How to get this 'gum' off from textile sticky tape?
Description:4 years ago my teacher stuck an artwork of mine on the raw brick wall with textile sticky tape (the ones with 'fibres' through them and have white sticky stretches when you pull them apart (see red tape)) Now i got it back and the paper has ugly brown (oil?) marks on it and sticky gum/glue residue on it. its so bad i can't even get it off with my fingers because it sticks roughly on my skin. Is there anyway to get rid of it so i can put the art work away and not damage the paper? Please i need help. Would a grease remover like hair shampoo or detergent work? But that would wet the paper. 1st pic is of gum residue (bumpy because of 'fabric' fibres 2nd pic is of type of tape (see the white stretch down the middle?) 3rd pic of paper mark on other side 4th pic gum mark on wall HOW TO GET THIS OFF??? help please with wall. Comments:
benben on
May 07, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Not sure what to use that wouldn't damage paper.
moto on
i would look in to just adding a paper to the backside
LeoORLinda on
No kind of grease remover would work. The stuff isn't grease. There are lots of adhesive removers out there, but whether they would work or not depends on the kind of adhesive -- the chemistry of what you've got. All of them would wet the paper in some way, and some might do more serious damage to the art on the front side than just wetting. Re picture 3, I wasn't sure what you meant about 'the other side'. Is this a stain that has actually leached through the paper to the front side of your artwork? If so, I'm sorry but you probably can't fix this. But I notice that it shows on white paper. Is there enough of a white border around the piece that you could just trim away the border?
oldcavpilot on
Open some of the same tape and try a few solvents until you find one that will break the glue's chemical bond. I'd start with straight Acetone (careful, solvents are nasty). When you've found a solvent that works on the glue, test it on a different piece of the same type of paper (not all paper is the same). If it doesn't soak through, use a tiny paint brush, like for models, and paint the solvent directly onto the glue. Wait and wipe gently. You might have to do this once or twice.
If the solvent doesn't work, lay a twin edged razor blade (the old, flat, kind) on it's side and by gently working the blade across the surface, flat with the paper, cut the remaining gunk off like using a planer.
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