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Thread Author: borasport	Replies: 39

New Sat 17 Mar 12 16:35   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - borasport

I taped up the door of the electricity meter with gaffer tape a few months ago - it seemed to blow open in the slightest breeze and bang to and fro all night, which is a bit of a pain as it is on the same wall as the bedroom The time has come to affect a proper repair to the catch, and the gaffer tape has come off leaving large swathes of grey adhesive gun still stuck to the plastic door which will need removing before I repaint it. It's proving pretty resistant to scrapers, meths, and WD40 (not all at the same time) - any suggestions as to what might soften it up to get rid of it ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 16:41   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Roger.

Thinners. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 16:42   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - henry k

Polycell brush cleaner. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 17:42   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - VxFan

Iso-prop alcohol worked for me a little while ago when I had to remove some. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 17:59   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Meldrew

Meths? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 18:10   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - MD

Yes please........... Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 18:15   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - CGNorwich

WD40 should remove gaffer tape residue. Cleaned a load of cables last year - Are you talking gaffer or duct tape? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 19:24   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Fullchat

Warm up with hot air gun and then some solvent? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 17 Mar 12 19:29   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Zero

petrol, worked when laddo gaffertaped the edges of his clio sunroof. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 15:10   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - devonite

Some ideas for WD40! bsornot.whipnet.net/redneck/redneck.wd40.html Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 15:41   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Clk Sec

>>Some ideas for WD40! I might give the paper feed on my printer a quick squirt, as about one in every three sheets of paper will only move so far before grinding to a halt. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 17:15   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Slidingpillar

If the object needs a light oil - then oil it. WD40 while working a bit, is a dreadful lubricant. GT85, 3 in 1 are all better and available in aerosols so will penetrate. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 18:22   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - devonite

>>is a dreadful lubricant. But apparently it`s very good for removing Peanut Butter from Shoe Laces!!!??? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 18:30   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Roger.

WD40 is also very good for cleaning fingermarks etc. from stainless steel cooker hoods. That was a tip from our kitchen installer and it works so well that one application has lasted 9 months! Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 18:34   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - henry k

>> >>is a dreadful lubricant. >> >> But apparently it`s very good for removing Peanut Butter from Shoe Laces!!!??? >> Too much information :-) ( I assume smooth peanut butter) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sun 18 Mar 12 20:05   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Slidingpillar

Crunchy peanut butter was used in filming "Tenko". Guess where cos I'm not saying on a family forum... Reply to this message | Report message

New Mon 19 Mar 12 16:45   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Jetski

R.S. Components sell a label remover spray that smells of oranges, gets most sticky stuff off. Also the solvent in T.cut softens glue. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 May 14 12:40   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Stuartli

WD40 is basically a water displacement product, hence the WD. It has about 25 per cent oil in its formula. Drr; www.wd40company.com/files/pdf/msds-wd494716385.pdf The firm also makes 3-in-1 oil, which is an excellent product. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 10:04   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - L'escargot

Sticky Stuff Remover. tinyurl.com/7x3k7tg It's available at most hardware stores. Last edited by: L'escargot on Tue 20 Mar 12 at 10:05 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 10:39   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Cliff Pope

I remember as a child the agony of peeling off elastoplast. They don't make it with any stick now. Gaffer tape works much better. Or for minor wounds, masking tape. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 10:58   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - devonite

I remember that bottle of stuff called NU-SKIN, you just painted it over the cut with the little brush! - didn`t half sting tho`! (and red-hot Bread Poultices slapped on yer boils! - ouch!) Last edited by: devonite on Tue 20 Mar 12 at 10:59 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 11:21   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Manatee

Aaaaarghhhh the kaolin poultice and the drawing ointment... Not suggesting either will remove sticky stuff, mind. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 15:34   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - L'escargot

>> Aaaaarghhhh the kaolin poultice and the drawing ointment ... I remember kaolin poultice. I haven't seen it since I was a child. (I also remember chloroform.) Last edited by: L'escargot on Tue 20 Mar 12 at 15:38 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 15:48   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - bathtub tom

>>I also remember chloroform. Rohypnol would have been before your time. ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 16:20   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Mapmaker

Lighter fluid, or isopropanol, or orange peel sticky stuff remover or WD40. One of these will shift it. (Or hair spray.) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 16:37   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Pat

I bet none of the company I keep now on this forum remember the poor people's rememdy I used to have to endure as a child! We couldn't afford kaolin to make a poultice so when I had an abcess on a tooth my Mother made a square from brown paper and mixed up some mustard. She then placed this on my cheek and tied a scarf under my chin and knotted it on top of my head to keep it in place...only to be removed when the abcess had broken. It didn't half sting too. Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 16:56   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - R.P.

Hell's teeth Pat. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 17:12   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Duncan

Character forming. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 21 Mar 12 09:58   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - devonite

Ha! - my Mam did that to me when I had Mumps!! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 21 Mar 12 10:20   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Pat

I bet it cured that as well:) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 18:33   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - L'escargot

>> >>I also remember chloroform. >> >> Rohypnol would have been before your time. >> >> ;>) >> Rohypnol was first synthesized in 1972. I had chloroform in 1945. ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 21:00   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Lygonos

Queen Vic was an early advocate for chloroform having had a fair toot while popping eleventy-one babies. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 May 14 13:43   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Roger.

Boils? Are you sure that is spelt correctly? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 21:09   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Harleyman

>> I remember as a child the agony of peeling off elastoplast. They don't make it >> with any stick now. Gaffer tape works much better. Or for minor wounds, masking tape. >> Presumably you mean over the wound and not over the child's mouth to stop it screaming? ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 21:14   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Lygonos

Apparently duct/gaffer tape can be quite effective at getting rid of verrucas. Last edited by: Lygonos on Tue 20 Mar 12 at 21:15 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 21:20   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - swiss tony

>> Apparently duct/gaffer tape can be quite effective at getting rid of verrucas. >> Can you get it on prescription? Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 20 Mar 12 21:24   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - henry k

>> Can you get it on prescription? >> If you do it is even more difficult to remove. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 May 14 13:01   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Ambo

Lightly tape cotton wool over the area, soak with meths for a while. This worked well when I had the same problem with a stainless steel stove. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 May 14 13:04   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Cliff Pope

>> Lightly tape cotton wool over the area, soak with meths for a while. This worked >> well when I had the same problem with a stainless steel stove. >> So there you go. If it works on stoves it's bound to work on verrucas. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 22 May 14 13:05   Gaffer Tape Adhesive removal - Bromptonaut

Original thread is 2 yeas old, bumped by a spam message Presumably OP was sorted long ago. Reply to this message | Report message