sticky wood

bemidjibelle · 09-13-2005, 08:50 AM

Someone wanted to buy just the rubber image and the sticker from me and not the wood. I had read that you could put a stamp in the microwave for 5-7 seconds and the rubber would come right off the wood. Well, that worked perfectly, but now I have a question. How do you get the sticky off the wood? Would sanding work? Googone doesn't. I want to try making background stamps with my left over rubber pieces, but dont' want the sticky to cover the whole block. Thanks for any ideas!!!

Sue

brenzblenz · 09-13-2005, 08:53 AM

Have you tried Rubbing Alcohol?

Vegastamper · 09-13-2005, 09:14 AM

If goo gone or undu don't work, maybe a light sanding would help.

outsiderartist · 09-13-2005, 09:16 AM

I had my husband sand my blocks... they will require alot of elbow grease.. but that should work.

Kimzkardz · 09-13-2005, 04:16 PM

Goo gone should work. I have unmounted hundreds of stamps and it has never failed me. I'm wondering if you're leaving it on the glue for a while to let it work. I normally put some on a papertowel and rub all over entire surface of sticky. I leave it for 2-3 minutes and then come back and rub rub rub with a papertowel. I sometimes need to do this 2-3 times to get all the sticky off. It eventually always works.