Belive it or not but i got it off with nail polish remover it really does work. oh and then wash your floor so your pet or baby doesn't end up licking the floor and getting nail polish remover in their mouth. hope that helps:):p:)
Yes it was, generally in the laying of wood floors, Asbestos, a common filler (usually with Tar) that was low in cost, was used but later found to be an extremely hazardous material and ultimately was banned.
sometimes hot water will work or a wallpaper remover steamer.
Use Goof Off 2 spray, found at Home Depot near the paint solvents. It is made for the removal of tar, paint, oil, etc., on carpet and hardwood floors. It worked like a charm to get the sap from our Christmas tree off my hardwood floors. Spray, let it set for maybe 5 seconds, then rub with a clean cloth in the direction of the wood grain. You may have to do two applications but the sap will come off.
The only thing I have ever had luck getting old hard tar off of anything is gasoline. I wouldn't recommend using it in the house though unless you have alot of ventilation and you clean the gas off the walls with bleach or some other cleaning agent.
Any petroleum based product should work. WD-40 is one.
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Douglas W. Duncan has written: 'Characterization of tar produced during the gasification of wood' -- subject(s): Wood tar
"Tar" is a slang term for "sailor", coming from the days when ships were made of wood and needed to be treated periodically with tar in order to preserve them.
The tar is said to be viscous.
A sailor; a seaman., A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it., To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
Put ice on it then try to peel the tar off
I would say only oil based since tar its self is oil based about you cannot paint latex on top of oil. Principles of Art 101.