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Cleaning Floatant Stains

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Cleaning Floatant Stains

Postby clee » April 16th, 2022, 11:19 am

Anyone have success removing floatant stains from clothing? What did you use? How did you clean it?
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Re: Cleaning Floatant Stains

Postby Jimbo Roberts » May 12th, 2022, 2:35 pm

You need an oil emulsifier like Dawn dishwashing soap....

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Re: Cleaning Floatant Stains

Postby John Harper » May 15th, 2022, 6:47 am

Also, try some 91% rubbing alcohol. It worked great on some pine sap that I got on my bivy sack at CWL.

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Re: Cleaning Floatant Stains

Postby Bernard » May 20th, 2022, 3:59 pm

Fish streamers?
* Sorry I could not resist.
That said, floatant stains are a drag. I surrendered myself to just leaving them as signs-of-wear .... you know, like scratches on a guitar ...Worse, for me, are sticky deposits of sap that happen when sitting on a log streamside ...
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Re: Cleaning Floatant Stains

Postby John Harper » May 25th, 2022, 7:13 am

Bernard wrote:Fish streamers?
* Sorry I could not resist.
That said, floatant stains are a drag. I surrendered myself to just leaving them as signs-of-wear .... you know, like scratches on a guitar ...Worse, for me, are sticky deposits of sap that happen when sitting on a log streamside ...
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Rubbing alcohol will take off the sap for sure.

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