How To Remove Duct Tape Residue Fast And Easy
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- I was cleaning up this bike frame that had a big patch of old dried duct tape glue residue. I don't know how long the tape was on the bike, but it appears have been on there for a long time. I tried naphtha (lighter fluid), alcohol, WD-40, and warm water. But these things did almost nothing. Maybe if the duct tape adhesive had been fresher, maybe these would have worked. My main concern was not wanting to damage the paint, so I didn't want to try anything like acetone. I read a suggestion online about gasoline, so I tested it on a small patch, and it removed the residue fast and easy. So I show removing the duct tape residue with gasoline. While this is a bike frame, it should work to remove duct tape residue from a car body as well.
As a safety precaution, I used gloves, and had my garage door open for ventilation. Also be careful around open flame as gasoline is flammable.
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The thing I like most about RJ's videos is that they are not done with Dura-Ace DI2, carbon frames, a fully kitted out ParkTool garage, and all that other stuff I can't afford. He's a regular guy.
That's probably what rj should stand for regular Joe lol
@@tmayberry7559 regular j
No waffle, no BS, tells you what you need to know.
I work a lot with resins an produce coatings for auto industry. Another safer alternative is to apply olive oil and leave it overnight. Olive oil contains oleic acid which these types of adhesive resins break down. It will shrivel up and you can wash off afterwards.
Is olive oil better than other oils? I've usually used rapeseed oil as it is much cheaper than the olive oil I have in my house
Thanks for the tip
@@rasmusvedel it's the Oleic acid which breaks it down. I'm not sure if rape seed contains high amounts.
Will not hurt to try 🙂
@@peterfryearson9247 great tip thank you
Any vegetable oil is a great hand cleaner to remove bike or automotive grease. Also works great under fingernails. No need to use commercial products like GoJo.
Love to see you uploading again, keep up the good work
You saved my butt. I had duct tape residue on my wife’s car. Very helpful idea worked awesome can’t thank you enough.
love the shorter vids like this. Great tip RJ
Blown away to see you wearing safety gloves for the first time ever RJ 😛
That's great info. I used 'T-Rex tape' to do a tubeless wheel setup once. Took about 2 hours to remove afterwards.... Tried WD40 and white spirits neither really helped.
My go to sticky stuff remover is white spirit, I think it is called mineral spirit in the USA. Good as a degreaser, chain and parts cleaner. Very similar to gasoline, but you can buy in the paint and decorating store.
NO way! I had this exact same problem!! thank you so much!
Thank you, I saw your video, I use fuel injection cleaner. It remove the duct tape residue. Thanks, have a great week
Good find! I will need the info soon.
I'd been struggling with hot air and wd40 with no success. Just tried petrol and it's off in seconds, a couple of days ago the sram shifter cable replacement video made it easy. All I need now is the Suntour XCR remote lock out cable replacement instructions. Great channel.
I tried White Gas Camp Fuel and it worked well!
Just used gasoline to clean half a frame’s worth of baked-on duct tape, doubt anything works faster. Thanks for the tip!!
I've had a lot of auto mechanic friends recommend gas to me as well for removing debris from paint. Works well, but strong vapours! I've also used butane to remove tubular glue (in combination with scrub pad), which may also work for this, and be a little more tolerable in regards to fumes.
Duck tape on a bike 🙂. Not the best choice . Zipties are a good choice in my opinion .
Good ol duct tape. Saving the world .
Nice method!!! Will it work on car exterior?
Great tip 👍
Thank you
Does it affect or ruin the paint ? I have 2 tubus racks with gorilla tape residue. Thanks!
Always the best
Thanks so much
Thanks RJ!
I admit to using gasoline for a lot of bike cleaning tasks (bike chains, freeWHEELS, etc.) It just works better than anything else. But I always use it outdoors on a day with a little breeze. I also hold my breath when the fumes are peaking. I just wait if I can't work outside. I have a "3-Dip" set-up. Three containers of gas that I soak parts in succession. So the last container has very little debris in it and parts come out super clean. I reuse the gas in the containers many times and store them in an outside shed. After about a half year, I replaced the old gas with new and take the old gas to the recycling center. I have used this cleaning method on several vintage SunTour freeWHEELS I own. After cleaning, I use heated Phil's Oil (to increase its ability to penetrate the internal parts of the freeWHEEL. They come out of this process running like a dream and I have never had to take the freeWHEELS apart to clean because the 3-Dip soaking method works so well.
Depending on how stuck it is, you can sometimes use the same substance to remove itself (or something a notch stronger). Eg, apply duct tape to duct tape residue, then peel it off. Sticky tack to sticky tack etc etc. May take a few attempts, but can be surprisingly helpful.
Yip I’ve used that method myself. Works a charm
I would imagine if it hasn't dried and hardened@@Gardner0871public
Diesel/kerosene/gasoline
We've been using it for a long time.
For a bubble gum on clothes to a mechanical parts including bikes.
It's good on a chain rust remover,
Good at removing Rust.
Bubble gum even comes off corduroy easy. Use peanut butter.
Have you tried turpentine/ white spirit? I found that worked well, it takes a little time but it's safer than petrol.
I love using rubbing alcohol for sticky stuff. Thanks for the info on using gasoline. I do not drive anymore. Would lighter fluid work as well? I am always looking for DIY tips - thanks for posting this video.
Don't you have eucalyptus oil in the USA? Super safe to use and it smells nice and clears your nasal passages at the same time
Yep. Better than Aeroguard.
That thing super expensive though 🙈
@@soekotjock really? What country you in?
@@UserUser-zc6fx I've heard heaps of it growing in California, is it grown for landscape or product. Also a lot has got out of hand & makes fires there intense like in Australia.
Brake clean works very well also
You are a genius!!!!a thank you.
thanxs neede this one
Will Kerosene work equally well? Much safer than gas.
I use gas for tree pitch removal on my car also. Turpentine works great on plastic fenders and tanks on my old Honda dirt bike
I bought a car that had been sitting for four years in a yard under trees - just covered in sap. Denatured alcohol! (although I never tried gas)
Amazing. Thumbs up.
Nice. Have you tried citrus cleaner (like ski base cleaner)? Best I have tried for removing tape residues. Not that harmful either
does lighter fluid work the same?
Nice, i didn't know you could do such things in gasoline .
Nail degreaser is super powerful and not toxic for those things (they don't use acetone in it anymore).
will unleaded petrol work?
the duct tape residue looked better then the decals on that particular bike.
Did you try Acetone? The stuff women use to take of nail polish. It's usually more gentle on the paint/clear coat than gasoline.
Yes! the solution for redoing my duck tape tubeless rims !
Bit of a sticky situation.
I tend to use a hair dryer to warm it up and get it gooey again then take the majority off with a finger nail then rub over with white spirits.👍😊
Thanks. Maybe I will try this method if wd40 don't work like they showed in other videos.
How 'bout Goo Be Gone, Goof Off or acetone (I don't keep gasoline around because of the hazards involved and the difficulty in disposing the product if not used)?
could a hairdryer be any help?
I use gas as my primary solvent. It's still cheap and there is a gas station one block away. Gas and a scrub sponge is great at taking off bar tape glue also. I encounter that more than duct ape. As a final cleansing solvent I try to have a spray can of CRC Brake Cleaner handy. Even gas leaves a mild residue
Grew up using gasoline for all kinds of things. Amazing how scared people are of it now.
Lead, asbestos, cadmium and dioxins used to be things people didn't think twice about too back in the day until the adverse health risks became known. Gasoline still plays a major role in maintaining civilization as a fuel source but limiting unneeded exposure to it is still prudent. Don't clean your chain in the stuff when safer alternatives exist.
Turns out chronic benzene exposure can cause cancer, among other things
Gasoline is not the same as in the old days, smell is way different.
Im gonna try this on the residue from old bartape. Must have the same effect.
RJ, check into this stuff, Turtle Wax Label and Adhesive Remover
Zest It is the best product ever for glue type of stuff.
Lighter fluid works as well, but be very careful based on the material you're using it on. Lighter fluid and gasoline are not great for plastics.
RJ, where do you get the bikes for these videos? Do you buy them or do people loan them for use? I might be willing to loan a particular bike for a video in exchange for getting the seat post out. It's a model that is likely to draw a lot of traffic. Or maybe if you could point me in the right direction as to what you would do in this situation? Drill it? Cut it? I've tried using a jab saw but it's hard to find blades skinny enough to get inside the post. I tried drilling it out but I can't find the right kind of drill bit that would cut/grind the post up. I could send pictures. It's got to be the craziest seat post issue you will have ever encountered. I've never seen anything this bad but due to the model it is and how long I've had it I want to try to get it fixed rather than giving up.
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@@RJTheBikeGuy I see. You get them all cheaply from wherever you can locally to use for videos. What would you use to drill out a post? This one snapped off inside the seat tube and the process of trying to get it it out kind of crushed it down so I can't get a saw inside of it to cut it out. I would need to drill into it to grind it from the inside out basically I don't know what drill bit to get. Everyone I've tried so far just strips out and doesn't cut through the post metal at all. The bike is a Hutch Trick Star so I don't want to give up on it. Anyone else reading this have any ideas? It's been soaking for months in tri flow oil. Didn't do a damn thing.
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I have not used drills.
I think after all the videos I've seen I've come to the conclusion that what I'm dealing with is an aluminum seat post. I'm going to have to go chemical warfare on this and use caustic soda and melt it out. Probably going to take off some chrome while I'm at it but I think it will work. Thanks for all these awesome vids by the way. I've learned quite a bit watching this channel.
I’ve tried Gumout spray (carburetor cleaner) to get sticker residue off, works ok, it softens the adhesive. Just have to keep it wet.
I just used a piece of duck tape to remove the residue from duck tape and it worked it was on the bottom of a rubbery Wi-Fi camera!
Butter or vegetable oil works fine also.
How about carbon frames? Does it work the same? Is it possible to damage the frame? I’ve heard there are some product that should not be used in carbon frame, but not sure which ones! Nice tip anyway!!
I dont think so
You're not rubbing it on the carbon, you're rubbing it on the lacquer. Only long term contact with petrol may affect epoxy resin. Will it affect your paintwork is the real question. It may attack the lacquer. I used WD40 for removing stickers.
Surely the petrol will damage the surface on the paint ? I would use a light oil as suggested below and let it soak overnight.
Yes it will.
you can also use white spirit.... Coleman fuel etc... basically gasoline without the (nasty for you) additives
Guys, Citrus oil. It won't harm your paint & is water soluable too.
Came here to suggest this. Citrol works wonders. I got some tar on my car from driving by construction and got this suggestion from a car detailing video
Great tip. One thing to be careful with is any rag soaked in petroleum based products (gasoline or even mineral spirits) is they can spontaneously ignite in your trash. Any thoughts on proper disposal?
Put it in the stove or fireplace.
I'm closer to 100 than 0. NEVER have I seen oily towels do what you proclaim, yet I've heard "the sky is falling" from so many. Fire requires conditions.
Only finishing oils spontaneously combust because the polymerization process is exothermic, not petroleum-based products.
I stand corrected if that is the case
The warning came from my neighbor, a fire fighter when I was cleaning up a gas spill from my yard tractor. I’m no expert though.
I have used gas many of time to do this but I am out side if it cold I just leave it on until summer then take it off.And handlebar tape glue is hard to get off but gas takes it off easy like I said I do this outside.
I've used citrus oil with good results in the past, something like Orange Power
Works even better if you light it after applying a heavy dose of it.
WD40 works great, nice helpfull video tho!
Not for me it didn't.
@@RJTheBikeGuy spray it on ,wait 5 or 10 minutes and u are good to go ... patience is the key :P
@@cajetano2011 I DID!! IT DIDN'T WORK!!!!!!!!!!! Did you even watch/listen to my video?
@@RJTheBikeGuy yes sir i did, but i did the same and did go flawless...^^
Paint thinner should work too. Just remember to neutralize it with soapy water after, for safety.
Paint thinner will ruin some types of paint finish also it softens powder coating! Go on! Ask me how I know!
@@Herbybandit, how do you know that?
@@MrJx4000 😂😂😂😂🥸 tried it! Regretted it! 😒
@@Herbybandit, I would think "Parts Cleaner" from O'Reilly ought to work safely without having to neutralize it.
My biggest takeaway from this video is that gasoline is flammable! 😂 I have some double sided foam tape residue on my wall - any ideas for that? Cheers.
Sorry I don't. PS. I tried other stuff before the gasoline, and it barely touched the residue.
Gasoline will dissolve my headphones...
You can also use machine oil instead of gasoline.
I use Kerosene and it works too...much cheaper compared to gasoline due to price hike.
Won't the gasoline bite into the paint? I mean, gasoline can be used as paint thinner right?
Probably not short term contact.
I'm guessing not more than alcohol or naptha.
I still have some good ol carbon tetrachloride, the best solvent ever...
Voila'!
Furniture polish often works on tape residue. Spray on, leave to soak in for around 15 mins.
does kerosene works?
And from then on out, use gaffers tape. It's like if duct tape, athletic tape, and painter's tape came together in a menage a trois and made a beautiful baby. Durable, tears along the fabric, doesn't leave residue, can stick to surfaces repeatedly, etc.
Use orange solvent like goo gone. Much safer and your bike will smell great!!
What about Goo Be Gone? Toluene or Xylene are another solvent choice. The Benzine and MTBE in gasoline is carcinogenic hence why it is limited to fuel and not commonly used as a solvent in industry. You used gloves which is good. I would not want to get into the habit of using it for that purpose if safer alternatives exist.
Did you try a hot air gun. The hot air will soften even old glue. And is better on the environment.
Good grief, RJ! I could only read a few comments before I threw up in my mouth a little. Did half these people commenting even watch and listen to your video? Take care.
Thought you would of cut the break cables
I wonder if this with cause surface corruption
Try DW40
CocaCola or Pepsi are another option, and of course WD40
I use "goof off", it' not as potent and fast as gasoline but it has no odour and seems to be safer, just takes a bit more time.
i clean my chain and cogs with gasoline. Fill a lidded plastic container with gasoline, throw the cogs and chain in, shake and stir a few times over an hour. remove the items and set the container unlidded outside for the gasoline to evaporate.
its cheap and zero effort compared to degreasers and rags.
Can i remove sticker residue with this method?
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Gas/Petrol is like the ultimate "sticky stuff" remover so yes it will most likely work BUT be aware that it can also attack certain paints, resins and plastics so I would at least try WD40 or something milder like methylated sprits or alcohol first.
@@chris1275cc actually i stick an paper sticker on my scooter. And because of rain paper is desolved with water and only sticky surface left on body which is dry now
OK, I'm gonna try gasoline on old decal adhesive residue. Nothing has touched it so far, not even nail varnish remover.
Gas?! That thing is super expensive In CA
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Time for a celebratory cigarette 🚬
I use the Zippo liquid
I tried it as mentioned in video (Naphtha). Didn't work.
I can only agree, gasoline is only thing I found to be useful, but additional tip is required - dont try to push the rag in hard going small piece at a time - you will only strain yourself, instead go over entire area and dip the rag often so the surface has a lot of gasoline on it the whole time. I learned this the hard way lol, after an hour of working small piece at a time, I realized it works better without pushing on the rag, just lightly to keep the area covered in gasoline.
Did you try with WD-40?
Did you watch the video?
@@RJTheBikeGuy I did, but "on the fly" so it must've slipped by - sorry
Use synthetic thinner or WD40. Less dangerous.
I just use WD40 -- works well.
Because WD40 contains kerosene.
Gazzzzzz
Most petroleum products should remove tape residue,i find that kerosene works well 😉
benzin
Safer option is using cajuput oil and leave it overnight
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