I use isopropyl"rubbing" alcohol 91% for rod building purposes. Try an "art gum" eraser, the soft almost crumbly kind, to gently rub off the adhesive from labels. It usually works, even on matte finishes. If not, then try Go-Gone or whatever. Ralph

If at first you don't succeed, go fishing, then try, try again.

Make sure you do not use "Denatured Alcohol Solvent" when cleaning glue off blanks or any other thinner as far as that goes. I have had several calls from consumers in the past ten years complaining that there finish is comming off there blanks when they clean them. They bought by mistake Denatured Alchol Solvent instead of Denatured Alcohol.

I would like to meet wilh Ralph O'Quinn, Cliff Hall, Mark Blomme, Bill (Nitro methane) Stevens, and any other professional chemist, in High Point, to combine our efforts to publish an article in Rodmaker Magizine on the SAFE handling proceedures of organic solvents. So many post have been on this site that I fear someone is going to get hurt by misshandleing these things. If nothing else post the MSDS's on these materials. I have seen so many post on the wrong way to use these things that I fear someone is going to get hurt.

Ed Smith
Flat Rock, NC

Anyone can get MSDS's for chemicals online at this web site

Hope this helps

[hazard.com]

Regards

Scott

Chris Karp Wrote:
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> Have used WD-40 to remove the gummy stuff, but
> would not even suggest it around threadwork, or a
> rod building work area that might be contaminated,
> seeing as Gum-out was mentioned I will intordues
> it.

WD 40 is mostly kerosene, a little of oil and some “secret ingredient”, your usually better off with straight kero to avoid the oil. A good way of removing label adhesive is to grab it using some adhesive tape, sound funny I know but it often works well where as solvent often just spreads it around more.

Regards Charlie

Thanks.

Ed,

We've already run that article.

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I grew up in a body shop so chemicals were common place. Nothing like sticking my nose in a laquer thinner can right before I say "dad whats this?" Sniff, Sniff. Ohhhh, never mind. I know we are talking about safety here but this is the method I use for removing things from sticker glue to tar to overspray paint. I start with the weekest things first. Water, Water and soap, windex (touch of amonia) alcohol, denatured alcohol, mineral spirits, gasoline, (tar remover) prep sol), laquer thinner, then acetone. A person should also consider what is being cleaned off as well. If its glass, nothing I have mentioned will hurt it. fiberglass or graphite, I wouldnt move beyond prepsol. Plastic, lots of elbow grease. You never know exactly how it will react. Once you have wrecked a few things you will learn what will and what will not work. Lets call it lifes lessons. Many people dont know the answer so you have to find out for yourself. The second thing I always say is "assume everything is flamable". That way theres no problems later when your eyebrows are missing and you say to yourself. $#IT ! I didnt know that was flammable. Good luck, G

If memory serves me correctly, denaturants added to ethanol are very bad tasting compounds that cannot be tolerated by humans (makes them very nauseated, tasts awful or some other reason a person couldn't get it down or keep it down). Denaturant is required by law such that the denatured ethanol will not be used as an intoxicating beverage -- and thus, carries a lower tax rate and is sold for non-food or drinking purposes. Methanol may be added for other chemical property reasons, but I don't believe it is considered a denaturing agent (people can and do drink methanol, and enough methanol can cause blindness and other illnesses).

Rubbing alcohol is isopropanol diluted with water.

Tony Mortimer