mcatrophy
Privileged to ride a 2018 FJR1300AS
When I went on my recent European tour, I used a roll-bag strapped to the luggage rack with a cargo net. Knowing I'd be having the bag on and off many times, and probably in a hurry, I wrapped generous amounts of duct tape* round the handrails and the rear cross-piece to protect the paint from being scratched by the hooks or from the bag rubbing.
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This did exactly what I wanted. However, when I came to take the tape off ...
It was left on for about six weeks; baked in the sun, cooled in the rain. There was no way it would come off cleanly. Stripping off the tape left varying degrees of white sticky behind, sometimes with bits of the cloth layer, sometimes without.
So, I wanted a way of getting this off without resorting to scraping, which would scratch the paint worse than the cargo net.
I tried some alcohol (isopropyl, not whiskey); that barely touched it. So, having trawled the Forum for ideas, I bought some liquid gold (at £5 for a tiny bottle) in the form of Goo Gone. That faired no better than the alcohol.
Looked round the garage to see what else I had, spied my lawn mower petrol supply only to find the can was empty. (I knew there was very little in the bike.)
Looked round some more and spied some WD40. Nothing to lose.
Sprayed it on, immediately I could see the white gunge start to soften. So I removed the rack to stop WD40 going all over the bike, laid it on some newspaper, and sprayed WD40 generously all over the sticky stuff.
Waited a few minutes, and found I could rub the mixture off with rag with relatively little problem; just a couple of areas where a second spray-and-wait were needed.
So, WD40 beats Goo Gone hands down for removing duct tape adhesive.
*For the record, the tape was branded "Elephant Tape". Maybe WD40 won't work for all, but worth a try if you're stuck
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Ps. Not sure where to post this, perhaps a moderator can put it where it belongs?
(Click on image for larger view)
This did exactly what I wanted. However, when I came to take the tape off ...
It was left on for about six weeks; baked in the sun, cooled in the rain. There was no way it would come off cleanly. Stripping off the tape left varying degrees of white sticky behind, sometimes with bits of the cloth layer, sometimes without.
So, I wanted a way of getting this off without resorting to scraping, which would scratch the paint worse than the cargo net.
I tried some alcohol (isopropyl, not whiskey); that barely touched it. So, having trawled the Forum for ideas, I bought some liquid gold (at £5 for a tiny bottle) in the form of Goo Gone. That faired no better than the alcohol.
Looked round the garage to see what else I had, spied my lawn mower petrol supply only to find the can was empty. (I knew there was very little in the bike.)
Looked round some more and spied some WD40. Nothing to lose.
Sprayed it on, immediately I could see the white gunge start to soften. So I removed the rack to stop WD40 going all over the bike, laid it on some newspaper, and sprayed WD40 generously all over the sticky stuff.
Waited a few minutes, and found I could rub the mixture off with rag with relatively little problem; just a couple of areas where a second spray-and-wait were needed.
So, WD40 beats Goo Gone hands down for removing duct tape adhesive.
*For the record, the tape was branded "Elephant Tape". Maybe WD40 won't work for all, but worth a try if you're stuck
Ps. Not sure where to post this, perhaps a moderator can put it where it belongs?
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