# How to get tar off?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 31, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749 "2004-07-31T18:40:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ChristineJellyBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@ChristineJellyBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChristineJellyBean)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749/1 "2004-07-31T18:40:49Z")

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a dog got some tar on his paws does anyone know how to get it off?

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749/2 "2004-07-31T18:45:31Z")

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Baby oil should do the trick. It’s a common problem on Santa Barbara beaches, more so in the past than recently.

Haj

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749/3 "2004-07-31T18:48:25Z")

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Don’t know if this will help your pet or not, but look at this link for tar removel:

[http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-tar.html](http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-tar.html)

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749/4 "2004-07-31T19:33:09Z")

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I’m not sure if I would use it on my dog, but WD-40 does a good job of getting it off my hands.

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-tar-off/257749/5 "2004-07-31T20:43:41Z")

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**Christine**  
Whenever I use roofing tar, **baby oil** does the job just fine. WD-40 (or Liquid Wrench) might be too harsh to use on a human or animal.