Cleaning off adhesive gunk = WD-40

[mmbongo]

Ya know what else WD40 is awesome for? Making your damn car door lock not freeze.

Yeah it seems to work great for water displacement. Oh hey wait......

 

[Howlin' Hanson]

I don't know about getting gum off pedals, but peanut butter seems to remove sticker residue from a variety of objects.

 

[Downunderwonder]

Downunder we have concentrated orange oil. It will take tar off your car! Anything like that I recommend gloves. You never know what will get into your blood and sensitize your immune system.

 

[preside]

Careful with WD-40 it will literally melt some kinds of plastics.

 

[Mugre]

Goo-gone melts some plastics but not the polyester that's on about 90 percent of the (shiny basses) basses.

around the shop we generally use wd-40 followed by fantastic to get the wd-40 sheen off.

I use WD-40 to clean my bicycle chain and then re-lube with a silicone based "dry" lube.

 

[static0verdrive]

Now which of these are safe for nitro? (Aside from kerosene apparently...)

I'm pretty sure naphtha is not kerosene, and naphtha is safe but kerosene isn't. I could be wrong!

 

[groooooove]

used to use goo-gone when i worked in a supermarket and needed to clean off gunk from stickers, posters, ext, on the shelves and walls. works very well.

i haven't compared them side by side, but i think the 40 works better.

 

[Justice]

I have found for some sticker residue, that if you wet a wash cloth and put a little liquid soap on it, scrub it a little to activate the soap, then lay the soapy area of the washcloth on the sticker residue and let it sit for a few minutes. the soap will loosen up the sticker and it will just about wipe right off.

 

[Josh Thatguy]

JUST KIDDING.... seriously, though, lighter fluid works fine if you turn the cloth you're using a few times while applying it. And don't smoke while cleaning, geniuses.

A bit of automotive polish and wax afterwards brings back the gloss that the lighter fluid removed.

 

[crapusername]

Another lighter fluid recommendation

 

[the_stoot64]

Eucalyptus oil

Although, I'm not sure if it's available overseas.

 

[louthedog]

WD-40 not even allowed around my shop!

 

[AndreasK]

Heptane! Can be bought as bandaid remover at pharmacies. No oily residue. No need to repolish. Even removes chewingum from alcantara seats in your car. I know, cauce I've tried

 

[gregmon79]

Goo-gone for me.

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[gregmon79]

Goo-gone for me.

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[Gravedigger Dav]

I usually try to remove as much of the old adhesive as I can with my bare fingers, I don't mind a little manual labor.

I'm not a fan of using anything with lots of petrochemicals when a less toxic solution can be found, so I usually start with isopropyl alcohol. If that doesn't cut the goo, mineral spirits or goo gone are next in line.

WD-40 is not petrochemicals. It is vegetable based.

 

[DaveB in VA]

WD-40 is one of the miracle products of the Space Age.

(Did I just date myself by using the term Space Age?)

 

[DjangoKid]

Wow TB. Sometimes I'm amazed at how polarizing anything can be . Even WD-40.

 

[Goatrope]

WD-40 is not petrochemicals. It is vegetable based.

I thought it was closer to Kerosene. At least that's what Wiki told me.

 

[ddnidd1]

WD-40 is not petrochemicals. It is vegetable based.

Here's an excerpt from the WD-40 Material Safety Data Sheet -

Aliphatic Hydrocarbon
Petroleum Base Oil65
LVP Aliphatic Hydrocarbon
Surfactant Proprietary

Its loaded with petrochemicals.