What natural oils are in cables?
It comes from sperm whales.
And your callous use of lighter fluid is gonna wipe all the sperm whales out.
Maybe spock and kirk will come back to save them, but I wouldn't count on it.
Yep, it's the same whale-oil base as that used for patchouli oil.
I find the best way of removing gaff tape adhesive which remains on gear or cables is to use a small fresh piece of tape. The old adhesive remnants stick more agressively to the new tape than the gear.
Stick pull, stick pull, stick pull.. clean.