[meteorite-list] STICKY TAPES

[Michael Santos]

If tapes, labels, “sticky” residues are a problem you must remove, go get GOO GONE, citrus based.

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> On Jul 9, 2018, at 8:52 AM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Sterling.
> Wise suggestion, it beats all the others I have seen.
> 
> Anne Black
> IMPACTIKA.com
> impactika at aol.com
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sterling K. Webb via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: 'Anne Black' <impactika at aol.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2018 10:45 pm
> Subject: [meteorite-list] STICKY TAPES
> 
> Anne, List,
> 
> The absolute worst sticky tape 
> to remove is Scotch No. 800 and 
> similarly formulated varieties 
> of clear packing tapes. 
> 
> Years ago, when my family ran 
> a drugstore, we used Scotch No. 
> 800 to wrap the label onto your 
> pill bottles because you never 
> want that kind of label to come 
> off... ever.
> 
> The only two solvents that 
> would work on that stuff was 
> petroleum-distillate-based 
> cigarette-lighter fluid or 
> acetone, neither of which 
> is pleasant to work with 
> and will require a well-
> ventilated area.
> 
> There is a good but even more 
> primitive solution to holding 
> a plastic box shut, but one that 
> is very effective. 
> 
> Go to an office supply store 
> and buy a box of 1/4" (wide) 
> rubber bands of the right 
> length to be stretched tight 
> in one or two wraps around 
> your packaging. No residue 
> at all.
> 
> 
> Sterling K. Webb
> 
> 
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