"Peter" wrote in message
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We are painting the outside of our house and applied masking tape to the
white painted aluminum window frames to prevent getting the paint on the
window frames. We forgot to remove the masking tape from the frames of a
couple of windows on one side of the house after the paint had dried. Now
the masking tape has dried out and will not just peel off easily. We used
the plain old beige paper masking tape you see in paint and hardware
stores
everywhere.

Does anyone have any suggestions for what to use to make the masking tape
easy to remove?
We have tried paint thinner and rubbing alcohol and neither work.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks, Peter



Water+soap+stiff nylon brush+elbow greese

A razor will get it off the glass easily but it will more likely cut gouges
in the finish on the aluminum. Goo Gone will work if you can get it to
saturate to the adshesive layer, if it is insulated by a layer of dried
paint, you will have a hard time with any solvent short of a stripper. I
might try scratching up the paint layer on top of the tape with a brush or
sandpaper then switch to goo gone or acetone (test it first as this may also
damage paint)

Funny how a minor oversight can turn into a major project, isn't it? The
tape was supposed to make your life easier. I've seen even blue tape pull
up the finish underneith, its no perfect solution either but would have been
better.