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websnail
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
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Location: West Sussex
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 Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:18 pm Post subject: Got a problem..I need to remove glue from a painted surface |
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Got a problem...............I need to remove glue from a painted surface.
The paint is faded enamel forty years old on metal.
The glue is an evo stick type.
The surface is around 5 x 7 feet and is on the underneath of a roof!
All ideas welcome.
Thanks in advance.
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: South Cheshire
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| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
if it's contact adhesive, I have removed it with carburettor cleaner, but carburettor cleaner will in quantity remove solvent paints like cellulose, so care is required.
Cheers Dave |
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Greg
Joined: 03 Dec 2007
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Location: Dreamland Margate
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| Or perhaps try a caramel wheel? |
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PAUL BEAUMONT
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Location: Barnsley S. Yorks
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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If it is Evo-stik it is not particularly good in wet conditions so something like a steam wall paper stripper might well encourage it to come off. I assume it is on the underside of the roof!
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ajlelectronics
Joined: 04 Oct 2010
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Location: Gloucester
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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If it really is enamel, try thinners. If it is cellulose don't even think about it. Apart from that, I have found fingertips work quite well, if a little tedious. It's how I do some of my re-upholstery on fibreglass or metal bases.
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websnail
Joined: 26 Oct 2010
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Location: West Sussex
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| PAUL BEAUMONT wrote: | I assume it is on the underside of the roof!
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Correct. 
I was thinking of fingertips and just rubbing it.
Solvent in a enclosed space and above my head, my head is spinning just thinking about it  |
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Desert Fox
Joined: 21 May 2013
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Location: Leeds
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 9:31 am Post subject: |
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| Lighter fuel. This is what the dent guys use to remove the dollys attached to the bodywork by hot glue melt. Should be good for adhesive. |
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D4B
Joined: 28 Dec 2010
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Location: Hampshire UK
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| Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I imagine that a caramel wheel used carefully would do the same
job as fingertips but less pain after... goggles required I think  |
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