I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Test it somewhere it won't show if it hazes the top layer coat. Most of
the modern paint finishes are base coat with clear varnish on top. The
modern eco friendly varnishes are nowhere near as resilient against
solvent attack (and I have had problems with masking tape residues).

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On 15/08/2017 12:23, Martin Brown wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Test it somewhere it won't show if it hazes the top layer coat. Most of
the modern paint finishes are base coat with clear varnish on top. The
modern eco friendly varnishes are nowhere near as resilient against
solvent attack (and I have had problems with masking tape residues).

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.


I hadn't thought of swarfega. What a good idea.

On 15/08/2017 12:39, GB wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:23, Martin Brown wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.


I hadn't thought of swarfega. What a good idea.

Still try it somewhere out of sight. The finishes are easily damaged.

Pigeon poo is particularly corrosive at this time of year.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

In article ,
GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

With a similar problem, where old cellotape had left a residue on a
painted cabinet, I found that it could be removed without damaging the
surface by repeatedly dabbing with fresh sellotape. It also works for
removing the sticky residue from hard plastic packaging after taking off
the price label.

Alan
Alan

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Using an ARMX6

on 15/08/2017, GB supposed :
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that for
months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the paintwork -
I won't be drinking it.)

Try WD40

On 15/08/2017 12:57, Huge wrote:
On 2017-08-15, GB wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:23, Martin Brown wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Test it somewhere it won't show if it hazes the top layer coat. Most of
the modern paint finishes are base coat with clear varnish on top. The
modern eco friendly varnishes are nowhere near as resilient against
solvent attack (and I have had problems with masking tape residues).

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.


I hadn't thought of swarfega. What a good idea.

We used to have a kit for removing label residue from magnetic media. It
used eucalyptus oil as its solvent.

My mum used to use that to remove beach tar from children some 55 years
ago. Luckily, there were no Koalas in Cornwall.

Cheers
--
Clive

On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 12:08:27 PM UTC+1, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Lakeland - "sticky stuff remover"
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/8976/Stick...-Remover-250ml

On 15/08/2017 12:57, Huge wrote:
On 2017-08-15, GB wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:23, Martin Brown wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Test it somewhere it won't show if it hazes the top layer coat. Most of
the modern paint finishes are base coat with clear varnish on top. The
modern eco friendly varnishes are nowhere near as resilient against
solvent attack (and I have had problems with masking tape residues).

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.


I hadn't thought of swarfega. What a good idea.

We used to have a kit for removing label residue from magnetic media. It
used eucalyptus oil as its solvent.


RS and the likes sell Label Remover which smells like oranges. That's
worked OK on modern car paintwork for me.

On 15/08/2017 13:36, Chris Bartram wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:57, Huge wrote:
On 2017-08-15, GB wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:23, Martin Brown wrote:
On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Test it somewhere it won't show if it hazes the top layer coat. Most of
the modern paint finishes are base coat with clear varnish on top. The
modern eco friendly varnishes are nowhere near as resilient against
solvent attack (and I have had problems with masking tape residues).

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.


I hadn't thought of swarfega. What a good idea.

We used to have a kit for removing label residue from magnetic media. It
used eucalyptus oil as its solvent.


RS and the likes sell Label Remover which smells like oranges. That's
worked OK on modern car paintwork for me.

Limonene - extracted from citrus peel.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/limonene/limoneneh.htm

Probably OK but always test on a place where any damage will not show.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

Yes and IPA I don't think that melts car paint, just don't use acetone
containing stuff like nail varnish remover or stuff like that.
Brian

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"GB" wrote in message
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I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that for
months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Well good luck with that CPC used to make a glue remover that claimed to be
safe on car paint but if it has changed recently then I'd have imaginined
many more people wouldbe having troubles by now.
Brian

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On 15/08/2017 12:08, GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Test it somewhere it won't show if it hazes the top layer coat. Most of
the modern paint finishes are base coat with clear varnish on top. The
modern eco friendly varnishes are nowhere near as resilient against
solvent attack (and I have had problems with masking tape residues).

Swarfega is a lot more benign and will usually soften sellotape tack.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On 15/08/2017 13:07, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
on 15/08/2017, GB supposed :
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Try WD40
+1 WD40 followed by alcohol to remove the wd40 !

In article ,
Robert wrote:
On 15/08/2017 13:07, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
on 15/08/2017, GB supposed :
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Try WD40
+1 WD40 followed by alcohol to remove the wd40 !

or fortify you while you cleam up

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

In article ,
GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

I'd use white spirit.

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*I didn't drive my husband crazy -- I flew him there -- it was faster

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

GB wrote

I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that?

Yep, there is very little that will get damaged by metho.

(Safe for the paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

A likely story...

In article ,
charles wrote:
In article ,
Robert wrote:
On 15/08/2017 13:07, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
on 15/08/2017, GB supposed :
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like
that for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

Try WD40
+1 WD40 followed by alcohol to remove the wd40 !

or fortify you while you cleam up

I assumed that the India Pale Ale (IPA) suggested by Brian Gaff was
intended to do that :-)

Alan

--


Using an ARMX6

On Tuesday, 15 August 2017 18:41:28 UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
GB wrote:
I bodged my wing mirror with sellotape, and foolishly left it like that
for months. There's now a sticky residue left on the paintwork.

Can I safely use methylated spirit to remove that? (Safe for the
paintwork - I won't be drinking it.)

I'd use white spirit.

Racist ;-)

But where did this term come from originaly and why not clear spirit.