How to remove glue from metal speaker grilles???

[Bull]

I got some pa speakers very recently where there had been foam had been glued over a metal grille, but only the glue remains and looks messy.

So how i go about removing it WITHOUT scraping off the black metal coating on the grille???

I was thinking wire brush, but that might scrape the coating off???

what alse can you suggest???? some kind of adhesive remover solution??

[soongsc]

Toluene normally works good.

[joeykmc]

Originally posted by Bull
I got some pa speakers very recently where there had been foam had been glued over a metal grille, but only the glue remains and looks messy.

So how i go about removing it WITHOUT scraping off the black metal coating on the grille???

I was thinking wire brush, but that might scrape the coating off???

what alse can you suggest???? some kind of adhesive remover solution??

what kind of glue is it??
if it is " hot glue", then you can try to wet the hot glue with
alcohol and then it should be easy to be peeled off...

[Cal Weldon]

If it's a pressure sensitive adhesive, you might find that ammonia does the trick.

You can also try the bandage adhesive remover, available at the drug store.

If those fail, try a product called "goof-off" available at the hardware store.

Cal

[pinkmouse]

Originally posted by soongsc
Toluene normally works good.

Zippo lighter fluid is the easiest type to obtain.

[5th element]

Hows about heating it slightly with a hair dryer or something? depending on the glue it could soften it.

[Bull]

Nothing worked so i tried unleaded petrol with a soft brush and that did the trick, without damaging the black paint luckerly.

Now even after washing it in soapy water and drying it afterwards-- it still stinks of petrol.Put the grilles in my shed and gonna leave them there for a few days and hope the petrol smell evaporates.


Thanks for you help anyway pinkmouse and other people, as I tried lighter fluid which seemed to sort of work but I didn't have enough of it. So i ended up using unleaded petrol--which did the trick.

[rev_psilocybe]

WD-40 works on most temporary or pressure sensitive adhesives. Besides that Napatha (Lighter Fluid) usually works...

[planet10]

Originally posted by Cal Weldon
f those fail, try a product called "goof-off" available at the hardware store.

Pretty powerful stuff. Do a test area 1st... and do not use on the plastics of your Macintosh (anyone want a scarred bondi aqaurium housing?)

dave

[Cal Weldon]

Originally posted by planet10
Pretty powerful stuff.

Yes it is (read: use in well ventilated area)

It was the last resort in removing the vapour retarder (red) tape from some aluminum window frames. Without it, it would have been slow going. It left the paint on the frames though. so that was nice.

Cal