Just wanted to share with all of you, if you weren't previously aware:
http://www.de-solv-it.com/all-products/contractors-solvent/
This stuff works miracles! It actually smells pleasant and is easy to use in a spray bottle. It's not harsh on surfaces like some other stuff can be. Hands down beats anything else I have ever used!
I used to swear by Lighter Fluid, but it was not always easy to use, especially on larger surfaces. Now I swear by this stuff. It's a staple of my drum repair toolbox!
Basically the same stuff as GooGone isn't it? I might have to give this a try. I'm removing the glue off a BD shell and Citristrip isn't cutting it. I also tried the heat gun and putty knife, very slow progress plus I have myself a blister trying to scrape the hot adhesive away with my thumb.
Basically the same stuff as GooGone isn't it? I might have to give this a try. I'm removing the glue off a BD shell and Citristrip isn't cutting it. I also tried the heat gun and putty knife, very slow progress plus I have myself a blister trying to scrape the hot adhesive away with my thumb.
If it's just the shell, Mr. Acetone [me] says, why not try some acetone? What I did was pour a bit in the cap, drizzle that over an area, wait a couple minutes, then rub it off with my thumb - got a blister just like you.
The thing to use instead of your thumb is a thing I have only heard called a "snot block". This is a large-ish block of what seems to be hardened contact cement. Ask a guy in a wood shop he'll know what I mean. Anyway you use the block instead of your thumb - much wider area and no blister.
Mitch
Mitch are you talking about a clay block?
http://www.smartwax-usa.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=40101
Mitch are you talking about a clay block?http://www.smartwax-usa.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=40101
I'm not certain Jeff. The ones I worked with were light beige in colour, rubbery in feel. Well it really is a block of rubber, for taking off contact cement. I'll ask my friend with a shop, as I mentioned it to him before and he knew the correct term. Meanwhile I rather like snot-block lol.
I'm not certain Jeff. The ones I worked with were light beige in colour, rubbery in feel. Well it really is a block of rubber, for taking off contact cement. I'll ask my friend with a shop, as I mentioned it to him before and he knew the correct term. Meanwhile I rather like snot-block lol.
Maybe its those eraser like sticks foe cleaning sanding belts?
Yes that's exactly it - you gave me the right words to put into google and here's a picture [attached].
Not sure what glue they used back in the day, but any kind of rubbery cement, hit once [drizzled] with acetone and let dry for a couple minutes, will come off nicely with one of these blocks. Saves your thumb skin!
Thanks guys! I'll pick one up and give it a try. Thankfully I play with trad grip on my L hand so the thumb blister hasn't affected my playing.
Thanks guys! I'll pick one up and give it a try. Thankfully I play with trad grip on my L hand so the thumb blister hasn't affected my playing.
Don't forget to hit the area you're working with acetone first - gotta make the glue rubbery again for the block to work. Drizzle a bit from the cap and wait until the area isn't slippery anymore, but glue is still soft.
I hope this works for ya. Let me know as I did a whole bass drum with thumbs, really wanted one of these blocks but couldn't spare the time to source one...
Mitch
Thanks for the tip on the De-Solv-It. Appears to be available at Smart N Final. I've got a store very close to me. I'll give it a try to remove some old double-sided tape residue on a set of 1994 Slingerland HSS shells.
Mark
