Any way to remove glue??? - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/25/2010 11:40:19 PM · #1

I was getting some prints ready to sent to the gallery for sale in Artist Unite For Haiti showing tonight to send out in the mail tommorow.

I was mounting them on a thin matte backboard. I just noticed some glue must have gotten stuck to the gloves and got smeared on a portion of one of the prints. Arghhh! It is visible when the light hits it at certain angles and it is not in a place I can trim out...it just had to smear on one of the main subjects.

I have a feeling it is a lost effort but I have to ask/try: Does anyone know if there may be a safe way to take it off without damaging the print (it's a matte finish btw not glossy)????

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

01/25/2010 11:41:36 PM · #2

:( I cannot think of one, although I've never tried. That's gonna be really tough. What a bummer! I hate it when things like that happen.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/25/2010 11:44:35 PM · #3

I'd first try calling the manufacturer if their phone number is on the packaging. Next choice might be calling your local Poison Control center and see if they know of a solvent which won't dissolve the picture.

Can you reprint that image?

mBastin

Nikon D80

Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon

01/25/2010 11:50:17 PM · #4

Theres a product called 'Goo Gone'. I know it can be useful for removing adhesives, but I have no idea what it would do to your print, although i'm pretty sure it usually doesn't stain but a print is probably a different story. You could probably get it at any hardware store around your house (they have it at the one I work at haha).

I do have no idea what it would do to a print though, so maybe you could ask someone that works at the store or try it on an old print that you may have lying around to see what it does.

good luck.

Fisher Price Kid-Tough Digital

01/25/2010 11:52:50 PM · #5

Originally posted by GeneralE:

I ordered it from the printer DPC prints uses:-) I could order another but then I would not meet the deadline to get it to the gallery. I could try a local printer but I would have to do it smaller than the 11x14 size to get the quick turn around.

Bugzeye

01/25/2010 11:59:56 PM · #6

You could try to take it off very carefully with a razor blade. But more than likely a reprint is your best option.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

01/26/2010 12:20:10 AM · #7

It may help to know what kind of glue it is. Maybe someone on line tonight will know how to remove it.
Try smearing a little on another piece of the same or similar kind of photo paper, and see if a rubber eraser will rub it off without damaging the print. That's the only thing that I can think of that may work without using any chemicals or scraping the print.

kiwinick

Sony DSLR-A550

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

01/26/2010 12:48:10 AM · #8

try isipropol alcohol, I have used this to remove traces of spray glue on prints. use va cotton bud dampened with the alcohol and GENTLY in a cicular motion rub the affected part of the print. the alcohol should remove the glue.

Message edited by author 2010-01-26 00:52:11.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/26/2010 08:42:49 AM · #9

Thanks for all the suggestions. The glue is Elmer's Craft Bond Acid Free Extra-Strength Spray Adhesive.

Originally posted by mBastin:

I thought about the Goo-gone but the list of materials is works best on doesn't make me think it will remove the glue without stripping parts of the print.

I also thought about using Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser but I think without trying to get the adhesive to unstick to the surface before use of too much applied rubbing will damage the print.

Originally posted by kiwinick:

This might be the safest/best suggestion in the attempt to save the print. I shall follow your instructions and see if it rescues it.

Thanks.

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

01/26/2010 11:44:19 AM · #10

Tell us what happened in case we find ourselves in the same sticky situation!

dleach

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/26/2010 11:52:59 AM · #11

I suspect this won't work well on prints but I've used methanol to remove glue. My son got a free 30" dell monitor because it had spray adhesive on it. I broke out my eclipse optic cleaning system fluid (Methanol) and some wipes and made the monitor new again.