So i've tried to remove the foot pads on one of my boards and low and behold most of the pads came off but i was left with the glue and light layer of foam on the board.
Aside from sanding it down, what is the best method or removing the glue without damaging the resin or glass?
Thanks in advance.

acetone

BUT the paint in some areas on your board may come off also with acetone
The first coat that is put down of solid colour - which is under your foot pads - should be 2pack and won't dissolve, it is the patterns / designs etc elsewhere that can be an issue on some boards. small area first and don't dribble on any pretty bits

What about lacquer thinner Mark?

I just use mineral turps. Brush it over the glue then cover area in glad wrap and leave for half an hour. Glue can then be just scraped off with paint spatula.

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ikw777 said..
What about lacquer thinner Mark?

would work but might need a soak like Sausage's method

Doesn't matter what u use, Cobra have a talent for using the most hard impervious paint known to man on some of the board, then using the most delicate crap that falls off if you open a can of thinners 30m away, on other parts of the board.

I just said acetone as it is a smidge faster

Sorry mark but don't use acetone as it could weaken the epoxy on the board.

Just use general purpose auto thinners soak the area with a rag soaked in the thinner then put some plastic over it and masking tape the edges down so no air gets out, try not to have the plastic much bigger than where the pads were or it could lift the paint or graphics.

Leave the plastic a bit loose to let the fumes do all the work.

Leave for an hour or 2 the just wipe the glue off with a rag.

Use gloves and a mask or your gunna get a hell headache.

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P.C_simpson said..
Sorry mark but don't use acetone as it could weaken the epoxy on the board.

Is this actually true? Everyone says that, but for every Acetone+carbon-boom or Acetone+board test I perform, the epoxy doesn't soften in the slightest.

[ noting that epoxy is a plastic, not a glue ]

^^^ once set, no solvent attacks epoxy unless it is left for ages. We are talking hours..... . It becomes pretty much inert when set

So I vote for faster, and you can see what it is doing as you rub. Soaking is great but if you come back and there happened to be a split you didn't know about and it got thru to the core....... I'd rather rub over a split or stuffed insert quickly than have fumes in there for 30mins......... dangerous. Rub with acetone rag for 2mins or soak with another solvent for 30mins. Easy choice for me........

Have to say that I use acetone as well to get the pads and glue off boards. If there is paint under the pad I put the acetone on a rag and scrub the glue off. I used to strip carbon booms down with Toluene, but hard to find

I get all purpose paint thinners from super cheap auto, apply with brush wait a few minutes repeat 3 times the thinres soaks into any remaining pad softens it up. I then use a metal paint scraper.

I use Toluene and broad pro auto bodywork plastic chisels designed to remove flexible adhesive from car paintwork without damaging it. I do a lot of full length SUP grips - quality, speed and cost are critical in my line of work

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dweller said..
Have to say that I use acetone as well to get the pads and glue off boards. If there is paint under the pad I put the acetone on a rag and scrub the glue off. I used to strip carbon booms down with Toluene, but hard to find

Bunnings were selling it at some point, with all their other solvents. I think concerns about cancer have probably stopped people using it, although I don't know if that is really such a problem for short exposure.

Years ago people were using it as a DIY fuel additive and I think you could buy it buy the drum, but I have never seen it myself.

^^^ Bunnings one you are thinking of was "Glue-Rid" (still avail I think?) and it is tolune - or like 90% plus toluene

I used to buy 20L drums of toluene for octane booster, it was easy to buy at any fuel distributors yard but maybe meth heads fkd that up for the carheads

What happens when you put acetone or toluene in your fuel? How much do you put in?

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R1DER said...
What happens when you put acetone or toluene in your fuel? How much do you put in?

Not sure but be careful - even talking about it can give you nasty red thumbs

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R1DER said..
What happens when you put acetone or toluene in your fuel? How much do you put in?

Toluene is an octane booster. Addition of up to about 10% is safe.
So back when I used it, I put about 6L in my tank to increase premium 95 to about 98 octane. At times for drag racing I added it to AvGas (which was 100 octane leaded) and it worked great :)
From memory the cost was only marginally better than using the stuff in a bottle from Repco.

Dunno about using acetone but I wouldn't as it ain't kind to rubber - fuel lines, seals etc.....

Try heating up with a good wife hairdryer or heatgun and scrape it off w a flat blade. If using heatgun be careful, open the plug and dont overheat, just a bit should work.

I've done so many repairs where someone was "being really careful with a heat gun"
Problem with it is you can't tell you've fckd it until it's fckd. I'd strongly recommend not using a heat gun

Get a bottle and go to a joinery shop or a commercial vinyl floor installer and get some contact adhesive remover I use Bostick /Anchorweld 901 cleaner/thinners actually lately I've been using Swarfega Black Box hand cleaning wipes to get glue off the vinyl, tools and hands.
It's a citrus base among other stuff easy on the hands and they work really well.
With a lot of these products if you keep rubbing the paint will come off too.

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T 11 said..
...It's a citrus base...

So it's very similar to Orange Power ?



Not sure about contact adhesive, but Orange Power is excellent for chewing gum removal (floors, boots, foot pegs of motorcycles etc) and it's very quick.

Eucalyptus oil?? It removes most gummy things.

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Harrow said..
Eucalyptus oil?? It removes most gummy things.

but leaves behind oil residue that needs to then be removed with a solvent else the new pads won't stick (or if the reason for removal is damage below, your fibreglass job won't stick at the boundary)

acetone, toluene, keep it simple.

Can I put eucalyptus oil in my car ?

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R1DER said...
Can I put eucalyptus oil in my car ?

Only if you bought it off gum tree

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Stuthepirate said..

R1DER said...
Can I put eucalyptus oil in my car ?

Only if you bought it off gum tree

Nah

even then - just leave it

It gums up the fuel system

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Mark _australia said..
^^^ Bunnings one you are thinking of was "Glue-Rid" (still avail I think?) and it is tolune - or like 90% plus toluene

I used to buy 20L drums of toluene for octane booster, it was easy to buy at any fuel distributors yard but maybe meth heads fkd that up for the carheads

Sorry for the late reply, but no, it had 'toluene' written proudly on the tin, which is why I noticed it and bought it. I can't even remember what I used it for...

Beats me what other people use it for. My dodgy memory is telling me that someone on here was saying they used to use it for cleaning outdoor furniture or umbrellas or something.