Painting over sticky surface

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illumintai
illumintai Posts: 57 Forumite
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Hi,

Over the winter I covered my windows with plastic covers for insulation. I sealed the windows using dualsided tapes.

Now the winter is gone !

It took considerable efforts to take off the tapes but theres a lot of sticky glue left. Since I was gonna paint it over anyway is there much point in trying to completely remove the glues ??

Can I just paint over it ??

Pls help !
Thanks
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  • square_bear
    square_bear Posts: 3,865 Forumite
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    Try some white spirit first.
  • illumintai
    illumintai Posts: 57 Forumite
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    Moving out of this house... Got no food or drinks I'm afraid... (Am a student)

    Thanks
  • milfield
    milfield Posts: 91 Forumite
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    I've recently taken up my carpets which were stuck down with carpet adhesive, and boy is that sticky stuff! A quick search on the net indicated it is indeed a 'mare to remove but a site suggested WD40 or vegetable oil! Quick spray of WD40, leave for an hour and the stuff came off a treat. It breaks down the adhesive apparently so I'd guess it should do the trick for you.

    It does a couple of thousand other things also:

    http://www.wd40.co.uk/uses-tips/uses-tips-home/find-a-use.aspx

    Enjoy! :rotfl:
  • Raksha
    Raksha Posts: 4,570 Forumite
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    I was going to say WD 40 too
    Please forgive me if my comments seem abrupt or my questions have obvious answers, I have a mental health condition which affects my ability to see things as others might.
  • illumintai
    illumintai Posts: 57 Forumite
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    Thanks.. but while taking of the tapes it took chunks off paints too... and I really left this til last minute and have to paint over it anyway... do u really not recommend painting it over ?

    Thanks
  • societys_child
    societys_child Posts: 7,110 Forumite
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    square_bear wrote: »
    Try some white spirit first.

    :j
    illumintai wrote:
    Moving out of this house... Got no food or drinks I'm afraid... (Am a student)

    :eek: Do students really drink white spirit?:rotfl:
  • illumintai
    illumintai Posts: 57 Forumite
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    Don't even know white spirit is.... lol
  • societys_child
    societys_child Posts: 7,110 Forumite
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    Paint thinners

    Whatever you do, never drink it :beer:

    As for over-painting the sticky bits . . depends how bad it is . . and if you can get away with it . . .
  • cyclonebri1
    cyclonebri1 Posts: 12,827 Forumite
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    illumintai wrote: »
    Don't even know white spirit is.... lol




    What exactly are you studying? :think:
    I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.

    Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)

    Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed
  • 27col
    27col Posts: 6,554 Forumite
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    Obviously not studying common knowledge.
    I can afford anything that I want.
    Just so long as I don't want much.
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