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ABC123 |
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Does anybody have a sure-fire way of removing the glue from a sail after the numbers have been removed, please?
I will probably call Jeckells on Monday, but I thoughtI'd ask here first...
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Try Acetone (nail varnish remover) Tesco's but try on a small unimpotant area first in case it disolves the sail material.
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I have quite a bit of that, but thought it might be a little too volatile. Meths works up to a point and like acetone is soluble in water, but you have longer to work with it because it's less volatile.
If it's nice again tomorrow, I'll have a bash with the aceteone...
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If you have a nice, friendly double glazing company near you then nip and buy a bottle of 'frame cleaner', brilliant stuff, especially for cleaning grease from around the galley area. Great for glue sniffers too, so take care! I successively cleaned the number adhesive off a Mirror sail, and that was a l-o-n-g number.
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Google for 'Goo Gone' heard good reports but have not tried it. If it works let me know and I'll keep some in stock.
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JM, did you use a nailbrush or similar to remove the residue from the weave of the cloth?
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Kleenezy market a product called Sticky Stuff Remover,
( I kid you not)and it does exactly what it says on the tin...Lesley.
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ABC, no. I found that the resultant goo peeled away, carrying the stuff out of the weave as I rubbed it off.
Not sure how good it would be on flax or Egyptian cotton though!
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Not that vintage, sadly - terylene or some shiny equivalent I'm afraid!!!
However there is still quite a course weave in this Jeckells rag & I think it is quite deep down (the gunk that is)
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I've used acetone successfully on dacron/polyester sails, although that was many years ago so perhaps there is something better around these days. I found that a toothbrush worked best to get the goo out of the weave.
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