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left behind adhesive after removing rat fur

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SOUTH PAW said:
Who knows, maybe there's a high ranking chemist with one of the company's I mentioned, who's also a bass player on Talkbass...I know, wishful thinking.:rolleyes:
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I am a fairly highly ranked polymer chemist. I can't speak for all markets and companies, but most companies don't spend a lot of time or R&D on remedial products. The demand and market just aren't there and perfecting a product to go over other failed interfaces would be a tough nut to crack. That is why so many adhesives stress that you need to prep the surface properly for good performance.
 
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braud357 said:
The best method that I have used is paint stripper, then sanding
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Only if the stripper is compatible with the adhesive's properties. A solvent based stripper may not work at all on a water based latex adhesive for example. @Basslice might be able to provide some better insight here.
 
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Ihaveshingles said:
So I stripped the rat fur off my avatar 212 and I would like to put on duratex coating,
however theres a lot of dried adhesive still on it. I tried acetone and it basically reactivates the glue and makes a sticky mess, plus it is super harsh. Does goo gone work well? I tried sanding as well and it just gums up the paper.....
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Goo gone works good for glue, but it's not a fun process. You could always buy a big pack of pads, and hit it with an orbital. It'll take the whole pack. But, try to scrape off as much as you can with some goo b gone first.
 
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I just did this on an Accugroove Whappo Jr that cats had done unspeakable things to. First I puled off the carpeting - the cats had started the job. Then I let it sit outside overnight (in NM -5% humidity, no rain.) I first tried some GooGone on the bottom. It worked, but was very messy. So I let it sit out for another day and then took a putty knife to the dried out adhesive. This worked great. Took some effort, and a face mask but it scrapped pretty clean. Then 60 grit sandpaper. Then Duratex and it looks great. The bigger challenge is the cat stink. I've had to replace the lower speaker and foam in the box. I'm spraying it down with odor eliminator and putting it out in the sun every day, like bleaching bones in the desert. We're having a major heatwave, so its getting baked. Seems to be working so far, hardly any smell left and I plan to continue the treatments for another week at least.
 
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Roll out a painters drop cloth and blast it with the goo gone, you may prefer covering with paper towels while you scrape because it gives the goo something to soak into and cling to as you're scraping.

You might also be able to use a cabinet scraper to take off the layer off wood all that goo is attached to, but then again maybe not. Id rather do a lot of scraping and wiping the scraper off than a lot of sanding.

Totally crazy option is to use a router and set up a jig to just route off the barest minimum of wood on the face of each side.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Borax is used in making dielectric films on aluminum strips for capacitors. Scroll down to high-quality capacitors.
Borates in Batteries and Capacitors - Powering Energy Storage | U.S. Borax

Fun with polymers. Borax and PVA glue are used to make artificial snot.
How To Make Fake Snot
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I use it to make Death Frosting.

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Mix borax with powdered sugar and a little water. Spread it around door ways, cracks, windows, and another problem areas. The sugar attracts bugs, they eat it, the borax kills them. With ants, the sugar attracts the ants, they carry it back to the nest without eating it, and feed the queen. Whole colony dead.

Death frosting rocks.
 
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JeezyMcNuggles said:
I use it to make Death Frosting.

Death Frosting -
Mix borax with powdered sugar and a little water. Spread it around door ways, cracks, windows, and another problem areas. The sugar attracts bugs, they eat it, the borax kills them. With ants, the sugar attracts the ants, they carry it back to the nest without eating it, and feed the queen. Whole colony dead.

Death frosting rocks.
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Yes, ants hate borax!

I use a gritty borax solution to kill mould in amps. Works well as a household cleaner and in the laundry as well.
 
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agedhorse said:
Only if the stripper is compatible with the adhesive's properties. A solvent based stripper may not work at all on a water based latex adhesive for example. @Basslice might be able to provide some better insight here.
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As you say unless you know the type of adhesive it is hard to pick a solvent to remove it. Some adhesives are hard/tough while some are very tacky. The best solution is probably just to scrape it as much as you can then sand it and change your sandpaper frequently. Get a good razor edge scraper. Not really that complicated, just time consuming and a pain in the butt.
 
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