Removing weather stripping goo

[Carnivore]

Okeydoke. I'm cleanin my car up for painting. I ripped the weather stripping off the door jams but there's a strip of goo remaining. Anybody have a secret way to remove this crap? I've accidently hit some of it with a wire wheel and it just spattered the sludge all over my face mask.. and wont come off too easy.. Evil stuff.

Thanky

 

[iskwezm]

try a little laquer thinner on a rag

 

[John Z]

I used WD40 and elbow grease, just need to make sure you get that cleaned off before painting. Otherwise it will cause issues in the paint.

 

[yeloxr7]

Is it the black weatherstrip goo? Paint thinner. Good old mineral spirits.

 

[iskwezm]

I used WD40 and elbow grease, just need to make sure you get that cleaned off before painting. Otherwise it will cause issues in the paint.

That is the worst thing to do before a paint job,i cant belive you would suggest that

 

[John Z]

That is the worst thing to do before a paint job,i cant belive you would suggest that

That is why I stressed that you need to be very careful with the clean up.

 

[iskwezm]

That is why I stressed that you need to be very careful with the clean up.

but evee though,airborn and where ever it gets you dont clean are going to be problem.Laquer thinner is just safer

 

[ashford]

adhesive remover takes al kinds of sticky stuff off

 

[yeloxr7]

I have had weatherstrip adhesive on a few cars that I tried using lacquer thinner or acetone to remove and was surprised that neither would touch it. Someone suggested that I use paint thinner so I did and it worked really well.

 

[Carnivore]

I ended up using a flat head screwdriver to scrap most off, then cleaned up with Paint Thinner.. worked pretty dang good!

Thanks guys

 

[diablopony]

I'm also working on the door jams and not having much luck with the thinners. I get about 10" per hour with a lot of elbow grease. Does anyone have any product updates that might work wonders on the goo? I was looking at the 3M products and saw 3M™ Citrus Base Cleaner. Has anyone tried that?

 

[reyesjo]

glue

You might try using a heat gun, then a scrapper, be carefull not to stay in one place for a while.....

 

[mustangdave]

Peel away 7. Now i guess you'll want a website.

 

[Platonic Solid]

Peel away 7. Now i guess you'll want a website.

Here is the Peel Away site, but it's not really the best product for removing rubber cement. It does wonders on tar based items like undercoating and windshield adhesive. It will also weaken the underlying paint so don't attempt to use it if your not planning on repainting.

For rubber cement type adhesives try 3M General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner - 08984. This product is exceptional at removing acrylic adhesives too without damaging the adhered surface. I recently used it to remove some nasty label adhesive from my motorcycles polycarbonate windshield (polycarbonate is very easily damaged (hazed) by solvents). It easily removed the adhesive leaving the underlying surface perfectly clear.

FWIW: I've never tried WD40, but it's use is banned at work due to its damaging effects on painted parts (primarily fisheye).

 

[diablopony]

The 3M cleaner did the trick. That worked much better than the thinners. Thanks for the advice.

 

[stangkid88]

I would suggest 'Goof Off' adhesive remover for anything like this. It comes in 4.5 oz liquid (~$4) form or 12 oz spray on (~$12). It worked great for me when removing sticker residue and the glue under emblems. hope this helps

 

[FallujahMedic]

Yup, Goof Off or OOPS products work great!!

 

[geordie]

I removed my trunk lid last night, pulled off the weatherstrip and procedded to start rtemoving the goo with a warm heat gun and a variety of scrapers. I think that I will get the thick of it off this way. Then I will try some chemical cleaner of maybe a wire brush for the hardened goo which the PO had just painted over.

 

[krash kendall]

The only thing worse than getting WD-40 on a surface to be painted is getting Armour All on it.

As far as the citrus based strippers available, they are supposed to be eviromentaly friendly for tree-huggers that whimsically decide to retore grandma's rocking chair so they have a nice place to knit rainbow berets for the next sit-in, but feel guilty using evil toxic stippers. I have used them on varnishes and varethanes with weak results.

A trick I learned that works well with leave-on strippers is to cover the surface with shrink-wrap or poly to lengthen and somewhat accelerate the products efectiveness. It works really well, even on engine enamel.