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Chamoise ......(I can't find my dictionary) but you know.....the leather thing you use to dry off your truck? I had to remove some vinyl letters....didn't have any adhesive remover...so gently buffed the left over adhesive off with the dry chamoise. it worked great! No powerful terrible smell....took less than 5 minutes.....and buffed the sign up great. Damn I am good.
------------------ surf or MoJo on mirc Cheryl J Nordby Signs by Cheryl Seattle WA.....! signsbycheryl@hotmail.com
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Hey Cheryl, I use 3m remover most of the time. But just tried Zep orange degreaser and I like it better because it don't run off or evaperate because its a sprayable gell. And the odd thing is its for degreasing. Hope this may be helpful .
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ok, fine, don't use my product, see if I care.
Well thats not true, My remover is the best , I have expences to prove this !! If you like another brand, its because you havn'tried the very best !! RAPID REMOVER, thats right, you won't have to go get another product to wash mine off(its water soluable, works in 60 seconds) try it you'll love it !!
Roger
------------------ Roger Bailey Rapid Tac Incorporated Waikoloa, Hawaii
And to add to it I love the super imitation Chamois which comes in a tube. Great for black painted vehicles......
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A big eyed antelope........yes! But from whence hails the Chamois? Might surprise you.
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We too have started using Rapid Remover. It works great. If I could be someone like a movie critic, it would get my "two thumbs up."
The best advice is NOT to run out of Rapid Remover. But when you do run out of Rapid Remover we have to have knowledge of what works and what doesn't.
Thus the delima. How does one post on the BB all the things we have experimented with to remove glue that work, without offending a loyal sponsor of this web site? We need the knowledge and know how to battle every situation, and sometimes Rapid Remover just isn't available. For instance we could be out on a job and run into a situation where we didn't bring Rapid Remover along, and going back to the shop to get it is out of the question.
I have never tried the chamois solution, but I feel I need to know it works. I have heated the glue with a heat gun, rubbed dirt in the glue or pounced it with my pounce bag so the sticky would be eliminated, then used a dry cloth to remove the glue, sort of the same idea as Cheryl's idea. Its not easy, but it works.
In critical situations, we have used mineral spirits, starting fluid, automotive reducers, alcohol and heat and pounce bag dusting with rubbing, to name a few. Body shops use an attachment on their rotating grinders or drill to remove glue. And most auto parts stores carry a spray on adhesive remover.
So, my personal take on this is you must be aware of all the products that will work to remove glue. Rapid Remover does indeed stand out as the leader in the field of glue removal and you probably should buy it by the case and re-sell to your customers and make them take the glue off.
Question for Roger B.:
Why isn't rapid remover available at NAPA, PEP BOYS, CAR QUEST, and all the other automotive stores.
Why doesn't WALL-MART or K-MART, or TARGET have your product on their shelves?
Why don't we see info-mercials on tv (like at 3am with along with the guy that waxes his car then sets it on fire to prove his wax is good stuff!
Why is Rapid Remover so limited in sales to just sign people? This is a product billions of people need, and the reason you spend so much time marketing to JUST sign people has got to be the question of the year!
Are you legally able to let us in on some reasons and what markets Rapid Remover will venture into in the near future?
------------------ Draper The Signmaker Bloomington Illinois USA
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Well, although I can't say I've used all'o'his products (Still waiting fer a sample, loved the shirt) I gotta say rapid remover works fine for me.
I'll give the "shammy" a shot!
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Another in a pinch emergency glue remover: Ronsonol Lighter fluid... I know, extremely flammable, don't smoke when using it, but when you are 20 miles from humanity, and you got a big glob of glue on the door, try it... (the remover, not smoking...)
------------------ Eric Patzer A.S.A.P. Design Lafayette, CO epatzer@earthlink.net
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Ahhh Roger.....I didn't mean to get your stinger all outta wack. I use your products and LoVe them! I just happened to be out of adhesive remover.(& rapic remover)...and had to get this job done. I was improvising....and was able to use something I had and make it work. thanks for all the great replies!
------------------ surf or MoJo on mirc Cheryl J Nordby Signs by Cheryl Seattle WA.....! signsbycheryl@hotmail.com
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CHAMOIS, n. An animal of the goat kind, whose skin is made into soft leather, called shammy. It is now arranged with the antelopes, and sometimes sheep and goats.
------------------ The SignShop Mendocino, California "Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"
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Ja ja, I know all that.......but where is it's natural habitat??? Hm?
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hey folks, just a side note to let you know that I always carry a Chamois and 3M cleaner next to Zep Orange degreaser along with Ronsonol lighter fluid, a heat gun and a bag of sand, filled just like a pounce bag and of course lets not forget the rotating disc on the cordless drill and the signmakers best friend "the trusty palette knife". Also carry starting fluid, reducers, thinners, mineral spirits, acetone, alcohol and every other solvent known to man even if just to use with the mini BBQ grill I always carry in the trunk, all this without ever using 1 ounce of common sense.
So now do I qualify as a signmaker or just a journalist, Dave?
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Awwwwwww! When you were in the Alps mountains of central Europe...you shot Bambi's Cousin, just so you could wipe awaysome vinyl adhesive! Did you use a K31???
------------------ Si Allen #562 La Mirada, CA. USA (714) 521-4810 ICQ # 330407 "SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"
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I knew you'd get it. Yep...............a k31.
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out on a job in a small shoping centre, too far away to go back to the shop for the glue remover, do i really want to go into the supermarket and buy metho to 'sorta' help get this gunk off the glass?.... no! go into the fruit shop and grab a bag of lemons, cut em in half and rub over the glue drag a squeegeeee over the mess, grab a rag and wipe off... too easy!
nessesity is a mother
cheers gail
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As we can not buy rapid remover in australia I am stuck with the citrus remover it is great stuff and do you know you can buy synthetic chamois that work better than the poor little animals
------------------ Ian Wilson Signmaker Toowoomba City Council Cnr Anzac Ave & Stephen st Toowoomba Queensland Australia may all your toubles be little ones The man that never make a mistake never makes anything
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