removal of yellow contact adhesive on door frames etc....

[edith K]

Hello!
I have recently joined the R4 club from Melbourne Australia....glad I found you!
I am trying to remove the old, hard glue that someone has used to stick the rubber seals on around the windows without destroying the duco.
Has anyone got any tips that have worked from them? I can scrap some of it off but worried about scratching the duco at the same time.....and it doesn't remove most of it anyway.
looking forward to any responses! thanks

 

[reidalpine]

old dried contactglue can be "rolled off" by using your fingers.If very thin it can be softened by use of thinner etc,but be careful so as not to remove
paint under.just wet old glue by applying cell-thinner to glue and give a minute to soften then roll off-if lucky you'll get an "edge"where you care
fully lift and roll it off.
-If old glue is sticking on for life-I'd just clean dirt/grime off with white-spirit-leave to dry and let it be. New contact-glue will bond very well to old,so
shouldn't sit worse than if surface was toatlly clean. Remember you have to apply contact-glue to Both surfaces! let one of the surfaces dry comp-
letely -I'd say the seal. (given your temps in Aussieland I'd say 4 hrs) then apply glue to mating surface and even if contary to what it says on product
fit and press after few minutes as this gives you a chance to adjust it a little.Note!-adjust as you go around-do NOT wait till all rubber is on as it will be
too late by then. If you wait till both surfaces is cured/dry it sticks momentarily and you won't be able to adjust at all!

-If you need to adjust on a specific point after stuck you Have to lift off that point and apply some new glue and stick back on when wet.Apply pressure
by carefully closing the door or other method,but be aware when wet the glue can shift around.....

Many contactglue products contains TUOLEN,this chemical can dissolve paint/laquer so check on tube and try looking for glue without Tuolen.(as used for
styrofoam)

After successfull operation-sit back, enjoy. oh-and keep a few Fosters or XXX closeby! -Reid

 

[Paul Narramore]

Duco? What on earth is duco?

(later) Edith, I have just done a Google search and found it's "an Australian colloquialism for CAR PAINT". My son-in-law is from Sydney so could have told me that.

 

[mojobaby]

Hi Paul, Duco is actually a brand name for automotive paint, one of the first I think. And thereafter, every auto paint was called Duco.
I still call it Duco as well because my Dad called it Duco.

Think of a vacuum cleaner. 100 years later, people still say they're going to "Hoover" the carpet

 

[Paul Narramore]

Thanks for that. That term never made it across the channel. We just call it 'paint'. Oh and we 'vacuum' our carpets...........

 

[mr-reno-139]

My wife asks me to hoover the carpets sometimes
My response i will do the Dyson ing in a minute

 

[reidalpine]

when wify ask me to hoover-I'm sometimes known to hoover off into my cave for some emergency noise-making
-I've tried hiding behind one of these ,but she sessed me out..... -Reid.

 

[malcolm]

Glue and tar remover might be worth a shot. It is a bit like paraffin and softens old contact adhesive.

 

[edith K]

That's funny that people went off on a completely different tangent! (ie DUCO) but to clarify, the yellow glue is not on any areas that I wish to glue again, it's just like it has been put on badly and now is stuck solid - too thin to 'roll off' like you normally would contact adhesive. It's almost brittle.
Maybe I need to post a photo?
I will try the tar remover too and see if I have any luck. I have had this previosly on another car too and never workrd out how to get remove of it...

thanks!

 

[Paul Narramore]

Funny Edith what funny strange or funny amusing? Here in the UK Duco is simply unheard of, we call it PAINT, so unless we actually understand you, advising you is difficult. Anyway back to your question. If you cannot remove the old glue, why not apply fresh glue over the top? It clearly doesn't want to come off. Oops, re-reading your post, the glue is in places you don't need to glue again. I'd rub it down with wet & dry and re paint.

 

[malcolm]

The glue is possible to remove - I've done it once without damaging the paint. It was so many years ago that I can't remember how I did it exactly. It could have been the glue and tar remover that worked or it could have been thinners. There shouldn't be any need to re-spray just because there is a bit of glue on the paint.

There are 2 different paint systems and 2 different types of thinner (Cellulose and synthetic) One type of thinner will melt the paint and the other type will not. I think synthetic thinners would not damage the paint, but it is well worth testing on a hidden area first just to make sure.

 

[Melc]

Hey you lot, Stop buggering with the Aussie. Remember "Little Britain" is not a comedy, its a documentary.

All purpose thinners will soften it but apply and remove promptly. I have done three cars now and it works real good! Use the Wurth glue as well, it works best.

How do I get in touch with an R4 club in Melbourne, please send any details, if you want another member