rmarchand Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Hi, The venue I have just taken over as technical co-ordinator in has a large collection of steel deck, and therefore (obviously) a large collection of stell deck legs. Over their years of use they have built up a fairly significant quantity of gaffa tape around the legs (I assume for using gaffa to hold pieces of decking together, or to hold legs into the deck). The layers are on some legs getting close to 3-4cm thick. Does anyone have any ideas of how to remove these effectively? I've tried stripping them by hand with the use of a stanley knife - but it's taking ages!. Cheers. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam FitzG Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Most Gaffer tape glue is soluble in petrol, however a bath of petrol may not be what you want in your theatre. I have only used it from a can on a cloth on cables outdoors. I'm sure there are other solvents less volatile which you may be able to use. Liam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 try HERE and HERE - they're more concerned with getting Gaffer Goo off cables, but they may give some hints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wako_jacko Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I heard that washing up liquid worked well (I think) but that was on cables, not steeldeck legs. w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I've tried stripping them by hand with the use of a stanley knife - but it's taking ages!.Others have remarked upon the methods of ridding yourself of the goo, but from your post, I'm not sure that's your (original) query. If, as I suspect, you want to get 3 to 4 cm of tape off of a leg, why not simply slice (carefully) downwards (assuming the leg's upright) through the tape, then pull it apart like a collar.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 when I saw the topic title, I mistakenly got the wrong idea. I was going to post, in response to the question "how do I get rid of gaffa?" the response "leave it on the stage managers desk, that always makes it disappear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 when I saw the topic title, I mistakenly got the wrong idea. I was going to post, in response to the question "how do I get rid of gaffa?" the response "leave it on the stage managers desk, that always makes it disappear!Nah...Leave it ANYWHERE and it disappears around here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtm Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 The stuff you want is the stuff that is described in the links that Bruce gave as orange smelling. Its proper name is de-solv-it made by Orange-Sol. It can be bought as a house hold product called Sticky Stuff Remover which is readily available from Lakeland Plastics, but it is also available in more industrial forms for example Scientific and Chemical http://www.scichem.com/ sell it (type desolvit into the search box ) we had large bottles of it that we used in A-Level chemistry to replace things like Carbontetrachloride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3guk Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Thousands of products. WD40 is amazing at getting the stuff off, as is Cif / Jif as I am reliabily informed by an unnamed technician next to me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokm Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Had a similar problem to this when I was back at school last helping on a show. White spirit (no its not a drink! hehe) We just bought a few cans of said fluid (very cheaply I might add), put it all in a bucket with the scaff legs in, came back the next day and all the gaffa was coming off like it was wheatabix! Just used a bit of 2 x 1 as a scraper! I use the stuff to get 'gunk' off cables. Works as an all round good cleaning agent, lx/gaffa muck, mud!, anyting really. HTH Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Also useful when a muppet uses white sticky labels on your sound desk to label the channels. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Also useful when a muppet uses white sticky labels on your sound desk to label the channels. :) be careful here - using solvents, you could easily take the lettering and markings off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanT Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 White sticky labels took the paint off the plastic on one of our soundcraft desks - muppets, what's wrong with white pvc tape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotboy Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Option 1 = buy some new legs Option 2 = Buy some sticky stuff remover like this: http://www.directa.co.uk/site/scripts/prod...category_id=335But you'll still need to cut most of it away with a blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Option 3 - build a bonfire, take the plastic 'feet' off the legs and chuck them in. Or am I just being stupid now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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