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How to Remove This Dottie 01-15-2008
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Posted by Dottie on January 15, 2008, 2:05 pm
I put up heavy plastic panels on my windows during hurricane season
using 3M's Dual Lock fasteners. They worked fine but I now have
aluminum shutters and don't need the plastic anymore. Getting the
fasteners off has been hard. The fastener comes off but leaves a
thick goo. I have tried paint thinner, acetone, Goo Be Gone. and
gasoline...they help a little but it's still very hard. Does anyone
know what I can use to make this easier? Thanks.
(I did call 3M and was told they make a goop remover but it's not
available locally and it comes in large industrial size containers.)

Posted by Red Green on January 15, 2008, 3:50 pm
aa80367cca1e@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:

> I put up heavy plastic panels on my windows during hurricane season
> using 3M's Dual Lock fasteners. They worked fine but I now have
> aluminum shutters and don't need the plastic anymore. Getting the
> fasteners off has been hard. The fastener comes off but leaves a
> thick goo. I have tried paint thinner, acetone, Goo Be Gone. and
> gasoline...they help a little but it's still very hard. Does anyone
> know what I can use to make this easier? Thanks.
> (I did call 3M and was told they make a goop remover but it's not
> available locally and it comes in large industrial size containers.)
>

I've found Xylene to be very good at removing many goops as well as dried
latex paint. It will melt some plastics. Available in qts & gals. Also I
believe it's the main ingredient Goof Off. Goof Off has some other stuff
in it but the Xylene should be a lot less costly if you need volume.

Posted by Roemax on January 15, 2008, 6:30 pm
wd 40
>I put up heavy plastic panels on my windows during hurricane season
> using 3M's Dual Lock fasteners. They worked fine but I now have
> aluminum shutters and don't need the plastic anymore. Getting the
> fasteners off has been hard. The fastener comes off but leaves a
> thick goo. I have tried paint thinner, acetone, Goo Be Gone. and
> gasoline...they help a little but it's still very hard. Does anyone
> know what I can use to make this easier? Thanks.
> (I did call 3M and was told they make a goop remover but it's not
> available locally and it comes in large industrial size containers.)



Posted by jim on January 15, 2008, 8:20 pm
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> >I put up heavy plastic panels on my windows during hurricane season
> > using 3M's Dual Lock fasteners. =A0They worked fine but I now have
> > aluminum shutters and don't need the plastic anymore. =A0Getting the
> > fasteners off has been hard. =A0The fastener comes off but leaves a
> > thick goo. =A0I have tried paint thinner, acetone, Goo Be Gone. and
> > gasoline...they help a little but it's still very hard. =A0Does anyone
> > know what I can use to make this easier? =A0Thanks.
> > (I did call 3M and was told they make a goop remover but it's not
> > available locally and it comes in large industrial size containers.)- Hi=
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spray 9

Posted by jim on January 16, 2008, 8:14 am
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> > >I put up heavy plastic panels on my windows during hurricane season
> > > using 3M's Dual Lock fasteners. =A0They worked fine but I now have
> > > aluminum shutters and don't need the plastic anymore. =A0Getting the
> > > fasteners off has been hard. =A0The fastener comes off but leaves a
> > > thick goo. =A0I have tried paint thinner, acetone, Goo Be Gone. and
> > > gasoline...they help a little but it's still very hard. =A0Does anyone=

> > > know what I can use to make this easier? =A0Thanks.
> > > (I did call 3M and was told they make a goop remover but it's not
> > > available locally and it comes in large industrial size containers.)- =
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Wd 40 works on most things IMO

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