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"Remove stuck paper from plastic sheet"
An ongoing give-and-take outset back in 2001 ...
2001
Q. Hi,
I have several sheets of acrylic still with the newspaper roofing on. The sheets are approximately 16 years old and never used. I cannot go the paper off as it appears to be stuck on solid. Information technology has been stored in a barn, no direct sun, simply mayhap just the heat of the summer year after twelvemonth caused this. I have tried soaking in water, scraping with plastic egg lifter and the mucilage is notwithstanding there.
Is there a solvent or equivalent that can be used that volition not deject or harm the acrylic?
Pat Hoffman
- Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
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2001
A. Pat,
Before fifty-fifty reading about the 'age' of your acrylic sheets, I said to myself, I bet that those are former sheets!
Mayhap suppliers of acrylics could help you lot. Johnson Industrial Plastics, Cadillac Plastics, Crystal Drinking glass and Plastics.
Why don't y'all endeavor some alcohol. ... not the drinkable type, too expensive! but Methyl Hydrate or any other aliphatic solvent. This should, I think, soften up the dried-on mucilage/glue underface ... simply because the square footage involved, maybe I'd effort to prevent it from evaporating likewise fast ... it is water miscible, after all!
Cheers!
Freeman Newton [dec]
(It is our sad duty to advise that Freeman passed away
April 21, 2022. R.I.P. old friend).
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2001
A. Pat,
I happened to pass an Acrylic supplier this morning then I popped in and 'asked' your question.
The reply was pretty negative. Bit those sheets equally if 'you' try to soften up the sheets and 'scour' off the paper, you could become stress cracks. Maybe, perchance, soak the entire sail for some time in water (not a bad idea!)But I did point out that your sheets had NOT been outdoors which is probably a blessing.
They also asked if those sheets were extruded or pressed. Dinna ken, I replied. Probably extruded due to their cost but and so extruded sail can stress crack more easily than the pressed sheet.
Just do NOT use Zylene or Toluene, Toluol or any of those aromatic hydrocarbons. Don't even apply polar solvents like Acetone [affil. link to info/production on Amazon]. They volition ALL attack acrylics fairly fiercely. Anyhow, Acetone is ofttimes used for edge joining but information technology is non a particularly good agglutinative compared to proprietary acrylic cements.
(I'd become for the idea of soaking the unabridged canvass in h2o. Maybe TSP (trisodium phosphate [affil. link to info/production on Amazon]) would help every bit it is a superlative wetting agent) Lots of luck!
Freeman Newton [dec]
(It is our distressing duty to advise that Freeman passed away
April 21, 2022. R.I.P. old friend).
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2002
A. Many of these sheets used an agglutinative that is heat activated. You tin can endeavor using an electric hair dryer to warm the corner of the sheet and see if this loosens the paper. If it does, slowly piece of work your fashion across the sheet--if y'all get too fast the paper will rip making removal more hard.
If that does non work, sometimes allowing a lite oil, such as vegetable oil, to soak in overnight will loosen the sheets.
Adept luck.
Howard Berman
wire forming - Yonkers, New York
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2005
A. The best fashion of getting off newspaper on old Perspex, I have found subsequently 30 years of experience, is to brush a thin coat of eucalyptus oil.
on the paper and go out it for 15 minutes, than the paper scrapes off easily with a piece of wood, and the final make clean up is also easily washed with a fabric with some eucalyptus oil, it leaves no residuum and is dry out subsequently 1/2 hour,
I take just cleaned up some 20 mm sheet that was twenty years old no trouble at all. Whatsoever you lot do, never use any sort of alcohol.
Valther Baek-Hansen
- Canberra, Australia
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 | Ed. note: The following inquiry was repetitive of the previous one, and people started treated it lightheartedly. 2006Q. How to remove newspaper backing from Plexigass. Vincent D [concluding name deleted for privacy by Editor]Consumer - Columbia, Illinois ^ 2006 A. Hi Vincent, Why don't you go to a 'supplier' and enquire them? Surely there are LOTS of suppliers of acrylic sheets. Try Cadillac Plastics, for instance. Peradventure, highly possibly, your sheets are OLD. Because when we used to use acrylics, the paper came off easily. Freeman Newton [dec] (It is our deplorable duty to suggest that Freeman passed abroad April 21, 2022. R.I.P. former friend). ^ 2006 ? Does Cad Plastics have a model 60iQ carbon based LF plexiglass backing paper remover? I might need one with the left and right 10 digit pincher-grip characteristic.  Sheldon Taylor supply chain electronics Wake Forest, Due north Carolina ^ 2006 A. Ohhkay, ohhkay. I'k sure that Vincent's problem is that the darned paper won't peel off, due to some interaction with the plexiglass. Perchance a prankster stuck information technology dorsum with crazy gum, or peradventure the plastic is just years onetime. Merely, since the answer to his problem isn't duct tape, what else could it perhaps be but to spray information technology with WD-40 [affil. link to info/production on Amazon]? As far as I know, there is no 3rd universal fixit.  Ted Mooney , P.E. Striving to live Aloha finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Bailiwick of jersey ^ 2006 A. A catchy ane, this.  Geoff Smith Hampshire, England ^ 2006 A. Wotcher Sheldon, Your solution using the latest U.S. technology is mighty interesting . . . this you got from the University of Ozarks Advanced Research Dept., I believe. It amazes me why they gave it to y'all. Mind you, Geoff Smith'southward idea is a novel one, I hadn't thought of that, had you? Is it patented? Ted's suggestion of using WD-forty might well work, it sure did assistance my zippers. Freeman Newton [dec] (It is our sad duty to advise that Freeman passed away April 21, 2022. R.I.P. old friend). ^ 2006 Freeman, it looks similar Geoff and Dale are the winners, they were able to assistance out ol' Vinny, he sure didn't get whatever benefit from the Ozarks or Canaduh, eh? :-) Sheldon Taylor supply chain electronics Wake Woods, North Carolina ^ 2006 ! Readers: for your personal safety please don't poke or prod the Canadians :-) Ted Mooney , P.E. Striving to alive Aloha finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey ^ 2006 Dear Sheldon, HISTORY LESSON .... The War of Independence ... which your books say, wrongly, that information technology was between England and the Us. At that fourth dimension, the population of the United states of america was 50% English, hence that war was between England and English settlers.... Freeman Newton [dec] (It is our sad duty to advise that Freeman passed away April 21, 2022. R.I.P. old friend). ^ 2006 Wot? wot?, I didn't take hold of the pregnant of that Freeman, maybe y'all tin blazon a little slower for me. Sheldon Taylor supply chain electronics Wake Forest, North Carolina ^ 2006 Vincent, The reply to removing 'stuck' paper to the Acrylic sheets is to use Methyl Hydrate ... this was co-ordinate to a supplier. You can drink it, too, but I believe it causes problems. Freeman Newton [dec] (It is our sad duty to advise that Freeman passed away Apr 21, 2022. R.I.P. sometime friend). ^ 2007 I gave the stripping problem my all-time shot, but now I am puzzled by Freeman's Methyl Hydrate. I take not heard of it and it does not seem a likely chemical. If this is a local proper noun for methanol, you certainly can drink it and confirm that it sends you bullheaded, mad and dead in that lodge! Geoff Smith Hampshire, England ^ 2007 I'm puzzled by xc percent of what Freeman writes, Geoff. The words "sequitur" and "Freeman" tin can't seem to peacefully co-be :-) Ted Mooney , P.Eastward. Striving to live Aloha finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey ^ 2007 Dammit, I sure liked Geoff Smith's reply ... an educated one, besides! Aye, Sheldon, go and have a bucketful of Methanol, information technology would sure improve your English and might amend your appearance, also. But that suggestion of Methanol was bona fides ... I got information technology from the horse's mouth and not, as Sheldon might recall, from t'other end ! Freeman Newton [dec] (It is our lamentable duty to advise that Freeman passed away April 21, 2022. R.I.P. old friend). ^ December iv, 2009 - White River Junction, Vermont ^ |
To minimize search efforts and to offer multiple viewpoints, we combined previously split threads onto this folio. Please forgive whatever resultant repetition, failures of chronological society, or what may look similar readers disrespecting previous responses -- those other responses may not have been on the page at the time :-)
2006
A. I worked for a company that used plexiglass and cut 4'x 8' sheets to unlike sizes and then peeled the paper past using a tube to start the paper and then roll the tube across the paper lifting the paper from the plastic' subsequently first paper was on tube then the tacky side would exist exposed and attatch to the side by side paper and lift it off. worked really well.
Dale Healey
metal cleaning - Muscatine, Iowa
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February 12, 2022
A. HOT H2o removes the paper and gum immediately :)
Carrie Maurer
- Kansas Metropolis, Kansas United states
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July 27, 2022
A. Eucalyptus oil works great on any surface that is not porous and not safe with full general solvents. It tin remove glue from plastics as information technology softens the glue. Then wash off with soap and water.
Langdon Olger
- South Westralia, Australia
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May xviii, 2022
A. RIP Mr Newton ..
Well, I have tried soaking the sheets in soapy water spraying a smashing Aussie product called lanolin oil (made past Lanotec)
Then I used a Gerni water blaster followed by eucalyptus oil ... It works.
Chris Linnell
- Sydney, Australia
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April 26, 2022
Eucalyptus oil works very well.
Gregory lawler
- Queens, NYC, New York
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Oct 27, 2009
A. A mist of silicone spray.
Wait a minute, and removal is smooth and easy. I roll the paper backing off using a broomstick or 1x1.
David Halloran
- Somerville, Massachusetts
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November xi, 2009
A. I had the same problem with some acrylic laying in the basement for nigh vii years. I used a forced air heat gun to warm the paper/adhesive and it peeled off intact shine as silk!
Lonnie Rose
- Lynchburg, Virginia
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November 17, 2022
! Make sure to exist careful using a heat gun. If used also intensely in ane area you lot have the take chances of leaving a nasty residue on the acrylic from the adhesive. This will not come up off, basically melted in.
Devin Cole
- Portland, Oregon, United States
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April 10, 2022
A. Just used Methylated spirits and it made it a lot easier to pare the paper off. I needed to keep the newspaper very damp though with Metho.
willy McGee
- Adelaide Australia
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March 29, 2022
Q. I had plastic coating done onto my degree certificate. Now I want it's attestation by a 3rd party. I take tried myself and in the local market place for removing this plastic coating (fixed with some adhesive), but I cannot go it removed. Whatsoever endeavour is damaging the original document. I asking for guidance and assist because it is essential for me that I get the coating removed.
Regards,
Abdullah Mahesar
- Karachi, Islamic republic of pakistan
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Apr iii, 2022
Hi Abdullah. Sorry for your hardship, and we'll hope that someone has an idea worth trying. Only plastic lamination is more robust than paper, so this may non be possible even if you lot knew all the particulars about the agglutinative (which you don't). Sorry.
Regards,
Ted Mooney , P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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June 4, 2022
Q. I have the acrylic sheets on which its protective paper has got stuck on information technology. It stuck very inappreciably as if information technology has go a integral part of the acrylic surface.
Please propose any solvent so that it will help in removing the newspaper forth with its glue very easily and at the same time volition not harm to acrylic.
Regards,
Mahesh
Mahesh Pimprikar
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, Republic of india
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Baronial 9, 2022
Q. I have put acrylic stickers on a sheet metallic sign and it had the paper backing, which I left on as I idea this would protect stickers from any damage until I had a gamble to put the sign up. This has been a few months and I now cannot become the newspaper to come off the metal or the stickers.
If I apply eucalyptus oil, wouldn't that remove the stickers as well? I only desire to remove the paper- which is just fierce off in tiny bits and leaving a rest on top of the stickers and the metal. It's a big sign too, and then a lot to exist done. I did try white vinegar on information technology, but that didn't work at all and the weather here is quite cold also, in case that makes a departure.. Please help me. Thanks.
Zoe young man
- Narrabri commonwealth of australia
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September 4, 2022
A. I had some older acrylic whose newspaper mask was very stubborn. I sprayed it down with some "Motsenbocker's Elevator Off 5" Latex Based Paint remover.
Information technology seemed to saturate the paper after a minute or and then, and the newspaper came off nicely in one piece.
Alex Maier
- Herriman, Utah, USA
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December viii, 2022
A. I utilise "Quick 'n Easy" Specialty Adhesive Remover" [linked past editor to info/product at Amazon]. Spray it on and let it soak into the paper, then carefully peel information technology off. Moisture a shop rag with the spray and wipe away the residual adhesive. Old deteriorated plexiglass paper was no problem with a non scratching plastic scraper or a piece of wood.
John Basile
- Hopewell, Virginia, United states of america
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January 2, 2022
A. I read this thread for help as we have some sheets stored in barn for long time and newspaper is baked on. Terminal night a idea came to me - vegetable oil. Information technology takes off super glue, why not try. Approximate what -it works! It worked the best where paper was still in place and after soaking awhile sheets came off similar new. Some areas had to soak and information technology'south not perfect, (would be if I had not tried scraping) I was so excited I had to share. Hope this helps someone.
B. Martin
- Dixon, Missouri
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April 2, 2022
A. I used mineral turpentine and it was piece of cake to go off. Took a household sponge put a piddling Turps on it and wiped the entire sheet, waited a few minutes say 2-5 minutes. Then started peeling from a corner with my fingernail or scraper. All comes off. Then used more of the same method to clean the plastic sheet.
Paul Craigie
- Melbourne, Commonwealth of australia
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July four, 2022
A. Mineral turps worked for me too. I had to scrape a trivial in places with a minor piece of forest because I had aptitude the plastic with the coating yet on.
Jim Ettles
- Bendigo Australia
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August 16, 2022
A. Use vinegar, soak for 10 mins, the acidity will interruption downwards the glue and will not damage the plastic, rub with soft textile. This works on wallpaper also.
Steve Lovelace
- Dayton ohio
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Baronial 28, 2022
A. We accept a skilful sized green house with a domicile made curved roof covered in various types of acrylic and polycarbonate clear canvass material. About every five years 1 or two age out or crack and nosotros are constantly replacing the cleaved ones. The glazing guys leave their scraps and left overs behind and accept built up quite a collection of old plastic sheet material stored in the barn or under a clamber space. Finally decided to apply some of the left overs as replacements and found it very ho-hum trying to remove five- twenty year old paper covers (will remove them right abroad from now on) Later reviewing the suggestions on this site I did an experiment on a ten yr old three'x4' bit of newspaper entombed clear polycarbonate. Used Brake Fluid, WD-twoscore, Mineral oil, Turpenoid, Fast Orangish and Goo Gone [affil. link to info/product on Amazon] .
Scraped abroad on parts of each right away then left them all covered with contractor bags overnight.
The Goo Gone was by far the easiest on both attempts followed by WD- 40, the mineral oil was OK but tedious working and clean-up, the turpenoid not only did little to simplify the work but it left craze marks the adjacent day and the Fast Orange, while groovy for clean-upwardly did nothing. The Goo Gone under plastic for a while would exist my suggestion for this task
Roc Caivano
- Bar Harbor, Maine
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December 21, 2022
A. Goo Gone [affil. link to info/production on Amazon] spread over the paper; await 5 minutes. The paper peels of in 1 slice.
Victor Go
- Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
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November 4, 2022
A. De-Solv-It [affil. link to info/production on Amazon]. Tried multiple items.
This should stuff is amazing. Had 25 x 1 metre x fifty cm sheets double sided with paper glued on. Sharp razor blade to help the stubborn bits but all in all saved me days of hard yakka.
Andrew rohde
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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December 15, 2022
A hair dryer on a hot setting did it for me. Got a corner released to showtime with and then pulled gently - kept the dryer moving back and forth along the edge existence removed and it came off clean.
Did have hot fingers for a while after though!
David Coull
- Mintlaw, Scotland
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March 2, 2022
A. I have found just using regular vegetable oil and roofing the newspaper and letting it sit for awhile, information technology will come up off using your fingernail (to not scratch it). Practice not rinse it off until it is all off. Then just clean it with regular dish soap and a sponge, for drinking glass - utilise the scrubby pad.
Leo Lessard
- Maricopa, Arizona, U.s.
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May 18, 2022
A. Haha, so I remember when I bought my house nigh three years ago I looked online everywhere for solutions on this issue. Most sounded like too much work so I tossed the sheets in the shed and never looked dorsum. That is until today, and judge what, I found it -- the thing that makes this easier than writing this post. The best matter is you probably already have information technology in your garage. The i and simply WD-forty [affil. link to info/product on Amazon]. Spray generously, grab you a razor bract scraper, and picket it come off so easy you wonder why you didn't think of that. Promise this helps. I read this about 3 years ago and had to share and mayhap save someone a lot of time and coin
Brandon Ahart
Refresh Concepts - Phoenix, Arizona
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June 12, 2022
A. Gentlemen!!
I believe in "giving back" to the Customs.
I'll be short.
I initially came here to find a prepare to removing protective Papers STUCK ON HORRIBLY! To make Matters worse? I have Dark Blue pieces (160- 4x9 pcs.) with articulate facings for My Office plaques -- shows Any and All fingerprints, smudge, adhesives and marrings!
To the indicate:
1- Hairdryer speedily over edge.
ii- attempt to gracefully skin back and roll to go on paper from separating. If this does not fully correct issue move to #iii.
three- using ONLY soap & h2o (preferably Dawn) saturate.
Then quick dry remainder water with paper towel and proceed to peel and Roll off protective Backer.
Finally!! and worked Great for me.
#4- CLEAN Remainder ADHESIVES OFF WITH LIGHTER FLUID AND SOFT PAPER TOWEL. CLEAN AND SHINY NEW! Heed yous the Paper towel will leave behind fuzzies.
#five- remove fuzzies with "microfiber Ant-Static Cloth.
These steps Kept my AMcomm Stickers on and unharmed and nonetheless allowed me to place Vinyl Chrome Lettering!!
Thanks Guys! Nosotros Can Do This!!
Steven Schultz
AMcomm Telecommunications Inc. - Highland, Michigan, U.s.
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July 18, 2022
A. WD-twoscore [affil. link to info/product on Amazon] took off the sixteen twelvemonth old newspaper masking from my plexiglass like a charm! I sprayed it on liberally and let it soak in for 2 1/ii hours. Information technology peeled off completely with very few sheets trigger-happy and no viscous glue was left backside! No damage was washed to the plexiglass at all! Today is 7/eighteen/2018; I simply finished cleaning up and information technology looks like a brand new canvas!
Krayon Deigh
- Jackson, New Hampshire USA
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August 19, 2022
I am making a water wheel for my pond. I have some plexiglass that is 25 years old. I read all the suggestions and tried them. The one that worked was soaking the plates in alcohol. It came off easier than when it was new. Thanks
wallyc synes
- niagara falls on canada
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Nov 17, 2022
I just wanted to express my thanks to all the commenters hither who offered helpful tips for removing stuck paper bankroll from plexiglas sheets. I had this same problem on an old slice of plexiglas which I had already worked considerably, but and then had difficulty removing the paper considering of its age. I used the turpentine method suggested higher up, mainly considering I had some on manus and didn't accept to chase effectually town for more than exotic products. This method worked quite well, softening the agglutinative sufficiently to make removal of the paper much easier. I used a short piece of 2x4 with i finish cut at an bending every bit the scraper. This helped to remove the paper without leaving serious scrapes and scratches.
1 further tip I will add together is that whatever modest blemishes in the plastic were produced by the scraper I was able to remove hands by using an automotive production for polishing headlight plastic. Buffing the plexiglas using this product removed scuff marks and returned the surface to a similar-new appearance. For those interested, the production I used was "BlueMagic" Headlight Lens Restorer, which is widely available at automotive supply stores.
Randy Glickman
- San Antonio, Texas U.s.a.
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December iii, 2022
A. The best thing is to use is WD-xl; you allow it soak overnight or 2 nights then yous take a piece of plastic on the plastic and scrape it off because plastic will not scratch plastic. It will slowly kickoff to come up off and then accept paper towels and go on wiping the gum till y'all become it all off and so apply more WD-40. The best and the fastest matter to soak all the newspaper with WD-40 you're probably going to demand a little bit of information technology and then I would go to the store and purchase a a canteen of it not a spray bottle meliorate to just purchase it by the gallon you're not going to utilize that much but it has a lot of uses. Hope this helps; information technology helped me on a lot of acrylic that was old and there's no fashion you lot could accept got it off without this s***, trust me. Promise that helps ... have a great night
Joe carracio
- Wheeling Illinois
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January nineteen, 2022
A. I have simply had a like problem. I simply soaked the canvass 300 mm x 200 mm covered with a shallow layer of methylated spirits. Used an aluminium blistering tray and covered with cling wrap to stop evaporation for about 2 hours. The offending paper simply peeled off in 1 continuous sheet.
Paul Soares
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
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February 8, 2022
A. Hullo, With the info and suggestions I found hither I was able to remove paper from 2 sides of 6, ane/four" acrylic sheets that are 24"x16". I sprayed with WD-40 until very wet and then stacked them up and left them overnight. The paper peeled off nearly perfectly using a slice of 3/four" rigid conduit equally a have up roller. I removed the remaining goo with denatured booze and paper towels.
Thanks to all that took the time to post the solutions. BTW the Acrylic sheets were probably 15-twenty years sometime.
John Chamorro
private - Livermore California United states of america
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August 29, 2022
A. My 20 to thirty year-old plexiglass, stored in the upper floor of a barn, did not respond to anything well until I tried gasket remover. It however took a chip of effort scraping with a metallic broad-bladed putty pocketknife, simply all the glue came off and left neither residue nor scratches.
William Childs
- Princeton, New Jersey
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June viii, 2022
A. I tried Goo Gone, Goof Off, WD 40, and other chemicals, cleaners. NONE worked ... like simply using a pressure washer from Harbor Freight tools. Or just become to a car wash and utilise the hot wax setting.
Bob Mongiello
- Wildomar California
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