Advice wanted as to the best way to remove "dried on" Adhesive Tape residue

[Vic Thompson]

The title says it all really, all there is to add is that it's an old pellet tin that I want to clean up. Basically the Manufacturer's "Sellotape" band around the tins seems to have a tendency to dry up and then go brittle, often falling off altogether. IMO there's usually a hard residue on the Tins that is a struggle to clean off, but I have done it in the past using boiling water (to soften it) and then "scrubbing it off". Can anyone suggest a nice easy "guaranteed to work" method with a proven track record.

Thanks in advance for all useful suggestions,

Vic Thompson

[Murphy]

Isopropyl Alcohol ?

[Logunner]

Wd40.

[lightning22]

Another vote for WD40

[Vic Thompson]

I've tried WD40 thanks and it's good on soft adhesive, but I couldn't persuade it to clean off dried adhesive to any extent at all. However, it does a good job in that it restores the paintwork really well (tape residue excepted).

Has anyone else tried to do the same as me ?

Vic T

[ratbuster2240]

This morning I removed the residue from old number plate stickers that the previous owner put on. My wife's nail polish remover made an easy job of it.

[JB101]

Liquid lighter fuel,panel wipe,naphtha, brake and clutch cleaner, meths, acetone (but not on plastic surfaces),warm water is worth a try if a water based glue was used .
The most aggresive of these is acetone in that ill will dissolve many things.

use a Q tip (with paper tube handle not plastic & on a small area 1st) ,most will evaporate quite quickly.