Tips for removing tar from frame?

"Brad Ford" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

Terpentine.

Lou

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

Automotive tar remover and the longer you wait, the harder it is to
get it off.

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

WD-40...like duct tape, fixes just about everything.

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Like Peter, I've used WD-40. Gasoline (the crowd gasps in horror) also
works well. But I've never done it on a carbon bike... maybe you ought
to ask Specialized.

--
Dave
dvt at psu dot edu

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

WD-40...like duct tape, fixes just about everything.

Or just use kerosene, which is the component of WD40 that does the
dissolving action.

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

A few decades ago, back when I lived in Georgia, I came upon a Road
Closed sign on a country highway. "Hmm. Bet I can make it by the
obstacle," I thought. And so I rode on.

In a little while, a truck came slowly toward me on the wrong side of
the road. I shifted to the left lane, a little nervously - but the guys
in the truck didn't try to stop me. At least, I don't think they did.
One guy shouted something like "Watch out for the tire!" Or maybe
"Watch out for the tar!" In Georgia, "tire" and "tar" are homophones.

It was tar. The next truck that came by was moving faster, spraying tar
on the roadway prior to paving, and stopping for nothing. I fled to the
far side of the narrow road, but couldn't avoid the overspray. When I
got home, my bike and I were thoroughly speckled with hundreds of tiny
black dots.

I used mineral spirits, I think. It took hours, but the bike came
clean. Except for the handlebar bag, which I still sometimes use. It's
still speckled.

- Frank Krygowski

"Frank Krygowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the

other day,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little

black

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the

backside

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame

(S-Works

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how

best to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

remove the tar without damaging the paint?

A few decades ago, back when I lived in Georgia, I came upon a

Road

Quoted message said:

Closed sign on a country highway. "Hmm. Bet I can make it by

the

Quoted message said:

obstacle," I thought. And so I rode on.

In a little while, a truck came slowly toward me on the wrong

side of

Quoted message said:

the road. I shifted to the left lane, a little nervously - but

the guys

Quoted message said:

in the truck didn't try to stop me. At least, I don't think

they did.

Quoted message said:

One guy shouted something like "Watch out for the tire!" Or

maybe

Quoted message said:

"Watch out for the tar!" In Georgia, "tire" and "tar" are

homophones.

Quoted message said:

It was tar. The next truck that came by was moving faster,

spraying tar

Quoted message said:

on the roadway prior to paving, and stopping for nothing. I

fled to the

Quoted message said:

far side of the narrow road, but couldn't avoid the overspray.

When I

Quoted message said:

got home, my bike and I were thoroughly speckled with hundreds

of tiny

Quoted message said:

black dots.

I used mineral spirits, I think. It took hours, but the bike

came

Quoted message said:

clean. Except for the handlebar bag, which I still sometimes

use. It's

Quoted message said:

still speckled.

That Macadam they use in the East is wretched when it gets hot. I
was riding through the Appalachians, and my tires got so covered
with small rocks and tar that they would not clear the fenders --
and this was back in the day of fender clearance. -- Jay Beattie.

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

WD-40...like duct tape, fixes just about everything.

Thanks all who replied. WD-40 did the trick.

-B.

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Lou Holtman said:

"Brad Ford" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

Terpentine.

Lou

Dear Lou,

Surely for this problem you meant tarpentine?

🙂

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Sorry it's Dutch ;-)

Lou
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On 10/6/2006 9:58 AM Jay Beattie said:

That Macadam they use in the East is wretched when it gets hot. I
was riding through the Appalachians, and my tires got so covered
with small rocks and tar that they would not clear the fenders --
and this was back in the day of fender clearance. -- Jay Beattie.

Whatever became of fender clearances?

-- mike elliott

In article
<[email hidden]>,

landotter said:

Qui si parla Campagnolo said:

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

WD-40...like duct tape, fixes just about everything.

Or just use kerosene, which is the component of WD40 that does the
dissolving action.

However WD-40 (and other penetrating lubricants) attack
the tar in another way: by infiltrating the the area
between the tar and the paint surface.

--
Michael Press

Mike Elliott said:

On 10/6/2006 9:58 AM Jay Beattie said:

That Macadam they use in the East is wretched when it gets hot. I
was riding through the Appalachians, and my tires got so covered
with small rocks and tar that they would not clear the fenders --
and this was back in the day of fender clearance. -- Jay Beattie.

Whatever became of fender clearances?

-- mike elliott

Dear Mike,

Don't worry. You can pick some up in a few months at the year-end
clearance sale.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?

Thanks.
-B.

Wonder if a gum trick works. Get a dull soft poking tool, like a
wooden wedge or thick popsicle stick. Then use ice to freeze, and
make the tar brittle enough to break off.

This is just a guess, so keep us informed what you did.

later,

tom

Go to the auto paint and get some-wait for it-tar remover. Normal
product easily obtainable.
Phil Brown

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?...

Tar is made from coal and is hardly ever used in pavements anymore.

The substance on your bicycle is asphaltic cement. Asphalt is the
heavier fraction of crude oil, and as such will be soluble in lighter
petroleum hydrocarbons (unlike tar) [1].

I have used WD-40 to successfully remove asphalt from equipment on many
occasions.

[1] Notice that asphaltic pavement is NOT used around the pump islands
at fueling stations.

--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?...

Tar is made from coal and is hardly ever used in pavements anymore.

The substance on your bicycle is asphaltic cement. Asphalt is the
heavier fraction of crude oil, and as such will be soluble in lighter
petroleum hydrocarbons (unlike tar) [1].

I have used WD-40 to successfully remove asphalt from equipment on many
occasions.

[1] Notice that asphaltic pavement is NOT used around the pump islands
at fueling stations.

Citation?

R Brickston said:

Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman said:

Brad Ford said:

I unwittingly rode on a very freshly paved patch of road the other day,
and now, much to my chagrin, I've got a lot of pretty little black
beads all over the underside of my downtube, and a few on the backside
of the seat tube. Luckily for me I ride a mostly black frame (S-Works
Tarmac), but still, does anyone have any suggestions for how best to
remove the tar without damaging the paint?...

Tar is made from coal and is hardly ever used in pavements anymore.

The substance on your bicycle is asphaltic cement. Asphalt is the
heavier fraction of crude oil, and as such will be soluble in lighter
petroleum hydrocarbons (unlike tar) [1].

I have used WD-40 to successfully remove asphalt from equipment on many
occasions.

[1] Notice that asphaltic pavement is NOT used around the pump islands
at fueling stations.

Citation?

Next R. Brickston will want a citation that steel is made from iron and
a small amount of carbon (and as an option, other metals as alloying
agents).

--
Tom Sherman - Here, not there.

On 10/6/2006 8:30 AM Frank Krygowski said:

In a little while, a truck came slowly toward me on the wrong side of
the road. I shifted to the left lane, a little nervously - but the guys
in the truck didn't try to stop me. At least, I don't think they did.
One guy shouted something like "Watch out for the tire!" Or maybe
"Watch out for the tar!" In Georgia, "tire" and "tar" are homophones.

So maybe what one needs to do to remove the "tar" from the frame is to
loosen the QR?

-- mike elliott

Mike Elliott said:

On 10/6/2006 8:30 AM Frank Krygowski said:

In a little while, a truck came slowly toward me on the wrong side of
the road. I shifted to the left lane, a little nervously - but the guys
in the truck didn't try to stop me. At least, I don't think they did.
One guy shouted something like "Watch out for the tire!" Or maybe
"Watch out for the tar!" In Georgia, "tire" and "tar" are homophones.

So maybe what one needs to do to remove the "tar" from the frame is to
loosen the QR?

-- mike elliott

According to "How to Speak Southern" you will also need a couple arns
to remove the tire from the rim.

http://tinyurl.com/qaodm