WD-40 is also a great non abrasive cleaner for nearly all adhesives. Lot's of
housewives have it in there aresenal of cleaners to remove the sticky labels
stores put on plastic items. A Heloise hint!
Paul A
Brad Fornal wrote:
> I was at a swap meet in Arlington this weekend (the same one you had
> gone to Rick) and found a PMD hubcap for a GTO for a buck. It had been
> price marked with a wide piece of masking tape that had aged and stuck
> firmly to the plastic center. How to get it off without harming the
> clear, unscathed center was the problem. I tried Formula 409 and some
> other non abrasive cleaners from under the sink, nothing was helping. Up
> over the sink was my Fast Orange, hmmmm. A little light scrubbing,
> nothing. I KNOW this stuff is good, so, I put a kinda thick layer of
> Fast O on the tape residue and left it overnight. I just got up and
> noticed that all the moisture of the Fast O was gone. I took my thumb
> and rubbed the residue, AND THE TAPE IS GONE!!! Nice, clean, shiny
> center. Now to put it on the chrome areas..............
> LBC Content, those who buy plastic Spridget parts at swap meets that
> have been marked with similar tape, now you have a way to try to get the
> tape off without resorting to plastic damaging solvents. YMMV, Brad
> Oh Yeah, no financial interest in Fast Orange, it just happened to work
> and I am damn happy about it...................
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