Non-motoring > Removing sticky tape residue	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: bathtub tom	Replies: 41

New Tue 19 Nov 13 11:40   Removing sticky tape residue - bathtub tom

We've had a wall hanging held up with double-sided tape. I've taken it down to re-decorate, but can't remove the sticky residue from the wall. It's on an emulsioned wall. White spirit won't do it, nor will meths or nail varnish remover (although the latter two will remove the emulsion). Any suggestions? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 11:48   Removing sticky tape residue - MD

Not quite the same, but I messed up big time once when I masked some upvc windows to carry out some painting. I left the masking tape on too long and when attempting to remove it the foil covering on the light oak windows started to come away too, revealing the white window beneath. I tried everything imaginable to get over the problem and eventually succeeded, but the residue of the tape remained. There are some 'exotic' products out there which purport to do this job, but to no avail. However the only thing that done the trick Was..................WD40 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 11:49   Removing sticky tape residue - No FM2R

A hairdryer and vigorous rubbing with a fluffy cloth? Worked on a stone wall. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 11:49   Removing sticky tape residue - neiltoo

Lakeland Plastics used to do something called "Sticky Stuff Remover" If they still do, that might do it. Just checked - tinyurl.com/kc9cbzz Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 11:54   Removing sticky tape residue - Alanovich

Baby wipes? Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 19 Nov 13 11:57   Removing sticky tape residue - CGNorwich

Crikey - what sort of solvent do they put in baby wipes? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 12:03   Removing sticky tape residue - Alanovich

Dunno. But they get all sorts of stains out of carpets and painted walls. Would be worth a shot if btt has any lying around. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 19 Nov 13 12:41   Removing sticky tape residue - bathtub tom

Thanks, off to try WD40 and hair dryer - if you hear a bang, it'll be the hair dryer setting off the mixture of white spirit/meths/nail varnish remover/WD40.................. No baby wipes around, if I had they'd be around forty years old! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 13:15   Removing sticky tape residue - Fenlander

How will you clean the WD40 from the emulsion :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 12:42   Removing sticky tape residue - sherlock47

Acetone often works when other solvents have failed. And you can also enjoy wiping it on:) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 12:53   Removing sticky tape residue - Roger.

....but don't be sniffy about it! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 12:57   Removing sticky tape residue - henry k

I use Polycell Brush Cleaner. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 13:25   Removing sticky tape residue - Meldrew

www.lakeland.co.uk/search/sticky-tape-residue-remover/q04.r16.1 Anything from Lakeland works but sometimes the price seems a bit steep Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 15:42   Removing sticky tape residue - J Bonington Jagworth

"Acetone" Also true of Lidl's paint thinner, which seems to contain every aromatic hydrocarbon in existence. I'm amazed they're allowed to sell it, given the regulations around paints and glues... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 13:26   Removing sticky tape residue - Zero

>> It's on an emulsioned wall. White spirit won't do it, nor will meths or nail >> varnish remover (although the latter two will remove the emulsion). If you are redecorating, why is removing the emulsion a problem? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 13:38   Removing sticky tape residue - sherlock47

Modern nail varnish remover is often acetone free. (which is why it does not work well anymore!) Last edited by: sherlock1947 on Tue 19 Nov 13 at 13:38 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 15:05   Removing sticky tape residue - bathtub tom

WD40, hair dryer, baby wipes (SWMBO uses them as make-up remover), swarfega, electrical contact cleaner and brake fluid (I'm getting desperate) all failed. I'm thinking about how I can get a bit of petrol out of the car. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 15:09   Removing sticky tape residue - Zero

JUST PUT THE RUDDY HANGING THING BACK. Problem solved. Reply to this message | Report message       1

New Tue 19 Nov 13 15:16   Removing sticky tape residue - henry k

>> JUST PUT THE RUDDY HANGING THING BACK. >> >> Problem solved. >> Nah! Enhance it and make it a feature /talking point. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 15:14   Removing sticky tape residue - henry k

>> (I'm getting desperate) >>I'm thinking about how I can get a bit of petrol out of the car. >> A small inexpensive can of cigarette lighter petrol is a little more pure, safer to obtain and store :-) As I posted earlier I have, for many years used Polycell brush cleaner. It seems to work for me on sticky labels / sticky bar code labels, tar on wheels and other such stuff Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 15:44   Removing sticky tape residue - Alanovich

Sandpaper and repaint it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 19:03   Removing sticky tape residue - Dutchie

You could try a mixture of vinegar/bakingsoda/ammonia in a bucket of warm water half a cup each. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 20:10   Removing sticky tape residue - Zero

Bobbys neighbour will get rid of it for you. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 21:13   Removing sticky tape residue - BobbyG

I have removed ink from a leather couch with hairspray before - don't now if that will work? And I have used spray adhesive remover to remove vinyl graphics from side of van - that works a treat. Mind you , the van wasn't emulsioned...... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 19 Nov 13 21:52   Removing sticky tape residue - Cliff Pope

As a last resort, try hammer, chisel, polyfilla, sandpaper, new emulsion. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 09:13   Removing sticky tape residue - maltrap

I've found a lump of Blue Tac pretty good for rubbing out marks un walls. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 10:27   Removing sticky tape residue - VxFan

>> I've found a lump of Blue Tac pretty good for rubbing out marks un walls. It's pretty good at leaving marks behind too. eg, when taking down something that's been held up with it for a long time. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 09:10   Removing sticky tape residue - Mapmaker

The solution that I pretty much guarantee will work is lighter fluid. Non-greasy, non-smelly too. It is a solvent for sellotape, leaving nothing behind, and is recommended for use in conservation circles. (If your sellotape has gone brown, then that's a different sort of problem.) Fantastic solvent, cannot believe nobody knows about it. www.amazon.co.uk/TIN-ZIPPO-FLUID-125ML-ONLY/dp/B000F37YKQ (Remarkably difficult to buy though, IME.) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 09:29   Removing sticky tape residue - henry k

>> The solution that I pretty much guarantee will work is lighter fluid. Non-greasy, non-smelly too. >> Fantastic solvent, cannot believe nobody knows about it. See my earlier posting >> (Remarkably difficult to buy though, IME.) ?? My local newsagents and other places that sell fags have it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 10:14   Removing sticky tape residue - Runfer D'Hills

Top tip to follow. Never, ever, sit on a long haul flight with a newly filled Zippo lighter in your jeans pocket. The change in cabin pressure causes the fluid (petrol?) to leak out of the lighter and into your underwear. It then proceeds to your private parts and begins to feel like a mild burning sensation. After a while, it then starts to dissolve your genitals while the pain levels increase to standards only previously achieved by the spanish inquisition. All attempts to wash yourself in the aircraft toilet are negated by having to get dressed again in the offending garments. Eventually, you find yourself asking the cabin attendant if they happen to have a spare pot of natural yoghurt which if they do, you then find yourself back in the cludgie spreading liberally around the affected area. By the time you reach your destination, ( in my case it was Rio de Janeiro ) you are by then thinking of ways to humanely take your own life to end the agony. Reply to this message | Report message       2

New Wed 20 Nov 13 11:35   Removing sticky tape residue - No FM2R

Cracking. Worth the morning coffee in the keyboard. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 15:39   Removing sticky tape residue - J Bonington Jagworth

I'm surprised they let you on an aircraft with a lighter in your pocket! I take it that the yoghurt didn't make much difference... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 15:43   Removing sticky tape residue - Runfer D'Hills

It was about 25 years ago. Things were different then. No, the yoghurt merely served to add to the peculiar odours I was giving off. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 15:48   Removing sticky tape residue - bathtub tom

Yoghurt was once recommended as a cure for thrush. I recall a spoof newsreader on the Victoria Wood show saying to camera "I wouldn't put yoghurt down there!" Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 19:01   Removing sticky tape residue - CGNorwich

Suffered a similar but milder fate when painting the guttering a few years ago. Put cleaning rag soaked liberally in white spirit in my trouser pocket. Went from mild irritation to agony in about 10 seconds. Descent was swift and shower and change of clothing immediate. Your ordeal was infinitely worse. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 22:57   Removing sticky tape residue - swiss tony

>> Never, ever, sit on a long haul flight with a newly filled Zippo lighter in your jeans pocket. After a while, it then starts to dissolve your genitals while the pain levels increase to standards only previously achieved by the spanish inquisition. >> By the time you reach your destination, ( in my case it was Rio de Janeiro ) you are by then thinking of ways to humanely take your own life to end the agony. >> They do say smoking damages your health!!!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 23:14   Removing sticky tape residue - BobbyG

Humph, and did the missus believe that as an excuse as to why you returned from that solo trip to Brazil with itching and swelling in the nether regions?? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 17:03   Removing sticky tape residue - Mapmaker

Henry k>>See my earlier posting Ah, the Knight of the road suggested petrol... didn't realise that it was lighter fluid you mentioned. Petrol stinks. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 20 Nov 13 17:00   Removing sticky tape residue - J Bonington Jagworth

For future reference (if you've used double-sided tape around the house) you may find that warming the tape up with a hair-dryer first helps it detach more easily/cleanly. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 21 Nov 13 15:52   Removing sticky tape residue - Ambo

Meths worked on stainless steel for me once but I had to devise a method of keeping the residue soaked for a while. Incidentally, masking tape left inadvertently for two weeks on part of an aluminium window frame of my narrowboat never, ever could be got off. Severe scraping might have worked but only at the risk of scoring the frame. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 24 Nov 13 23:30   Removing sticky tape residue - bathtub tom

Finally did it, with a very sharp knife blade. Took ages and I'll probably have blisters on my fingers tomorrow. Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 25 Nov 13 06:31   Removing sticky tape residue - Duncan

>> Finally did it, with a very sharp knife blade. Took ages and I'll probably have >> blisters on my fingers tomorrow. >> Blisters don't develop overnight. Reply to this message | Report message