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.
>
>
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>> 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?
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