maxed out Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 PART 1 Does any one have any suggestions on how to remove adhesive residue from black electrical tape from wood speaker finishes? I have tried, rubber cement thinner, OPPS, GOO GONE, GOOF OFF and rubbing alcohol. All I have done is rub the black finish off of the wood, resulting in spots of bare wood. PART 2 Has anybody touched up this type of finish used on these speakers? I am told by Klipsch, that this finish is: 40 sheen black lacquer. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Mineral Spirits. Harmless but temporarily smelly, finish that off with all purpose spray cleaner........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Rex Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 ---------------- On 9/8/2004 11:17:51 PM maxed out wrote: PART 1 Does any one have any suggestions on how to remove adhesive residue from black electrical tape from wood speaker finishes? I have tried, rubber cement thinner, OPPS, GOO GONE, GOOF OFF and rubbing alcohol. All I have done is rub the black finish off of the wood, resulting in spots of bare wood. PART 2 Has anybody touched up this type of finish used on these speakers? I am told by Klipsch, that this finish is: 40 sheen black lacquer. Thanks ---------------- I have found when I am trying to remove glue residue like that left by tape it is often most easily removed by simply using another piece of tape. I wouldn't recommend using another piece of electrical tape but a piece of extremely sticky masking tape might be perfect. Otherwise, try a small piece of duct tape or even scotch tape. Place the tape over the adhesive residue and then quickly pull the tape off. It will usually remove some of the glue so that after repeating the procedure a few times it will have removed the residue. Try it and let me know how it works. Just fyi and along a similar line of thought, if you ever have marks made by a permanent marker that you want to remove, try taking a dry erase marker and color over the permanent mark then whipe it away with a cloth. This may still leave a black haze around where the mark was or it could even just make it smudgy depending on the surface that was marked but it might be worth a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxed out Posted September 9, 2004 Author Share Posted September 9, 2004 Mineral Spirits it not cutting it. The adhesive layer from the electrical tape came off of the plastic tape backing after being cooked in the sun and stayed on the wood finish. The adhesive layer has hardened onto the wood. I dont think anything short of sandpaper will remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygmn Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 WD40....spray it...let it dwell then wipe with soft cotton towel... Repeat as required.... the silicones and oils will soften and loosen the glues so they can be wiped up without much damage to surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 try the Orange hand cleaner goop, non-pumice variety. It's organic and will take off about anything but bra and panties, he he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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