How to remove residue on body from plastic strip

[RockinRayDuke]

...the one that's on the back of new EBMM basses. I brought home a new 2006 SR LE from SOB 2 and when I peeled the strip off it left a mark. Jack suggested naphtha, good idea?

 

[phatduckk]

musicman nut posted something about this. he was successful at using something or another to remove the residue from one of his new 06 LE basses

if i wasnt lazy id search for the answer... but alas i is

 

[scottbass71]

Yeah I recall reading that I used methlyated spirits and it came up a treat
or do a search for threads started by music man nut because I recall he started the thread

 

[midopa]

Here's the thread:
http://www.ernieball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17823

todd4ta used just a bit of fingernail polish remover on a cotton ball and whipped it off immediately. Alternatively, Musicman Nut used a product called Bestine. Wasabi added at the end he called EB CS and they recommended denatured alcohol.

 

[PocketGroove82]

I called Ibanez and they told me that a couple CCs of sulfuric acid would take that gunk off my MM

 

[82Daion]

I wouldn't take naptha anywhere near an MM bass, much less a 2006 LE.

+1 on the fingernail polish remover/denatured alcohol.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

Dr Duck's "AXWAX" will get it off. I don't know about EB polish. I can't find it over here.

 

[AnthonyD]

I called Ibanez and they told me that a couple CCs of sulfuric acid would take that gunk off my MM

hehehehehehehe!

 

[bdgotoh]

Fingernail polish remover usually has acetone in it, or at least it used to. That stuff will dissolve a lot of things, I wouldn't use it on a bass I liked!

 

[Oldtoe]

To remove adhesives I usually use some masking tape and "dab" at it until the tape has removed the adhesive from the surface.

 

[Wasabi]

I did use fingernail polish remover on my 30th, and it worked fine. It's a poly finish, and not lacquer, so you should have no problems. I was scared to death to do it, but it worked perfectly. EB customer service told me to use denatured alcohol, but I had none on hand, and it sounded as scary as polish remover. The EB polish will not work for this.

 

[tkarter]

I would use Dawn dishwashing soap and hot water.

tk

 

[Oldtoe]

Whatever you do, Ray, make sure that the moon is in its waning gibbous phase when you decide to use one of the aforementioned remedies; otherwise your bass will turn itself inside-out and startled, five-legged armadillos will invade from a parallel universe.

 

[Mobay45]

Goo Gone is also supposed to be a good product for removing adhesives and labels.

 

[58super]

Lighter fluid will take the gunk off and won't hurt a poly finish.

Acetone in nail polish remover will eat lacquer because acetone is an ingredient in lacquer thinner.

Denatured alcohol will eat shellac.

 

[lenny]

Goo Gone is the best we use it at the store all the time when stuff gets on the guitars and such like labels price stickers etc

 

[Bill]

How about WD-40? I use that to get rid of sticker goo on a lot of surfaces. I dunno if it'll harm a guitar or bass finish.

 

[tkarter]

I am just a saying. They use Dawn dish soap to clean up oil soaked Seals and Penguins.

tk

 

[Oldtoe]

I am just a saying. They use Dawn dish soap to clean up oil soaked Seals and Penguins.

tk

LOL

I happen to like my arctic mammals and flightless birds well-lubricated, thank you very much.

 

[tkarter]

LOL

I happen to like my arctic mammals and flightless birds well-lubricated, thank you very much.

We all know you use them differently than the rest of us do though.

tk