[PADG:1113] Re: Goo Gone

["Baker, Whitney S" <wbaker@xxxxxx>]

I asked about Un-du Adhesive Remover on the Conservation Online
distribution list a few years ago.  If you search the archives you will
find a few responses.  Not much is known for sure because the
manufacturer considers it proprietary information, but I do know that
the active ingredient is heptane and/or hexane.

Whitney Baker, Conservator
University of Kansas Libraries
1425 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 135
Lawrence, KS  66045-7544
(785) 864-3568; (785) 864-5311 (fax)
wbaker@xxxxxx
www.lib.ku.edu/preservation 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-padg@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-padg@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew
Hart
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:40 PM
To: padg@xxxxxxx
Subject: [PADG:1112] Re: Goo Gone

Victoria,
Staff in our music library asked a while ago about using Goo Gone to
remove adhesive labels from CDs. I did not fnd any more technical info
than you did. Our conservator and the librarian who manages our audio
preservation lab both recommended against using it.

There's a something in the University Products and Gaylord catalogs that
I haven't tried or researched but I'm interested in learning more about
since one catalog lists it as having passed the photo activity test. The
product is Un-du Adhesive Remover. I'm skeptical about putting it on any
kind of paper or cloth but if it really has passed the PAT it might be
OK for some purposes. I'm particularly curious about its safety for CDs
and DVDs. Maybe others on the list know something about it?
Andy

Victoria Heiduschke wrote: