Road Tar on Crocs - any ideas?

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My 2.5 DT got stuck on the road surface in a car park on holiday!

And now - the bottom of the shoe has road tar on it.

I don't care - its just sort of got integrated into the shoe. But my OCD toddler is now refusing to wear the shoe because its "dirty".

Help please!

Aghhh .... meant to put this in housekeeping.

So sorry everyone.

You are being very unreasonable by posting in the wrong place

Crocs are always unreasonable

Butter works on tar. Keep rubbing with it.

Great name

Try white spirit - available in any DIY shop.

Its a petroleum based solvent so should work on tar but hopefully will not dissolve a croc. Dont smoke near white spirit though as it is very flammable and do give the shoe a really good wash after.

Vegetable oil.

eucalyptus oil removes tar

Wow - thank you so much everybody.

I knew someone would know.

The only thing I had in the house was Veg oil and it did the trick.

Thanks again.

Glad to be of help. I discovered this trick in the early hours of the morning when faced with a completely tar-covered dog. It's amazingly effective, isn't it?! Hope child is appeased.