Manual for BASF6105 8inch Flp drive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Feb 2013

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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 2:24 PM PST Chuck Guzis wrote:

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 On 02/22/2013 01:02 PM, Chris Tofu wrote:

 All those bits of rubber are now blobs of goo--and tough as the devil
 to get cleaned up, much less replaced.

 Try GooGone and a host of other things. Can't say for certain but I
 have to believe there's some way of removing it w/o too much fuss.
 Tape residue and I realize it's entirely different comes right off
 with what used to be called Afta, but they were bought by someone
 years ago. 
From the sounds of it, probably naphtha.

The big problem with a lot of this stuff is that it's been attached to or leaked onto
plastic parts.  You want to be very careful of what you use on old plastic.  Some solvents
can cause it to disintegrate.

I've had moderate success with mineral spirits.  It's terrible yucky stuff, no
matter what you use.   Benzene (not benzine) would probably also work, but I haven't
tried it because it's very difficult to obtain, being classed as a carcinogen and
all...

--Chuck 
 I don't know if contains naptha or not. it was probably named. afta because you use
it after you spray down certain surfaces with glue.  regardless of what was in it it was
very safe for plastic and even painted surfaces as long as you didn't go crazy. I was
going nuts trying to clean tape residue off of plastic monitors with thinner, then my
father started using the afta that I had an old soda bottle, and it came off quite
painlessly. It was a thin colorless liquid, and.  IIRC it subsequently was called goof off
or.goo gone. I bought a small bottle of something also called goo gone at target for 1$.
Haven't used it, but it's yellow in a clear plastic container. 