I thought it was dirty but...

[Delco Bobby]

Originally Posted by dalford

Delco Bobby, Was anyone around when you were doing this. I use an equation that I call blame density (BD). BD=1/(# of people close by). So if just you the BD=1/1 or 100% your fault. If another person is around, they don’t have to be involved but close by, the BD=1/2 or 50% your fault as you can always say they distracted you in some way. So you can see how more people involved the less responsibility you have. Our government works on this principle...lol

How many flies were there?

I will be using your equations in the future.

Just me and a thousand flies.but I suspect I am still at BD = 1/1.

It got worse. Walked into house and sat on sofa to discover flies came in with me. I killed a bunch and am currently killing imaginary flies. I was going to jump in my neighbors pool but he is inside licking his wounds from his fly attack.

[Delco Bobby]

Originally Posted by Scrapper

What I have known for years is Ronson cigarette lighter fluid will remove lots of stains, tar, fly poop and bugs without hurting any plastics, rubber or vinyl. I used to use it for cleaning photo negatives for professional photographers. It evaporates faster than mineral spirits and not as fast as de-natured alcohol.

Worth a try. I think I have a can.

Can I use that on color slides?

[Scrapper]

Originally Posted by Delco Bobby

Worth a try. I think I have a can.

Can I use that on color slides?

Yes you can. Slides are nothing more than the same cellulose material as negatives but with different dyes. Cigarette lighter fluid will remove fingerprints from slides.

[Delco Bobby]

You the man! Thanks for the tip.

BTW We had a heavy downpour and some flooding here this morning so I didn’t get a chance to work on the gunk. Spent the day cleaning up the property.

I did notice that it looked better where I used the mineral spirits.

[Delco Bobby]

UPDATE:

Finally had a rain free day with temps around 80°.

Tried a new bottle of mineral spirits but it didn’t work well. It had a whitish color rather than the clear of the old bottle, the old stuff worked better .

Been to several stores but none had the lighter fluid. Will try Walmart tomorrow.

I tried the denatured alcohol and that worked the best so far but did not clean totally.

If the lighter fluid doesn’t work I may have to use the stuff BC suggested.

[Delco Bobby]

Originally Posted by bclemens

We get this from time to time when they seal stuff and then wipe over it with a chemical to clean it up. It ends up diluting the seal a bit so it runs. It does come off...but not just with soap and water. We use something called 900?? BASF product. Don't use paint thinner....900 is like a really mild thinning agent.

I should have used your advice because nothing else I tried works well. The Ronson loghter fluid worked best but not not well.

I did a Google search for BASF 900 but only recording tape and building sealers shows up.