Have our 5er parked in a spot under a pine tree and noticed a significant amount of sap on one of the slides. Really don't want to drag through the seal before we leave next month. Suggestions for removal without damaging the rubber? Thanks.

hum... well things like white gas, WD40, pam, naptha all will do a good job of removing pine sap. HOWEVER, petroleum distilates, which all of the previous are except pam, are NOT a good thing to put on a EPDM roof. Don't know if pam will be an issue or not.

I used to park my car under a pine tree and got lots of sap drops on the top of the car. What I used to get rid of it was butter. Smear a bit of butter on each drop and then rub until it was gone. Then a good wash got rid of the butter that was left. Yeah, it was a bit of work, but worth it to me.

All of my standard "easy" ways involve things you shouldn't used on EDPMA mild detergent and a soft brush.

Isopropyl Alcohol works well. Daubing it on the spots works better than rubbing.

Pine sap removal from rubber roof on slide out | Good Sam Community

12 Replies

westend
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
Skintastic mosquito repellant will even remove asphalt.
soos
Explorer II
Aug 23, 2015
B.O. Plenty wrote:
Hand sanitizer worked to get it off our dog when she laid in it.

B.O.

We also use hand sanitizer on the rig. works great!

Sue
HuckleberryHunt
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
Clay L wrote:
Isopropyl Alcohol works well. Daubing it on the spots works better than rubbing.

100%
Rainier
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
Nail polish remover
Sfla2
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
best i found is a ---ice cube--- hold it on for a bit will losen sap. worked on my epdm
Sfla2
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
best i found is a ice cube hold it on for a bit will losen sap. worked on my epdm
B_O__Plenty
Explorer II
Aug 22, 2015
Hand sanitizer worked to get it off our dog when she laid in it.

B.O.
Crazy_Ray
Explorer
Aug 22, 2015
I use RAIN-_X
Clay_L
Explorer
Aug 22, 2015
Isopropyl Alcohol works well. Daubing it on the spots works better than rubbing.
n7bsn
Explorer
Aug 22, 2015
All of my standard "easy" ways involve things you shouldn't used on EDPM
A mild detergent and a soft brush.