Re: [ARSCLIST] ^ sticky goop on a CD container

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

steven c wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Anyone have a good method for removing the sticky residue left by some CD
> > manufacturers' sticky tape at the top of the jewel case? The disc was
> purchased
> > new yesterday but has probably been in the store for 4 years, and is a BMG
> > product. I've never had one turn up this sticky. Lighter fluid? (Which I
> don't
> > have around the house, not being a consumer of the stuff. Lamp oil usually
> > works, but not in this case.)
> >
> And how does one define "consumer of lighter fluid?" If one DRINKS
> the stuff (as is implied)...what does one use for a mix? And does
> this habit not preclude burping (if there is a big word for that,
> I don't know it!) near an open flame?!
>
> Steven C. Barr

Belching, I think..not in the same league as "crepitate".

I tried the lamp oil again and it worked better, but not perfectly. This CD may
be an unusual example, or maybe the tape gets VERY sticky over a period of a few
years if the CD isn't purchased and opened within a few months of its
manufacture.

dl