Tar on Asbestos
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am desperate. We have just built a house, and, of all things to happen, tar has been splashed on the asbestos. I have tried ‘benzine, kerosene, turps, tetra chloride, and a varnish remover. I can get the tar off partly, but it leaves a dirty brown stain. Could you please help? It looks so dreadful.
Paraparaumu
You are indeed in a bad way. If only you could get behind the asbestos, to use an absorbent material like blotting paper, you would have more chance of the solvent removing the tar. That is why we put blotting paper, ot even a rolled-up towel, underneath a piece of material when dabbing on carbon tetra
chloride or any solvent, The stain soaks through before it has time to spread. _The best solvent for-tar is. benzene, not benziné. Benzine is from petrol, but benzene is from coal tar, and is a solvent for tar, It is both expensive and most inflammable. You must not light a cigarette anywhere near. If there is a slight stain left afterwards, try the old "plaster" of magnesia and carbon tetrachloride (or fuller’s earth instead of magnesia), Leave on 24 hours or so and then brush off. Ask for benzene C.P., which stands for "chemically pure." Benzol is not quite so good, but might do if you can't get benzene.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 532, 2 September 1949, Page 22
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228Tar on Asbestos New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 532, 2 September 1949, Page 22
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