Don’t use gasoline! Too harsh for Neoprene or rubber, plus you will efixiate. Just use “low odor mineral spirits” aka Paint thinner. Works on all petroleum base materials and not as harsh.
does no one use baby oil? or even olive oil? like to cut like, right? baby oil requires no scrubbing. it’s incredibly quick and easy. dawn/dish soap was always a huge PIA when getting it off my feet. never got it off that easily
again, if baby oil is no good for rubber/booties, understood. i’ve never tried it.
Try peanut butter. It’s the oil in the peanut butter that breaks down the tar. Mayonaise will work also. Use either for your skin or booties , and you can use gas or a solvent on the board. Be sure to use the latter outside away from any ignition source.
Any kind of oil will work. I used to live in Santa Barbara, the land of tar globs. Everyone I knew who was into beach walks/runs kept a bottle of cheap “cooking oil” and a roll of paper towels in their car. Strong dish soap like Dawn will also work but I think that stuff is nasty, can’t get rid of its synthetic perfume stink and it certainly is not good for overall water quality.
In the land of tar pits, it is a right of passage. Los Californios put it to good use. First SEALED flat roofs in La Colonia Nueva.
Baby oil is cheap and works. Plus you can get your girl to help and pull the old Chevy Chase/Caddyshack move and spill some oil on her. THEN is when you get busy.