guy Posted October 9, 2007 Share #21 Posted October 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) If you have access to isopropyl alcohol (isopronanol) then that does generally work really well. I only mentioned lighter fluid cos its so easy to get hold of. I think perhaps I ought to qualify my various solvent-based suggestions with a couple of factual points! 1) I've never used lighter fluid to clean an M8. For all I know it dissolves the whole camera to a little pile of slag. So proceed with caution there . But I have used it to clean adhesive tape residue of exactly the type the OP describes from a variety of other surfaces, including painted and varnished; it works a treat; it doesn't appear to damage anything. But see again the beginning of this point. 2) All manufacturers of all electronic products warn against cleaning with anything other than a lint-free cloth lightly damped with warm water. Despite this, the pro audio industry regularly scrubs everything with isopropanol or contact cleaner or any one of a number of other solvents, and astonishingly, the kit survives. (Generally. I suppose someone out there will have washed their Minimoog in petrol only to have it explode. Not what I'm suggesting.) But I do think that often the manufacturers' instructions are as much to guard them against lawsuits as anything. ("It didn't say in the manual not to polish my front element with wire wool, so...") I cleaned the residue from the base-plate sticker off my M8's handgrip with isopropanol. Three months on, nothing has sloughed, flaked, disintegrated or dissolved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted October 9, 2007 Share #22 Posted October 9, 2007 Guy, I used lighter fluid because I happened to be walking past a newsagent that sold the stuff. It's also very cheap - though now I have about 99.5ml of fluid that I'll probably never use. My advice would be to remove the base before cleaning, and as I say don't get any on the inside of the base, the fluid will remove the matt lining if you get any on it. I'd tried nail varnish remover, I think the active ingredient in this is acetone - but with no success. Still that means I have 49.5 ml of nail varnish removal gel in a cupboard keeping the lighter fluid company <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted October 9, 2007 Share #23 Posted October 9, 2007 Glad to hear it worked! And that your M8 is happy. And now you also have a new hobby in collecting very-slightly-used bottles of cleaning product... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted October 9, 2007 Share #24 Posted October 9, 2007 Guy, I used lighter fluid because I happened to be walking past a newsagent that sold the stuff. It's also very cheap - though now I have about 99.5ml of fluid that I'll probably never use. Well, you can always buy a Zippo and take up smoking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted October 9, 2007 Share #25 Posted October 9, 2007 I was going to say watch for open flames. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gesper Posted October 9, 2007 Share #26 Posted October 9, 2007 Never heard of Goo Gone. Where can I find it? Very common in the US, available in most supermarkets and hardware stores. I would look for products designed to remove labels, price stickers, etc. There must be some equivalent where you are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry Posted October 9, 2007 Share #27 Posted October 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Goo-Gone is a citrus-based cleaner, and is by far the best way to SAFELY remove tape residue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttriolo Posted October 9, 2007 Author Share #28 Posted October 9, 2007 The Goo Gone worked like a charm. I was careful not to over-saturate the Q-Tip I used to apply. I gave it just a few seconds to work before wiping it off from the base plate. I did it three times until all the sticky stuff was gone. Lost no paint in the process. Thanks to all for your suggestions. Very much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted October 9, 2007 Share #29 Posted October 9, 2007 Awesome Tony glad to hear it worked . i forgot about Goo-Gone. We need to remember that product since it is citrus based and non destructive chemicals. Maybe green clean too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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