Totally NDR - removing White Pine tree Sap from wooden decking

[Mark Wo]

I wasn't too worried about mineral spirits vs turpentine, they are not going to interact completely differently in the environment. I wouldn't use any non-polar solvent if it was actually going to fall in the water, if the deck is over water, I'd scratch all I said.

Deck is not over and water.

 

[roy brewington]

Didn't touch if.

Amazing. Thats the only thing that will remove pine sap from my pickup. Unfortunately Where I park in driveway has a large pine over head. Sucker drips sap year round . Guess it bonds better on wood than metal.

 

[Pete McMiller]

Tried it, didn't touch the sap.

Interesting, it's worked for me. Maybe on fresh sap but not dried?

 

[RM Anderson]

Heat gun and scraper. Failing that you could flip the boards over like Dave recommended, paint the fresh surface with Wetlander and equip the whole family with Steve Sanford's boots to prevent slips and falls. RM

 

[Mark Wo]

Heat gun and scraper. Failing that you could flip the boards over like Dave recommended, paint the fresh surface with Wetlander and equip the whole family with Steve Sanford's boots to prevent slips and falls. RM

I'll be back there in a week or so and will take some pictures. There are literally thousands of sap drippings on the deck. I've never measures the but would guess just the side facing the water is 12' X 40'. The n the deck taps around both sides. Doing a spot at a time would be painful.

 

[Matt Mahoney]

Removing sap sounds like a lot of effort and won't remedy the problem (dripping white pines). If it were enough of an issue, you may want to consider removing the culprit/s before you attempt to clean the deck.