removing pine pitch, and such similar uses?
    
    Lyn