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Author Topic: Removing sticky residue?  (Read 365 times)

Offline J. Cook

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Removing sticky residue?
« on: July 25, 2015, 09:28:00 PM »
How do you guys remove sticky residue from your limbs or riser - like after tape or something has been peeled off?  I didn't want to experiment with rubbing alcohol as I didn't want to mess with the finish without asking first.
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Offline meatCKR

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2015, 09:35:00 PM »
Goo gone.  It's citrus based and you can get it at Home Depot or Lowes.  Just squirt it on an old t-shirt or other clean cotton cloth and wipe off the sticky residue with it.  Then rinse with soap and water.

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2015, 09:57:00 PM »
I use denatured alcohol.  Not the same as rubbing alcohol.  Regardless, a little on a cloth and rub the residue off.  Continuous, repeated rubbing might soften the finish a bit, but the gunk is usually long gone before you reach that stage.

Offline stagetek

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2015, 10:20:00 PM »
Goo Gone, or Goof Off. But, WD40 will probably work just as good.

Offline Bladepeek

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2015, 09:38:00 AM »
I use the Goo Gone. Works great for getting old, dried scotch tape off refrigerator doors and tape residue from bows. Like meatCKR, I follow with soap and water just to make sure I don't leave any on the bow. Probably wouldn't hurt, but then......

I also use a pad and cup bow stringer on my recurves and don't like the idea of leaving anything on the limbs that might be slippery.
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Offline iohkus

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2015, 03:43:00 PM »
Ronson lighter fluid will work also ....... but check an inconspicuous spot first. I've used it before without problems.
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Offline TxAg

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2015, 04:09:00 PM »
Another Goo Gone user here

Offline Red Beastmaster

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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2015, 08:12:00 PM »
WD40
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Re: Removing sticky residue?
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2015, 07:46:00 AM »
GooGone or other citrus based products like it.

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