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Posted by willshak on August 17, 2005, 2:03 pm
On 8/17/2005 1:24 PM US(ET), Peter took fingers to keys, and typed the
following:
>We are painting the outside of our house and applied masking tape to the
>white painted aluminum window frames to prevent getting the paint on the
>window frames. We forgot to remove the masking tape from the frames of a
>couple of windows on one side of the house after the paint had dried. Now
>the masking tape has dried out and will not just peel off easily. We used
>the plain old beige paper masking tape you see in paint and hardware stores
>everywhere.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for what to use to make the masking tape
>easy to remove?
>We have tried paint thinner and rubbing alcohol and neither work.
>
>Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
>Thanks, Peter
>
Use a razor scraper like the ones they use to scrape off old
registration and inspection stickers from car windshields. Or just use a
single edged blade available in hardware stores. Next time use painters
masking tape (blue)
--
Bill
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