Dick Montgomery Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 I was removing some blue painter's tape after completing a painting job on current project, and much to my chagrin, the tape left a sticky residue on those areas that were masked over. I either had to find a safe way to remove the residue or I would have to strip down the parts and start the entire painting process again. The problem, of course, would be to find a "sticky stuff remover" that would not harm the Tamiya TS-14 rattle can paint, which was "protected" by the mask. I also wanted to protect the Alclad Chrome, which was sprayed over the TS-14, but which was not underneath the aforementioned sticky tape residue. I tried Isopropyl alcohol. While it did not react to the Tamiya or Alclad paint it also did not do a very good job in removing the tape residue. I then tried Goo Gone. It did not react to the Tamiya paint at all. I applied it with a very small micro brush and after letting it sit for about a minute, I removed it using a pipe cleaner. While I did not notice any damage to the Alclad paint I was very careful to avoid contact between the Goo Gone and the Alcald-painted surfaces. In any case it appears that a long and tedious paint job was resusitated without damage. Lucky, lucky, lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 yay you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Yeah, I was going to suggest Goo Gone. I've never had a problem with it lifting paint, but I get rid of alot of other residue with it. I'm glad everything worked out okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpatterson Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 I've had success using a cotton swab or cotton pad ( the kind chicks use for makeup removal) very lightly dampened with Windex or equivalent window cleaner. I have not trashed a paint job yet but I foolishly tried this method to remove residue from a canopy that had been dipped in future. The result was no so good. I ended up having to re-dip the canopy, fortunately I had not painted the frame yet. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 To be honest with you I would have figured that Goo Gone would have eaten that paint in a heart beat. Good to know it won't. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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