Can old masking tape residue be removed without harming the paint?

[StevenGuthmiller]

4 hours ago, Reegs said:

IIRC Skin So Soft was a good insect repellent, too.

It was!

 

 

 

Steve

[peteski]

2 hours ago, stitchdup said:

I've used those cheap spray deodrants you get in the pound/dollar shops. spray a load on to the sticky bits and let it sit for a few mins then simply wipe it offwith a lint free rag and give the parts a good wash with dish soap and water. I t will remove/leach out the colour enamel paints. I havent tried it on bare plastic and pretty much all my paint on bodies is auto acrylics. I think it may damage fresh paint (even auto acrylics) so be sure not to use it on new paint.

I believe we again have another alcohol-based product.  It might affect certain paints.

[peteski]

2 hours ago, Howard Cohen said:

It is interesting that none of you suggested using a product made styrene plastic model cars...NOVUS 1 and 2 will remove tape/glue/BareMetalFoil adhesive residue without damaging any paint  

Because I would not have thought that a water-based polishing compound would remove rubbery adhesive.  If anything, I would have thought that a petroleum-based  polishing compounds would work better (since  petroleum solvents will dissolve most of the pressure-sensitive adhesives)

Novus is not made specifically for plastic models. I believe it was designed to polish out clear Plexiglas or Lexan windscreens, but modelers quickly realized that it will work well for polishing plastic model bodies and "glass".

[Bucky]

It's good for a lot of uses:

 

https://www.novuspolish.com/uses.html

[peteski]

On 6/20/2020 at 3:31 PM, Bucky said:

It's good for a lot of uses:

https://www.novuspolish.com/uses.html

Sure, it is a plastic polish - lots of uses mentioned there, but neither polishing styrene model car bodies, nor polishing paint is mentioned there. Neither is removing adhesive residue. Like I stated earlier, modelers started using it for those tasks.