Hi guys

I have a NOS steel bracelet that has been sitting for, I dunno, couple of decades, stuck with blue tape inside and outside to prevent scratching. I removed the tape to find the glue/residue that kept it to the bracelet will not come off. This is adamant stuff.

Usually when I have something like this a spray of deodorant (alcohol) and a soft tissue does the trick...but not this residue. The bracelet does smell SO nice now though

Anybody have any useful suggestions?

Thanks in advance...

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Soak in spirits?

 

Acetone?

 

Citrus oil based stuff.

 

I was thinking Scotch, but acetone might be better.

 

You can also try out cleaning with a little WD40

If it doesn’t work i will take the bracelet

 

Thanks guys...will run through the list. Got some cheap greek liquor somewhere, next candidate. Can steal ethanol from work. Maybe having some WD40 is not a bad idea at all.

 

Fly spray believe it or not. Used it several times to get old stickers residue of aluminium boats.

 

Yeah, but that's Northern Territory fly spray, not the diluted stuff the rest of the world uses.

 

Eagle One wadding polish in Walmart car-care-products department and in auto-parts stores

 

So.... did any of the above mentioned ideas work for you? My money is always on Goof Off or Goo Gone for such things, but I’m curious.

 

Don't live in the US, so can't get these. I think WD40 is available here, but will most likely need to order it off the internet.
I realized that I have a bottle of hand disinfectant on my desk from my hospital release a few years ago...that's 80% ethanol. So tried that (i.e. soaked it), with some tissue paper. Mostly ok, but this bastard stuff still will not come off of the inside of the clasp...


Pretty nice bracelet though. I think I can live with this...

 

Fly spray try it, it won't harm the metal.
Spray it leave the white residue on for a minute or two then wipe of with a bit of pressure with a cotton tip.

 

how can this be ? NO WD40 ? last household seen without WD40 was a caveman one

 

Acetone removes glue left behind from paper labels, so should work....

 

Like barnfind Speedmasters, there are still caveman-households ... you just haven't seen it yet ...

My cavewoman doesn't use make-up/nailpolish etc (she is pretty enough and we/she prefers wandering around the bushes and sleeping in caves and the like in anycase) ...

No flies in CH at the moment, but I think I still have some fly-spray from my last tropical adventure...will go find it and give it a bash...

Thanks guys

 

The funny thing is that different kinds of glue need different kinds of aromatics.
I usually try cleaning alcohol, methylated spirit or as a last resort acetone.
On steel you can't do any harm with either of them. But be very careful on synthetic materials.
In France there's something called Essence F which often works well but stinks horribly, Essence C is great for cleaning movement parts and removing grease theroff but not really for stickerglue.

And I haven't found a way yet to remove the discoloring those darn stickers sometimes leave after they've been removed.

 

Yeah try WD40 and give it a few minutes to soak in.. It works quite well with sticker residue. I used to use it on book covers of antique books i had that had old price labels on them. I needed to remove the labels without ripping the paper underneath so it will surely work for a metal bracelet.

 

on our next meeting i bring u a barnfind NOS WD40