How to remove dried masking tape from ....
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I removed old, dried masking tape from the machine bed itself on a treadle 66 machine without any damage. Although I haven't had to remove dried tape from a wood cabinet I would try the same procedure since I haven't noticed any adverse affects of sewing machine oil on the cabinet wood. I soaked the tape with sewing machine oil and let it sit. Once the oil softened the tape I was able to scrape gently with my fingernail to remove all of the paper and goo. It did not harm the machine finish at all. I don't remember how long I soaked it but I wouldn't be surprised if I left the oil on it several days and worked on removing the tape slowly over several days of applying additional oil.
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yes, just use oil. any oil for that matter. in fact i even will use cooking oil if that's the nearest to me. i've done this so many times. just need a lot of patience.
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We use WD 40 to remove sticky goo. So far it's removed the goo left from prescription labels off the pill bottles. There have been other things, too, just can't remember. So far we haven't had any damage. Spray on, wipe off without waiting. May be worth a try. Hope you find something that works.
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I never use tape on wood finishes. This was there from who knows when. My SIL who gave us the 9W-7 Treadle a couple years ago wanted one that used common components and had a back tack on it. We saw this 66-14 on on GW and she bid on it. Miriam was kind enough to pic it up for us and hold it till she trecked through IL and we could meet up with her.
I'm cleaning it up for my SIL. So far I've found very little this machine/cabinet will need. Just that piece of tape and some general cleaning and a new belt.
Joe
I'm cleaning it up for my SIL. So far I've found very little this machine/cabinet will need. Just that piece of tape and some general cleaning and a new belt.
Joe
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