Re: [Cal_Boats] stickum on the sail

Chris - I've had reasonably good success using one of the citrus based cleaners to break down the glue residue. It seemed to take a while, but then I was getting to the limits of my patience after the acetone didn't clean off the glue on my sail the way that I expected it to - so it may not have really taken as long to do as I thought. Tom Tilley 1982 Cal 9.2 "Lenochka" Hull #53 San Mateo, CA

Tom Tilley wrote: > Chris - > > I've had reasonably good success using one of the citrus > based cleaners to break down the glue residue. It seemed to take a > while, but then I was getting to the limits of my patience after the > acetone didn't clean off the glue on my sail the way that I expected > it to - so it may not have really taken as long to do as I thought. > Tom: What's the name of the stuff--are you speaking of a citrus-smelling paint remover, or another product? And yes, I'm at the limits of my patience, too. Chris Campbell

Acetone is not not quite the solvent we sometimes think it ought to be. I know that in situations of greases, it does next to nothing. I tried cleaning dissassmbled winches with acetone with no result. However, WD-40 melted the winch grease in a second. Now I keep a gallon can of WD-40 handy. Wonder what that would do to sail numbers? Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Campbell Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:58 AM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] stickum on the sail Tom Tilley wrote: Chris - I've had reasonably good success using one of the citrus based cleaners to break down the glue residue. It seemed to take a while, but then I was getting to the limits of my patience after the acetone didn't clean off the glue on my sail the way that I expected it to - so it may not have really taken as long to do as I thought. Tom: What's the name of the stuff--are you speaking of a citrus-smelling paint remover, or another product? And yes, I'm at the limits of my patience, too. Chris Campbell

Charlie (and Company) I found the best thing for degreasing winches is the stale gasoline that several people on the list were trying to get rid of. I've soaked my winches in that (and engine parts as well) and they come clean really well. :-) Scott >From: "Husar Charlie" <hu… [at] bah.com> >Reply-To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [Cal_Boats] Stickum and Dunkum >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:45:48 -0400 > >Acetone is not not quite the solvent we sometimes think it ought to be. >I know that in situations of greases, it does next to nothing. I tried >cleaning dissassmbled winches with acetone with no result. However, >WD-40 melted the winch grease in a second. Now I keep a gallon can of >WD-40 handy. Wonder what that would do to sail numbers? > >Cheers >Charlie > >________________________________ > >From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On >Behalf Of Chris Campbell >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:58 AM >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] stickum on the sail > > >Tom Tilley wrote: > > Chris - > > I've had reasonably good success using one of the citrus based >cleaners to break down the glue residue. It seemed to take a while, but >then I was getting to the limits of my patience after the acetone didn't >clean off the glue on my sail the way that I expected it to - so it may >not have really taken as long to do as I thought. > > > > > > > > > >Tom: > >What's the name of the stuff--are you speaking of a citrus-smelling >paint remover, or another product? > >And yes, I'm at the limits of my patience, too. > >Chris Campbell > Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

OK. I don't want anyone on this list to strike a match. I can smell the fumes coming out of my computer. Cheers Charlie From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Sauvageot Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 1:14 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Cal_Boats] Degreaser (Was Stickum and Dunkum) Charlie (and Company) I found the best thing for degreasing winches is the stale gasoline that several people on the list were trying to get rid of. I've soaked my winches in that (and engine parts as well) and they come clean really well. :-) Scott >From: "Husar Charlie" <hu… [at] bah.com> >Reply-To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >To: <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [Cal_Boats] Stickum and Dunkum >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:45:48 -0400 > >Acetone is not not quite the solvent we sometimes think it ought to be. >I know that in situations of greases, it does next to nothing. I tried >cleaning dissassmbled winches with acetone with no result. However, >WD-40 melted the winch grease in a second. Now I keep a gallon can of >WD-40 handy. Wonder what that would do to sail numbers? > >Cheers >Charlie > >________________________________ > >From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On >Behalf Of Chris Campbell >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:58 AM >To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] stickum on the sail > > >Tom Tilley wrote: > > Chris - > > I've had reasonably good success using one of the citrus based >cleaners to break down the glue residue. It seemed to take a while, but >then I was getting to the limits of my patience after the acetone >didn't clean off the glue on my sail the way that I expected it to - so >it may not have really taken as long to do as I thought. > > > > > > > > > >Tom: > >What's the name of the stuff--are you speaking of a citrus-smelling >paint remover, or another product? > >And yes, I'm at the limits of my patience, too. > >Chris Campbell > Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http:/ /spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mk t=en-us Yahoo! Groups Links