Yep, I've used Goof Off and it does work nicely. I would say you are going to want to clean the area once your done since it seems a tad oily. I used it to remove paint from a house full of door hinges when I couldn't afford to replace them all. It did a pretty nice job actually. On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Dale Leavens wrote:
> I have found that alcohol works about as well as anything on tape > sticky. > There is another product which is highly rated but which I have > never used, > something like Goof Off or something like that. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lenny McHugh" <lmch...@verizon.net> > To: "handyman-blind" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 11:01 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] removing glue > > >> A few weeks ago my son-in-law did some outside touch up painting >> for me. He >> could not find enough masking tape so he used duct tape on some white >> aluminum. This would have been ok if he would have immediately >> removed it. >> It started to rain so he left it on for about two weeks. Now when >> the tape >> was removed, it came off in thin strips leaving a lot of glue and >> some >> tape. >> I don't want to mess up the new aluminum trying to remove the glue. I >> tried >> some mild soap with no luck. Paint thinner did nothing to the >> glue. Any >> suggestions of a product that I can use to remove the tape residue >> and not >> mess up the aluminum? >> --- >> Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and >> humorous >> with many resources for the blind. >> http://www.LennyMcHugh.com >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Send any questions regarding list management to: >> blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >> Or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >> Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> >> Visit the archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >> >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >> following >> address for more information: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >> Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > Man list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > >