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Topic: Getting scotch tape residue off formica finish? |
Richard Shelley
From:
Denver, CO, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 9:15 am |
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| GoofOff removed duct tape residue just fine, but the scotch tape that's been on this one for years doesn't seem to want to go. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot! |
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John Roche
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England
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 9:23 am
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| try lighter fuel. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 9:33 am
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| Don't smoke while you do it though!!! |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 9:58 am
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| 91% isopropyl alcohol. |
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 10:15 am
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| WD-40. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 10:50 am
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Ronson lighter fluid,Or Goof Off.
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 10:54 am
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| Paint thinner(Varsol) |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 11:43 am
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| "Goo Gone".works for me.Any hardware store. PJ |
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Jon Kostal
From:
Westmont, Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 12:03 pm
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| 3m makes a general adhesive remover that works well, and is not that strong. You may have to shop at an auto parts store to find it. |
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Jim Peters
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 1:25 pm
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WD 40. JP
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Graham
From:
Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 2:40 pm
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Plain Peanut Butter!
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 2:54 pm Scotch Tape
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Do whe drink the alcohol and make a peanut butter sandwich?
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 3:37 pm
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GOO GONE. This is available at Wal Mart etc. and will not harm your finish.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Doug Earnest
From:
Branson, MO USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2008 5:34 pm
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| The Goo Gone works pretty well on scotch tape if you wet a paper towel with the stuff and lay it on the tape for a while to kind of soak in. I think it manages to finally seep under the tape. Keep working the edges of the tape every ten minutes or so. Lighter fluid, naptha and the other things mentioned probably will work the same way, I just happen to have experience with Goo Gone. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 9:24 am
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I use rubbing alcohol to clean up things. It will not harm any surface.
I just cleaned up a preamp where there was residue from what looked like white medical tape. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 10:42 am
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I've had great results using both Goo Gone and WD-40. That's all I use WD-40 for...cleaning stuff.
I've also heard that peanut butter works well.
Tape that's been stuck on there that long will be tough to remove. You'll need to soak it for a while. |
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Sandra Harlor
From:
Nowra NSW, Australia
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 12:53 pm
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Down here in Australia we use eucalyptus oil on anything sticky like scotch take. Works wonders.
Hope you can get it there.
Cheers
Sandra |
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 1:18 pm
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| It must be off by now? |
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Mike Black
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 1:37 pm
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delete
Last edited by Mike Black on 9 Apr 2011 7:41 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 5:14 pm
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| Stu Schulman wrote: |
| Ronson lighter fluid,Or Goof Off. |
Agreed!........both work equally well as solvents which dissolve the adhesive so it can be wiped off. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 5:17 pm
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Tony,And they both taste good,Stu 
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 5:19 pm
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| Misfire.....please excuse. |
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 5:24 pm
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3-M or anything with citrus oil in it will do the trick. 
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Randy Gilliam
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2008 5:36 pm Dynamite
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| First Try 3 sticks Of Dynamite Light Fuse And Walk Briskley This Usually Will Work. Randy |
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Vern Wall
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2008 3:30 am
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| I use lighter fluid exclusively, any brand. It has always worked, old tape or new, dried out masking tape, bumper stickers, Scotch Tape, packing tape, everything. After opening a package I use lighter fluid to clean the knife blade. Only use a drop, or a drop at a time. Sometimes I put the drop on a tissue and wipe the last of the stickum off. I haven't run across any surface that was damaged by it. |
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