When I was a dedicated varmint /turkey hunter I put camo tape on my 11-87 Remington. That was about 10 of 12 yrs ago and yesterday I decided to remove it, yeah, right! It took the better part of 4 hrs to get this mess off the gun and it is a wonder that the finish stayed intact. It is certainly true that the Lord looks out for fools and children! This was done before I started using my dull finish 870 Express which patterns better anyway. This is the most sticky stuff I have ever seen.
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Go after it with some mineral spirits and a shop rag.
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Easy off oven cleaner if it's been anodized. Put in a bag and spray it, let sit until clean.
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I had a couple of these sticky messes come into the shop before! My opinion: strip the action down all the way, put it in a bath of mineral spirits, come back a day later, wash it with a rag till said sticky mess is all gone, blow it off till dry, re-oil it, reassemble, Done! And your shotgun will be clean. Wipe the stock with mineral spirits till clean, hopefully the finish won’t come off! Good luck to ya!
That solvent should take care of your problem.
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With a lot of the suggestions, you are getting you will be removing more than just the tape residue.
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WD-40 will get rid of that nicely
You maybe right. I thought I would post this boo boo anyway so someone else would think twice before applying this stuff on their gun.
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WD-40 should remove the sticky but not the finish on the shotgun. I've had to use it when removing a comb pad off of an 870 Wingmaster. No indication it was ever there.
Rick
^^^^^^^^ WD-40 works great for sticker stuff, that and one other thing it's good for. It makes a really good bug killer with the red tube installed and a Bic lighter, nice mini flame thrower. That's it, that's about all it's good for!
I've found rubbing alcohol to work very good when removing the sticky residue from bumper stickers, etc.
goof off or wd40
For others who might be thinking about doing something like this, they now make camo tape for guns that's like Vetrap, which sticks to itself but not other surfaces. No glues involved. It doesn't last as long as sticky tape, as it loses it's stretchy-ness it will come loose, but it doesn't leave a mess behind.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071FJ32N4...36D886QA0WM4BJ
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I had to clean a stick on pad from a shotgun many years ago. WD-40 was the primary chemical used. It did not mess up the finish on the stock either.
An acquaintance put some camo tape on a shotgun and after several years he had a rusty mess (KY).
After that I vowed never to use any type of tape on a gun except as a temporary means of marking positions for working on them.
Mineral spirits then xylene /goof off. Acetone will work but evaporates too quickly, maybe a final wipe down. Be careful of saturating checkering and breaks/deep scratches through the finish. The solvent may expand the wood and break the bond of the finish in the area adjacent to the scratch.
Be mindful of the flammability and inhalation/absorption through your skin. This is best performed outside.
I must have anticipated this debacle when I taped the gun because I put electrical tape over the checkering. Believe me, this will not happen again and if any of you are contemplating camoing a gun, use the stuff ryanmattes recommended.Attachment 298199Attachment 298200 Walmart spray brake cleaner got it off but only after I tried it out on a very small and inconspicuous place. I didn't have any WD-40 but that advice is a good one-maybe all it is good for.
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I have a Rem 870 special trap in 12 ga that I camo taped 40 years ago for goose hunting. I've looked at it a half a dozen times in the last years since I retired. As I have the time to put it right. But I keep putting it off.
The stuff I used suggested a well oiled gun and a good spray of WD-40 prior to taping.
Going to be interesting If I ever find the nerve to start peeling.
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Looks like a totally different gun.
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I like WD-40.
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