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10-27-2009, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | |  HOW do I remove thick SLUDGY slime left over from 7 year old aluminium tape?
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Heres the deal:
I stuck a setlist on the upper horn back in 2002 - I've just removed the tape and I CANNOT get the residue off...
...seriously, boiling water with BLEACH won't shift it - its just on the upper horn all thick and sludgy (to give you an idea - its transparent sludge - but stick yer finger against the bass and press down and move around in a circular motion and you get a thick BLACK ring around where your finger was on the bass...the slime is pretty horrible, stays on your fingers for half an hour after fiddling, scrubbing with hot water is the ONLY way of removing it from your hands!)
I don't wanna damage the finish...its pretty much intact from what I can make out, any ideas what to try aside from a re-finish? 
P.S. if it helps its a 2000 MIM jazz, polyeuthane finish (shine seems to have gone from the small bit which had bleach on it...)
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10-27-2009, 05:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Towson, Maryland | | | Why did you leave it on for 7 years?
Don't use bleach. What kind of finish is it? |
10-27-2009, 05:15 PM
|  | Yeah, I've got the moves like Jagger. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: G.R. MI | | | Naptha. AKA Zippo lighter fluid. Works like a charm and won't harm most finishes. (I say most because I haven't used it on all) It didn't hurt my Rickenbacker so I figure you gotta be good to go.
Oh, and AVOID alcohol!!!!
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10-27-2009, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by grifff Why did you leave it on for 7 years?
Don't use bleach. What kind of finish is it? | 1. I'm stupid
2. Polyeuthane
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10-27-2009, 05:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | | | Cheers for that Phelex, its worth a go I suppose...
...any more ideas?
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10-27-2009, 05:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Grass Valley, CA | | | Look for some citrus based solvent intended for just this purpose. In the states they go by names like "Goo Gone" and "Oops". |
10-27-2009, 05:30 PM
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10-27-2009, 05:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Towson, Maryland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bofee Look for some citrus based solvent intended for just this purpose. In the states they go by names like "Goo Gone" and "Oops". | +1 Poly is pretty resistant. |
10-27-2009, 05:39 PM
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10-27-2009, 07:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | Go straight to ACE hardware and look for "Lift-Off". Full name is "Motzenbocker's Lift-Off #2". It's used in artwork and for other uses but it is an excellent adhesive remover and grease remover. There are about 4 versions of Lift-Off, but the others are stain removers.
Spray it on, wait about one minute, then wipe firmly with a paper towel. It may take more than one application but I have never seen it harm a finish, and I have yet to find any common adhesive that it won't soften and remove.
Or order it from Amazon if you don't find it locally: http://www.amazon.com/Motsenbocker-L...f=pd_sbs_hpc_2
It's in the same class as "Goo Gone" and "Goof Off"...but I have found the Lift-Off to work well not only on adhesives, but my wife also uses it on greasy stains on laundry.
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Last edited by Pilgrim : 10-27-2009 at 07:56 PM.
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10-27-2009, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brookfield, CT | | | WD40 works great. Or naptha.
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10-27-2009, 09:41 PM
| | | | I vote for naptha (lighter fluid). Some of those orange-scented stain removers/goo removers contain acetone, which is bad for some finishes.
But poly is pretty tuff stuff.
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10-27-2009, 09:53 PM
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10-27-2009, 10:00 PM
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lighter fluid
wd40
one of them should work
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10-27-2009, 10:23 PM
|  | layin' it down like pavement | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | | WD 40 will definitely do the trick and not harm the finish.
Pure lemon oil will do just as well. I have used both for similar situations so I know of what I speak. )-(
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10-28-2009, 02:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | | | Ah, I'll try the WD40 first as we've got some knocking around - cheers guys!
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10-30-2009, 06:53 PM
|  | Running With Scissors since 1964 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan's U.P. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by grifff +1 Poly is pretty resistant. | Poly will survive a nuclear blast! Giant cockroaches playing bass? 
Anyway -
naphtha
lacquer thinner
Goo Gone
Goof Off
Acetone
WD 40
and lots of others...
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