Glue remover query

[Fraggle]

Good evening!
Does anyone know of an effective glue/adhesive remover to remove old glue (looks like old rubbery contact adhesive) which was used to stick vinyl fabric to fibre glass.This glue will not sand off as it clogs up the paper.
Many thanks.

 

[capetown]

Sticky Stuff Remover

Yes, try sticky stuff remover.

Let us know how you get on.

 

[VicS]

If you are cleaning up the whole of the interior ... its a pig of a job
Some people have found discs to fit on sander that will do it. I found everything I tried clogged. Slow speeds I suspect are the key to success

Scraped off what I could and reckoned what I could not get off with reasonable effort could stay there!

Any solvent will just make more of a mess and be a hazard to your health in a confined space.

Excellent though Stickystuff Remover is I doubt if is suitable for large areas.

 

[fergie_mac66]

If you are cleaning up the whole of the interior ... its a pig of a job
Some people have found discs to fit on sander that will do it. I found everything I tried clogged. Slow speeds I suspect are the key to success

Scraped off what I could and reckoned what I could not get off with reasonable effort could stay there!

Any solvent will just make more of a mess and be a hazard to your health in a confined space.

Excellent though Stickystuff Remover is I doubt if is suitable for large areas.

I would add that solvents can be big fire risk !

 

[millbeach]

Nail polish remover.
"ACITONE" buy the cheap stuff from Tesco.
Worked on my boat, dont leave on to long though..

 

[rich]

Synthetic thinners is the stuff to use,

 

[VicS]

If you do try any solvent acetone ( propanone ) included ensure you have good forced ventilation and that you also wear an "organic vapours" mask.

As pointed out above these solvents are also all highly flammable and therefore pose a great fire/explosion risk if any sparks or other sources of ignition are present.

The same precautions are necessary if you will subsequently be using a solvent based adhesive.

 

[DRM MARINE VALETING]

Autosmart " Tardis " Tar and glue remover. Does what it says on the tin.


drmvaletingservices@o2.co.uk

 

[Heckler]

If you do try any solvent acetone ( propanone ) included ensure you have good forced ventilation and that you also wear an "organic vapours" mask.

As pointed out above these solvents are also all highly flammable and therefore pose a great fire/explosion risk if any sparks or other sources of ignition are present.

The same precautions are necessary if you will subsequently be using a solvent based adhesive.

Vic
what is cellulose thinners made of please?
Stu

 

[ostell]

Look under Glue Remover on this site. The disk for angle grinder works best, though the other is required to get in to tight corners some times. Used them to prepare for replacing the head lining on my westerly.

Full mask (not the paper ones) and goggles and overalls required.

I gave up on wire brushes, solvents and sand paper

 

[capetown]

Yes VicS you're correct about stickystuf.

Depends on how big an area.

I've had succes with a face off disc in a drill at a very slow speed, it's Bloody messy and needs a quality mask.

Followed with "Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover"

Sounds the same as the stuff DRM mentions, may also be cheaper.

 

[VicS]

Vic
what is cellulose thinners made of please?
Stu

Varies from supplier to supplier I think you will find.
At one time it was amyl acetate IIRC but now a mixture of esters, alcohols, ketones and I even spotted toluene in one

 

[Fraggle]

Many thanks for all your advice.

 

[KINGFISHER 9]

I've got the same problem on an alloy mast ... someone had stuck halyard name labels all over the place! The labels came off (eventually) but left some rock solid residue. Thinners wouldn't get the sticky stuff off ... stuck like **** to a blanket! Don't want to use anything too savage in case it takes the anodising off ... any more suggestions? Anyone had the same mast problem?

 

[fergie_mac66]

I've got the same problem on an alloy mast ... someone had stuck halyard name labels all over the place! The labels came off (eventually) but left some rock solid residue. Thinners wouldn't get the sticky stuff off ... stuck like **** to a blanket! Don't want to use anything too savage in case it takes the anodising off ... any more suggestions? Anyone had the same mast problem?

i have got a problem in that an owner put forsale in french and dutch half way up our mast in sticky 3 inch letters. Cellulose thinners took one letter off haven't got round to the rest yet too many other things to do !!

 

[Heckler]

I've got the same problem on an alloy mast ... someone had stuck halyard name labels all over the place! The labels came off (eventually) but left some rock solid residue. Thinners wouldn't get the sticky stuff off ... stuck like **** to a blanket! Don't want to use anything too savage in case it takes the anodising off ... any more suggestions? Anyone had the same mast problem?

My SWMBO used a white sponge type pan scourer, they are not as aggressive as the green ones, it worked a treat on our boom doing the same thing
Stu

 

[The engineer]

WD40

This works for heaps of glues, particularly fo residue from tapes such as duct tape. I don't think it would work with contact adhesive though.

 

[richardabeattie]

I hestate to say so but when I had to clean impact adesive of the deckhead on my old boat I dabbed petrol onto it and rubbed it off with a dry rag. I was not smoking at the time and I survived.

 

[eastcoastbernie]

Face off disc sold by Hawke House. You can get ones that fit onto electric drills and ones that fit onto angle grinders. Wear a decent mask and expect to have a lot of mess to clear up.

Autoglym tar and glue remover also works but not as quick as the face off disc.

 

[SAMYL]

Vic
what is cellulose thinners made of please?
Stu

Usually zylene and toluene depending on what sort of spraying you intend to do.

WD40 is really only white spirit with some oil in it for lub.