Cleaning the Load Bay

Jimbo54 said:

I occasionally use my LR Defender off-road, in the forest, carting firewood. Just recently, I felled a Japanese Larch, a horrible alien species in my Beech forest, and cut it up for firewood. I carted it home, only to find the logs had leaked resin all over the load area. I now have a sticky mess in the back. I tried the pressure washer, but that didn't touch it. I tried wiping it off, removing the excess mechanically, then going at it with cloths soaked in white spirit, then when desperation got the better of me, soaked in petrol. No good, I've still got a sticky load bay (and that's no euphamism!).
Has anyone found a way of removing resin that doesn't involve localised nuclear holocaust?
Cheers
Jim

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Jimbo54 said:

I occasionally use my LR Defender off-road, in the forest, carting firewood. Just recently, I felled a Japanese Larch, a horrible alien species in my Beech forest, and cut it up for firewood. I carted it home, only to find the logs had leaked resin all over the load area. I now have a sticky mess in the back. I tried the pressure washer, but that didn't touch it. I tried wiping it off, removing the excess mechanically, then going at it with cloths soaked in white spirit, then when desperation got the better of me, soaked in petrol. No good, I've still got a sticky load bay (and that's no euphamism!).
Has anyone found a way of removing resin that doesn't involve localised nuclear holocaust?
Cheers
Jim

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Jimbo54 said:

I occasionally use my LR Defender off-road, in the forest, carting firewood. Just recently, I felled a Japanese Larch, a horrible alien species in my Beech forest, and cut it up for firewood. I carted it home, only to find the logs had leaked resin all over the load area. I now have a sticky mess in the back. I tried the pressure washer, but that didn't touch it. I tried wiping it off, removing the excess mechanically, then going at it with cloths soaked in white spirit, then when desperation got the better of me, soaked in petrol. No good, I've still got a sticky load bay (and that's no euphamism!).
Has anyone found a way of removing resin that doesn't involve localised nuclear holocaust?
Cheers
Jim

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kevstar said:

I use a lot of resin/grp products the only thing I can think of is try using acetone, soak on a rag
then leave it on for a min to break down the resin, wear gloves its not very good for your
skin & dont breath in the fumes.

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Keith_L said:

It's also extremely flammable.

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