helpppp! bitumen removal....asap!

[mellyonion]

on tring to clean up a coir mat, some bitumen (sticky tar like gluey stuff) has got on my hands, and worse than that, on my 1930'3 tiled porch floor.
have tried to wipe it, and have bloody well smudged it and made it 100 times worse.....

i'm sooooo furious with myself.
how can i get it off please?

pleasee???? the damn stuff is everywhere!

No idea as i've never heard of it before but have you got any surgical spirt, might be worth a try??

Lighter fuel or failing that petrol - but be careful!

Just googled and looks like a nightmare to remove! sorry that won't help!

wd40?

Petrol definitely works but keep doors and windows open so the fumes don't build up. Only use a little.

only have diesel here at the mo!!! will get some from dh spare can when he gets home...thanks.

honestly...i am soooo mad! the stuff is evil...it really is! i look like i have poo stained hands....grrrrrr!

Did it come off?

hi! only just saw this...thanks for asking!

dh of course had no fuel in the can, so not tried petrol...have tried millions of other stuff and its not bloody moving......

its in the sun all the time, which keeps it sticky, and stops it from hardening....am hoping in the rain today, it'll harden up, and i may be able to scrape it off......or chip it off....

hmmm. we'll see....