Removing Lots Of Tape Residue From Vinyl 45

[Premium Stuff]

Hi everyone

Hope someone can help me out please

I have a quite rare and obscure 45 pressed on vinyl (not styrene)

There is a substantial amount of tape residue on the vinyl on one side covering about a fifth of the surface area

It looks like there was a large piece of sticky tape on it at one stage - I assume something like packing tape or duct tape

Anyway the tape was evidently removed aged ago - but there are lots of marks on the label where the sticky stuff was left behind - this residue is quite thick in places and (edit) is dried hard

Can anyone recommend a safe method for removing this from a vinyl record please?

I had wondered about 'sticky stuff remover' but have no idea whether that woud wreck the vinyl

Any advice much apreciated - especially from qualified chemists!!

Cheers

Richard

Edited September 18, 2010 by Premium Stuff

[soul45s]

Richard

What about trying some Blu-Tac, warm it first and press gently onto the area, remove slowly or try rolling into a little ball and roll it about, I use it for getting the crap out of very dirty 45s..

Try it on flip side first

Hope it works

atb

paul

[Premium Stuff]

Hi Paul

Thanks for the tip - sure that will come in handy sometime

About this 45, I stupidly forgot to mention ... the sticky stuff is dried hard so I guess I need something that will dissolve it (will edit original post accordingly)

If you or anyone else has any other tips for dried-on sticky stuff I would be really grateful

Cheers

Richard

[De-to]

for stickers on a record label i use lighter fluid you can remove the sticker but it normally leaves a stain on the label...

[Tony Smith]

Hi Paul

Thanks for the tip - sure that will come in handy sometime

About this 45, I stupidly forgot to mention ... the sticky stuff is dried hard so I guess I need something that will dissolve it (will edit original post accordingly)

If you or anyone else has any other tips for dried-on sticky stuff I would be really grateful

Cheers

Richard

I'd be very careful mate, I'd go down the route of warm water to try to soften it, before trying anything drastic, some of the glues used in duct tape can burn into vinyl, which makes it potentially a lost cause, what is the record?

[Premium Stuff]

Hi Tony

Thanks for the advice

Record is just Billy Soul on Velvet Sound - not massive price-wise at all - but still fairly obscure and seemingly quite hard to locate

Cheers

Richard

[Tony Smith]

Hi Tony

Thanks for the advice

Record is just Billy Soul on Velvet Sound - not massive price-wise at all - but still fairly obscure and seemingly quite hard to locate

Cheers

Richard

Most won't know Billy Soul, gotta be 10 times harder* than Taurus & Leo, have you tryed leaving it standing in warm water, (avoiding the label of course kids) to see if the residue will soften?

*at time of going to press

[pikeys dog]

3M used to make an artists cleaning fluid called Scotch Clean Art that could be safely used on vinyl and labels (if used gently - ie dabbed not rubbed).

Printers used to use it on transarencies, to clean off any grease or adhesive prior to running them through the print process...

A search of the web may bring someone up that still stocks it.

[Dave Pinch]

white spirit or turps. this usually fetches things like cellotape off. trickier with tape thats been on 20/30 years tho then wash with warm soapy water

dave

[Steve Myers]

"Surgical spirit" available from your local chemist shop, will remove most sticky stuff, dont know how the vinyl will react to it though. I would test it first on a record your not bothered about.

[Guest Mart B]

Hi everyone

Hope someone can help me out please

I have a quite rare and obscure 45 pressed on vinyl (not styrene)

There is a substantial amount of tape residue on the vinyl on one side covering about a fifth of the surface area

It looks like there was a large piece of sticky tape on it at one stage - I assume something like packing tape or duct tape

Anyway the tape was evidently removed aged ago - but there are lots of marks on the label where the sticky stuff was left behind - this residue is quite thick in places and (edit) is dried hard

Can anyone recommend a safe method for removing this from a vinyl record please?

I had wondered about 'sticky stuff remover' but have no idea whether that woud wreck the vinyl

Any advice much apreciated - especially from qualified chemists!!

Cheers

Richard

zoffs quite good its mainly used for removing plasters,when they have been on a while plasters leave a sticky residue on the skin.

Any chemist should stock it.

[Mrtag]

I have used both surgical spirits and turps/white spirit but use it on a cotton bud to soften and lift the glue a good idea to soak in warm water and washing up liquid also rinse well in washing up liquid & water Then clean water. then use vinyl cleaner to finish If this doesn't work Pm Me for more info!! Atb John

Edited September 19, 2010 by mrtag

[Guest D'Arcy]

Try WD 40, it's quite good at removing lables. As there is no carrier solvent it should be prety safe on vinyl, but as always try it first on an old record you don't care about.