Eucalyptus oil? The go-to around here for glue removal... Stephen -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of= Bob Blick Sent: Friday, 8 December 2017 8:35 AM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE] Stripping Kapton tape adhesive Goo-Gone didn't work. Carb cleaner and brake cleaner didn't work. Gasoline = made a small effect if I rubbed hard. This is a very durable adhesive. I might soak some tape in camping fuel for a while and see how that works. Bob ________________________________________ From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Bob Bl= ick Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2017 9:43 AM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE] Stripping Kapton tape adhesive Xylene. Yuck. I'll save that one for last, after toluene. I hate them. Thou= ght for sure the lacquer thinner would work, but today's "safe" lacquer thi= nner seems pretty useless. Alcohols (isopropyl and ethyl) don't seem to touch it. Goo-gone is something I will try, though I'll have to use something to remo= ve the goo-gone afterwards. This adhesive is good stuff! The Kapton film itself is thin, barely 0.001" and really tough. The adhesiv= e adds almost 0.002" so I want to get rid of it. I'm too cheap to buy plain Kapton film when I've already got these rolls of= tape and a closet full of assorted household chemicals. I still have a few= choices left to try, and I haven't yet tried the most powerful household c= hemical, cat vomit :) Thanks for the suggestions. Bob -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .