Removing duct tape residue.

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu May 15 23:52:01 2003

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Jim wrote:

> Get thee to your local gun shoppe and pick up a bottle of Hoppe's No. 9
> Powder Solvent. Takes most every thing off. Haven't used it on painted
> surfaces, but it'll remove the unremovable from plastic. Methyl alcohol
> is the 'official' solvent for Sharpie ink though. Available from your
> local pharmacist.

Are you sure? Being the poisonous one (vs ethyl alcohol) it would
be a bit surprising for a pharmacist to trade in that item.

                                                - don
> Jim
>
>
> >On Thu, 15 May 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Thu, 15 May 2003, Joe wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>>Has anyone tried removing Sharpie from a chassis with textured
> >>>>paint? I have a couple of items that were marked up with a Sharpie,
> >>>>and short of paint thinner (which seems to dilute and bury the ink
> >>>>in the paint while damaging the texture), I've found nothing that
> >>>>seems to work.
Received on Thu May 15 2003 - 23:52:01 BST