Over the winter, we had someone smash all the windows and slash all the tires on our outdoors vehicals. Well, we had to cover the windows, so we taped plastic over the windows because it was -10 and a snowing like crazy. Well, by the time we were able to replace them, the adhesive from the tape had almost permasealed itself to the paint. Goo gone is not doing anything, and razor helps a bit, but it's almost like it has become part of the paint. My next step is to try some 3M adhesive remover, but if anyone has had this problem before, lets here the tips. Thanks.
Frozen/baked on adhesive removal. Please help!
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OK, first question , why did it take you until JULY to remove plastic and tape from your windows for something that happened in March (assuming -10°F happens that late in Fargo, ND)?? So rather that rag on you about that (because you have your reasons) here are two products that you can try that you probably have right now:
1) Gasoline. Yes, gasoline/gasoline-ethanole (NOT E85!). It is a "universal solvent" and it may do wonders on your baked-on adhesive.
2) Finger nail polish remover with acetone (NOT the easy-on-the-skin type which has an acetone-substitute), Again a "universal solvent" that eats through alot of different materials, like your adhesive.
On BIG word of caution!: Since the taped areas are near your door windows, the rubber seals need to be protected in some way. If you get either of these two solvents on those rubber parts, they will eat them for lunch, especially the acetone. You're going to need to be careful about applying them to the adhesive areas. DON'T just dump or pour it on the adhesive area because it WILL run into the seals and you will have a much bigger problem than you have now. Just a take a cotton cloth (like an old flannel bedsheet or dish towel) and wipe the adhesive area. You may just want to hold the cloth there for maybe 30 seconds to "soak" the adhesive, just don't use too much solvent on the cloth. I am afraid using a polyester micro-fiber cloth with either gasoline or acetone may not be chemically-compatable with that fabric.
Let us know how it works. Like I said, these are two "common" solvents most everybody has in their home.
1) Gasoline. Yes, gasoline/gasoline-ethanole (NOT E85!). It is a "universal solvent" and it may do wonders on your baked-on adhesive.
2) Finger nail polish remover with acetone (NOT the easy-on-the-skin type which has an acetone-substitute), Again a "universal solvent" that eats through alot of different materials, like your adhesive.
On BIG word of caution!: Since the taped areas are near your door windows, the rubber seals need to be protected in some way. If you get either of these two solvents on those rubber parts, they will eat them for lunch, especially the acetone. You're going to need to be careful about applying them to the adhesive areas. DON'T just dump or pour it on the adhesive area because it WILL run into the seals and you will have a much bigger problem than you have now. Just a take a cotton cloth (like an old flannel bedsheet or dish towel) and wipe the adhesive area. You may just want to hold the cloth there for maybe 30 seconds to "soak" the adhesive, just don't use too much solvent on the cloth. I am afraid using a polyester micro-fiber cloth with either gasoline or acetone may not be chemically-compatable with that fabric.
Let us know how it works. Like I said, these are two "common" solvents most everybody has in their home.
94NDTA said:
Goo gone is worthless for anything. Chunk that junk in the garbage
3M Adhesive Remover will work perfectlly for what you are trying to do. As mentioned before you might wanna try to protect the trim. However, its not going to do much(if any)harm if it gets on it. Something tells me we are not dealing with an exotic here ladies
Lonnie said:
Insurance issue, and not being able to find a window. My insurance company screwed me over, giving me about 1/4 of the amount of what it would cost to fix it. Stating that the prices they were giving me were for used prices. Even then, no where in town could do it at their "used" prices that wasn't $1500 more than what they stated.
So, I let them stay in the garage untill I could do it myself (Had other vehicals I could drive)
That, and one of the vehicals I could not get a window for locally for about 2 months.