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    #16
    I've had the best success using Gaffer's Tape, a special tape used in the Film/TV industry. It's a cloth tape with adhesive that's very gentle yet sticks firmly.
    I've found that it lifts adhesive residue quite well.

    You can find it online at film supply houses, or locally, at any store that sells pro photographic supplies.

    One caveat.....Get the "Permacel" brand....It's better quality and the adhesive is better. I use #665, because it's the best quality, (and I get it, free.....) and as a side benefit, if you use it for other things, it's actually reusable. If you use a good-sized length of it, just pull it up and wind it onto itself, inside out (adhesive side out) . Its' adhesive will not stick to its' own cloth backing.....

    Goodbuys.com has a pretty good price, at http://www.goodbuyguys.com/catalog/i...cPath/22_86_87

    It's not cheap, but if you use it for simply removing adhesive, a roll should last you about two lifetimes....

    Cheers,
    Bob.
    I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.....

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      I have been following this thread. There seems to be a point that I omitted. When you remove an old label from an item. You want to remove all traces of that old label completely. You do not accomplish that by applying another tape over an old label. That new tape does not remove the old tape invisable residue completely. It leaves behind yet another layer of residue. Experiment. Take a piece of metal or wood and apply a piece of duct tape to that item. Let the duct tape sit on that sample for a month or two(in the sun to speed up the process). Next pull off the tape then take a small hand full of dirt and sprinkle the dirt on the area of the tape. What do you see RESIDUE. Another tape product over applied to an old surface residue will not remove it completely. Yes you remove a small portion of the old surface, but you need to remove the residue. That left over old invisiable residue will distroy an item.

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