I can't get the tape out of the tube.

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Cranberry, next time roll up some waxed paper and insert it into the tube with enuf sticking out to remove it. That ought to do the trick, you tweaker, you. :slight_smile:

N

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Tough one. If the fipple is off, I would use nail polish remover and strips of cloth wrapped around a bamboo skewer. It would probably take a few applications; just keep rubbing until all the sticky bits are gone.

Hope this helps,
N

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Tippex/liquid paper/what ever you call correction fluid - thinner!
Or from a model shop - liquid poly - a toluene based glue for plastic models.

Put a drop on the tape, and it will dissolve the glue, and prolly the plastic too.

DO NOT get it on a plastic fipple, unless you want to kill it!


HTH

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I would do all of the above … then shop the entire story – from beginning to end – to all the major networks. Sell the story as a sitcom and retire on your earnings – young and surrounded by whistles. …

Little John

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Try Goo Gone.

http://www.magicamerican.com/googone.shtml

I keep a bottle in the cupboard all the time. It will remove almost anything, including Duct Tape droppings.

MarkB

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WD-40 works pretty well for getting gummy price tags off, might work for getting the stickies off of tape. :slight_smile:

Andrea

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I bet it can’t get Clare Short out of the UK government though!

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Re: All of above.

Use in well-ventilated area, preferably outdoors. Ideally, wear a painter’s respirator.

Best wishes,
Jerry

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I would try rubbing alcohol first, and citrus solvent next but you have to remember that you’ll be smelling or inhaling that stuff for a while. Alcohol is least likely to last. Skinny dowel, wadded rags/cotton and alcohol is what I would use. I sure wouldn’t mess with nailpolish remover. I don’t know about that brand, but on gens, there is a laquer coating inside that comes off when you mess with em. So don’t be surprised if you get crinkly stuff coming out.

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Well, C’berry, per Weeks’ correct admonition abt. not using polish remover in the case of lacquered interiors, I hope you haven’t jumped the gun at my urging. Not being savvy in the arcana of whistles, I’ll stick to flutes and aggravating others. :slight_smile:

Best,
N

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Cran,

Seeing as Sweetones come in a rainbow of colours anyway, what colour did you decide to paint yours & then not like it? Just curious.