I was getting some prints ready to sent to the gallery for sale in Artist Unite For Haiti showing tonight to send out in the mail tommorow.
I was mounting them on a thin matte backboard. I just noticed some glue must have gotten stuck to the gloves and got smeared on a portion of one of the prints. Arghhh! It is visible when the light hits it at certain angles and it is not in a place I can trim out...it just had to smear on one of the main subjects.
I have a feeling it is a lost effort but I have to ask/try: Does anyone know if there may be a safe way to take it off without damaging the print (it's a matte finish btw not glossy)????
I'd first try calling the manufacturer if their phone number is on the packaging. Next choice might be calling your local Poison Control center and see if they know of a solvent which won't dissolve the picture.
Theres a product called 'Goo Gone'. I know it can be useful for removing adhesives, but I have no idea what it would do to your print, although i'm pretty sure it usually doesn't stain but a print is probably a different story. You could probably get it at any hardware store around your house (they have it at the one I work at haha).
I do have no idea what it would do to a print though, so maybe you could ask someone that works at the store or try it on an old print that you may have lying around to see what it does.
I'd first try calling the manufacturer if their phone number is on the packaging. Next choice might be calling your local Poison Control center and see if they know of a solvent which won't dissolve the picture.
Can you reprint that image?
I ordered it from the printer DPC prints uses:-) I could order another but then I would not meet the deadline to get it to the gallery. I could try a local printer but I would have to do it smaller than the 11x14 size to get the quick turn around.
It may help to know what kind of glue it is. Maybe someone on line tonight will know how to remove it.
Try smearing a little on another piece of the same or similar kind of photo paper, and see if a rubber eraser will rub it off without damaging the print. That's the only thing that I can think of that may work without using any chemicals or scraping the print.
try isipropol alcohol, I have used this to remove traces of spray glue on prints. use va cotton bud dampened with the alcohol and GENTLY in a cicular motion rub the affected part of the print. the alcohol should remove the glue.
Thanks for all the suggestions. The glue is Elmer's Craft Bond Acid Free Extra-Strength Spray Adhesive.
Originally posted by mBastin:
Theres a product called 'Goo Gone'. I know it can be useful for removing adhesives, but I have no idea what it would do to your print, although i'm pretty sure it usually doesn't stain but a print is probably a different story.
I thought about the Goo-gone but the list of materials is works best on doesn't make me think it will remove the glue without stripping parts of the print.
I also thought about using Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser but I think without trying to get the adhesive to unstick to the surface before use of too much applied rubbing will damage the print.
Originally posted by kiwinick:
try isipropol alcohol, I have used this to remove traces of spray glue on prints. use va cotton bud dampened with the alcohol and GENTLY in a cicular motion rub the affected part of the print. the alcohol should remove the glue.
This might be the safest/best suggestion in the attempt to save the print. I shall follow your instructions and see if it rescues it.
I suspect this won't work well on prints but I've used methanol to remove glue. My son got a free 30" dell monitor because it had spray adhesive on it. I broke out my eclipse optic cleaning system fluid (Methanol) and some wipes and made the monitor new again.
try isipropol alcohol, I have used this to remove traces of spray glue on prints. use va cotton bud dampened with the alcohol and GENTLY in a cicular motion rub the affected part of the print. the alcohol should remove the glue.
Borrowing a portion of a popular phrase uttered on Mythbusters
METHOD CONFIRMED!!!!
SUCCESS!!!!!!
I dipped the cotton swab in the 70% isopropyl alcohol and GENTLY rubbed in circular motions for about 10 minutes. I would on occasion swap out the old swab and saturate a new one to gently take off the glue smear. In my case it worked (not sure if it works with all types of adhesives and I am definately NOT going to experiment to find out - LOL). I think the key is patience and doing it gently like kiwinick said.
Well I got something right one time. the glue I use is the 3M Super 77 spray or their photoglue. its easier to get off if the glue is fresh sprayed and not set too hard.glad I could help.
