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Title: Need some suggestions
Post by: benson_murrensun on May 09, 2012, 09:22:13 AM

Hi all,
 
Last year I bought an old Rickenbacker lap steel guitar from Jorma.
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/130651.jpg)
 
It has an old piece of masking tape that somebody stuck on to remember where they are, and I want to remove it. It's stuck on there pretty good, and has been there a long time. Obviously I would like to leave the paint and what's left of the finish intact.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

Title: Need some suggestions
Post by: terryc on May 09, 2012, 12:42:15 PM

Try methylated spirit, it will not soften the paint like thinners or alternatively white spirit(I guess it is a cellulose finish)

Title: Need some suggestions
Post by: benson_murrensun on May 09, 2012, 12:49:26 PM

Thanks, Terry. Looks like a trip to Home Depot (Homey De Pot?) is in my future.