Susan Kline wrote: <<Citrasolv .... try it, you'll like it...on the ossified adhesive remnant? >> That reminds me, I have a tip on a solvent that takes off almost any adhesive, no sweat! It is Right Guard deodorant, in a regular spray can. (America's largest selling aerosol deodorant! - or so it says on the label. ) It contains, with other things; SD alcohol, propane, isobutane, butane, water, and propylene glycol. One should not underestimate the effect of propane and butane as solvents for the few seconds that they remain liquid at room temperature. I understand that liquid propane is used as a solvent in some industrial applications. Start one corner of a label, spray into the shearing adhesive, and the whole label peels up. Then hold a Kleenix type tissue to the nozzle, wet a spot, and finish wiping off the glue. Never leaves a residue, and smells nice. I have a can in the shop and I cannot remember an adhesive label, or tape, that resisted. I also cannot think of anything that was damaged by a treatment. It is cheap, ubiquitous, and effective, even removing many inks, like permanent dye marker on impermeable materials. I have shown many piano owners the above trick for removing tape and marker from their keys. Bill Simon Phoenix
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