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| | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 423 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 423 | Are there any ingenious shortcuts when removing the black gooey glue that is left when one rips off the remnants of old weatherstripping around the doors?
It may not be the easy way, but it is the Cowboy Way - Ranger Doug Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. - Ben Okri 1953 Chevy 3100 1960 Volvo PV 544 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe | | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | Acetone, or a good paint reducer if you are going to be stripping anyway... otherwise have you tried goo be gone or the like? next on the list of less destructive might be a heat gun and razor blade... have you tried any water based wax and grease remover?
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | 3M sells an adhesive remover that will not hurt most types of paint. 3M products | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 423 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 423 | I hope to avoid stripping the paint anytime soon, but my early efforts to remove that adhesive residue takes a lot of time and does a little damage. I'll try to find something like that 3M product, but that particular stuff will cost much more than 7 bucks a pop before it gets to Sweden. I am sure the professionals here have something similar, environmentally friendlier, and almost but not quite as good.
I might even try a heat gun.
It may not be the easy way, but it is the Cowboy Way - Ranger Doug Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. - Ben Okri 1953 Chevy 3100 1960 Volvo PV 544 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | ...well, I had to pull some of the weather stripping off my panel. First the bottom of one of the front doors and then one of the rear barn doors.
I wet it down first with some Kerosene and let it sit for about 15 minutes.
Then I used a regular wash cloth, which has some "roughness" to it and wet it with some gasoline. I was surprised at how it came off. Not easy but certainly not hard. Be patient and give the Kerosene time to work..... The paint was not harmed. I washed it off and re-applied some 3M super weatherstipping and so far everything is stuck tight and looks good. | | |
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