Re: Pine tar removal

["DeSoto Saddle" <desotosaddle@voyager.net>]

Goo Gone works great for tar removal and will work for pine tar as well. It
will not hurt the horses skin and it is not toxic. You can get it at Wal
Mart.

Marilyn Horstmyer
DeSoto Custom Saddlery
(231) 775-5612
desotosaddle@voyager.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn Kinsky <lkinsky@silcom.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 3:39 PM
Subject: RC: Pine tar removal


> >     Any Floridians have a quick, easy solution to  get the pine tar off
> >my horse's ankles without pulling out the hair? I tried  that, and he was
> >very unhappy, so it obviously hurt.  I thought of trying  to clip, but it
> >goes down to the skin. Thanks in advance for suggestions. Randi  and
> >Falconfyre, preparing for the Goethe ride this  weekend.
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> Turpentine will work well but it might irriate his skin.  For tar on
> delicate human tissues (natural oil seeps offshore make little tar glops a
> fact of life on the beaches near Santa Barbara, CA) the mild liquid soaps
> sold by Amway, etc (LOC for example) swabbed on full strength with rubbing
> will take the tar off pretty handily.  Works for oil tar, so I expect it
> would work for pine tar.
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> Lynn Kinsky (Santa Ynez, CA)
> http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky
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