Removing duct tape residue.

From: Jeffrey S. Worley <Technoid_at_30below.com>
Date: Tue Jan 28 20:07:00 2003

I'm really surprised no-one mentioned WD40. WD works great at removing
tape residue, is cheap, available anywhere, and rarely clouds even clear
plastic. Test it on a concealed area first, but WD is the bomb.

Regards,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Seth Lewin
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 6:10 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Removing duct tape residue.

> Message: 48
> Subject: Removing Duct Tape Residue
> From: Christopher McNabb <cmcnabb_at_4mcnabb.net>
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Organization: The McNabb Family
> Date: 27 Jan 2003 22:28:26 -0500
> Reply-To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>
> While out in Idaho picking up a PDP-11/83 I also managed to pick up a
> working LA-100 at a government surplus place. It had a piece of duct
> tape stuck to the clear plastic cover with the word "Spare" written on
> it. Anyone know of a good way to remove the remaining duct tape
residue
> from the cover?


Try a product named "Goo-Gone" which is a citrus-oil based concoction
meant
to remove adhesive residues and whatnot from items on which you'd rather
not
use hydrocarbon-based solvents. Works well (though slowly) at removing
adhesive labels so should probably work on duct tape residue, especially
if
you warm the residue up a bit. Full-service hardware stores should have
the
product.

Seth Lewin
Received on Tue Jan 28 2003 - 20:07:00 GMT