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Warpy

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3. I live in the desert so the glue was mostly shot

Reply to jwirr (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 10:15 PM

Feb 2012

and I pried the strips up with a scraper that uses a razor blade. That left me with just a little glue residue and I found that lighter fluid (naphtha) did a good job of softening it so I could wipe it off. Do use lighter fluid as a solvent only with great ventilation and far away from heater, stove and water heater pilots.

You'll want to soak them off with solvent if this is a fiberglas tub. Test the solvent in an inconspicuous place to make sure it won't ruin the finish.

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How do I get the old non-slip strips off the floor of my bathtub so that it is clean again? [View all] jwirr Feb 2012 OP

I soaked mine in Goo-Gone. took a lot northoftheborder Feb 2012 #1

Eucalyptus oil. TheMadMonk Feb 2012 #2

I live in the desert so the glue was mostly shot Warpy Feb 2012 #3

Thanks for the suggestions. The lighter fluid sounds workable but at the age of 70 I think I will jwirr Feb 2012 #4

You could try a safer solvent jeff47 Feb 2012 #5

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