Sellotape removal from posters

[Simes]

I also find it great that the snipe is failing utterly in doing its job of hiding the soundtrack info!  

This is a very good point.  I chastise myself in not making this very same point.

[erik1925]

Score and the dramatic dialog track (side B) both included on the soundtrack album.

Very cool.

 

[CSM]

This is a very good point.  I chastise myself in not making this very same point.

It's OK fella...you can have the next poignant observation

[guest4669]

In case anyone cares, the only way to remove the snipe successfully was with water. After soaking the poster, the snipe came of pretty smoothly with a palette knife.

[erik1925]

In case anyone cares, the only way to remove the snipe successfully was with water. After soaking the poster, the snipe came of pretty smoothly with a palette knife.

Good for you, Racer... nice to hear that it was a water based glue/adhesive that was used and that it came off easily.

 

[Ari]

I find this is often the case with the US posters used in Canada.
even a lot of the time, just the environment seems to get them unstuck.
I don't know WHAT environment, but I have some where they had a snipe, i look a year or two later and it falls right off just by looking at the thing.
I usually leave them anyway, unless they are particularly distracting.

[CSM]

I find this is often the case with the US posters used in Canada.
even a lot of the time, just the environment seems to get them unstuck.
I don't know WHAT environment, but I have some where they had a snipe, i look a year or two later and it falls right off just by looking at the thing.
I usually leave them anyway, unless they are particularly distracting.

This has been known to happen to Canadian womens' tops on occasion

[Ari]

I wondered why you blokes were so damn happy.

[erik1925]

This has been known to happen to Canadian womens' tops on occasion

Has it happened too, to Mrs. CSM?

[Ari]

that's how babies are made silly.

[CSM]

that's how babies are made silly.

 

[erik1925]

Truth can be stranger than fiction, sometimes....

so it never hurts to ask....


 

[paul waines]

OK, not sellotape, but sticky rubber things...  these are soft rubber, and very sticky, the seller never said they were on, but that aside lets get them off..






Very carefully with a knife work it back and forth between the rubber and the paper, keeping it very wet with the fluid.  I did let these soak for a few mins before starting..




Now the problem with these is the glue don't evaporate like tape, so it doesn't stay on the rubber it stays on the paper...
Looks a bit like bogies, and not Rosas Boogie either...



The trick here is keep the paper very wet, and slowly do little circles with your finger on the glue that's left...
it will lift and roll into a ball without damaging the paper.






At which point it can be removed. However slowly let the paper dry, but keep feeling it as it's amazing how many little bits get left on.



I eventually wet the paper again and wiped outwards with a paper towel...



Let the poster dry and re-check before carrying on to the next corner.

Sticky mess..





Nice clean poster...

[stewart boyle]

That is awesome,amazing what determination will do.
Good job fella.

[paul waines]

Thanks Stew..

Just a side note the paper stuck to those rubber things is not the side I took off the poster, it's what the poster was stuck too, if you look at the clean side of the rubber that's the one that came off the poster.

[stewart boyle]

Thanks Stew..

Just a side note the paper stuck to those rubber things is not the side I took off the poster, it's what the poster was stuck too, if you look at the clean side of the rubber that's the one that came off the poster.

Yep..great job,no lift off of paper.

[erik1925]

Great job Paul... nice removal of those black "sticky things."   

[CSM]

Amazing what lighter fluid, patience and a steady hand can do

[bigmike]

Are the adhesive removers safe to use on newer glossy, double sided posters?

[paul waines]

Yes, I've used them on newer posters, you just have to be a bit more patient as it takes a little longer to soak into newer paper..

[erik1925]

Good to know.

And those kinds of solvents don't mess with the paper's gloss and remove the sheen, making it appear dull in those spots?

[erik1925]

Here's my empire strikes back before and after tape removal>
Top left and right had tape not fixing tears but I guess sticking it to the wall at some point:


Little bit of marking where the tape was but certainty better than it was , May go over it again at some point


On the right side:

I will be giving this a try, in the near future. Great pics, gargoyle and Paul.

It's like a 'how to' when using lighter fluid to remove clear tape from posters. 

[MoviePosterBid.com]

my opinion: just frame them as is unless you can easily do the work.

I suggested to a customer last week asking about getting a poster restored/backed "why don't you just wait to find a nicer copy?"
he liked that suggestion

[erik1925]

my opinion: just frame them as is unless you can easily do the work.

I suggested to a customer last week asking about getting a poster restored/backed "why don't you just wait to find a nicer copy?"
he liked that suggestion

The poster is fine, but has 3-4 pieces of scotch tape on it. Why wait to get another copy when this can be done easily?

[MoviePosterBid.com]

The poster is fine, but has 3-4 pieces of scotch tape on it. Why wait to get another copy when this can be done easily?

my opinion: just frame them as is unless you can easily do the work.

I suggested to a customer last week asking about getting a poster restored/backed "why don't you just wait to find a nicer copy?"
he liked that suggestion