Members Charliemills Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Someone posted a thread about the uses of WD-40 in Guitar Jam. One application was to clean sticker gunk off guitars. Someone said that would work fine if you don't have a nitro finish. What would you personally use? I have a rather old gibson that had a sticker on the neck. I took the sticker off and it has a nice patch of gunk. I want to clean it up without damaging the finish on the neck (it's a bit checked). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members milosch Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Lighter fluid. No warranties, but you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BusterBuster Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 WD40 has always worked fine for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ATauO Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hope Depot- next to the paint thinners, a spray can of Gunk Off- spray a little on a rag and rub it off no problem. Plus that stuff has come in handy more that I can count. Barcode stickers, any sort of adhesive residue, i used it to clean off some window tint glue on my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Never tried it on nitro, but on other surfaces I've had good experience with meths. About fifteen years ago when I worked in a hardware store as a student, we sold several purpose-designed products that were designed to remove sticky, all of then effective. Don'rt know about nitro there either, though. Maybe the old 'try on an inconspicuous area first' applies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buchanan-d Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Gibson says naptha, which I use all the time at the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coralkong Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Goo-B-Gone.$3 at the hardware store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 A rag, water and elbow grease if you are nervous. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members unworthy Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Baby oil (or any other mineral oil) works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Charliemills Posted September 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Gibson says naptha, which I use all the time at the store. What is naptha? Out of all of these I've used something called Goo Gone. It worked well. I may just pick up a bottle of it on my way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JC777 Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Lighter fluid. No warranties, but you should be fine. This or goo gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Gibson says naptha, which I use all the time at the store. A.K.A. lighter fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soups41 Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Naphtha. It's zippo lighter fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soups41 Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Naphtha. As noted, Zippo or Ronsonol light fluids are merely naphtha. No lingering foul odor like Goo-B-Gone, which uses naptha as at least one of its active ingredients anyway, IIRC. And no oily residue to clean up like WD-40 or baby oil. Naphtha works great, is recommend by companies like Gibson, and will evaporate quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelSaulnier Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Just try not to smoke while you're workin with the Naphtha... BTW... what's with the spelling of that name? M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Charliemills Posted September 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Very good. I needed to get some zippo fluid anyhow. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members tp4mybunghol Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I think the better question is why did some douche put a sticker on The neck of an old Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 goo gone orange (doesn't smell bad - other stuff will run you out of the room) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike42 Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 I usually use ordinary paint thinner. Because it does evaporate very slowly it will stay long enough to soften up most adhesive. It won't hurt most fully cured finishes in the short term. Down side is, because it evaporates slowly it will hang around, and it's smelly. I always go back and do a final cleanup with alcohol, naphtha, etc., to get the paint thinner off. I would test anything that I wasn't sure of in some obscure place. edit: WD-40 is a good cleaner for bare metal. Not sure I'd use in on a wood finish. Very slow evaporation, and it "creeps" or spreads forever, if you don't get it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dman11 Posted September 23, 2009 Members Share Posted September 23, 2009 Mineral spirits work as well and you can find it cheap at Home Depot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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