Thread: Removing adhesive from hook (and loop) sheet?

I have a can of 3M stuff that works well, you may need to test it though to be sure it doesn't have an adverse effect on the hook and loop. Works fast.



I have had this for quite a number of year so I don't know where to buy it but it is a great product.

That's a bloody big can





Thanks Cal.
I find 3M products to be quite good generally so I'll see if they have any options easily available locally.

I have removed contact etc from steel disc sanders using first turps to turn it to mush and then scrape 90% off with a wide chisel or similar followed by wiping the residue off with a metho soaked rag.
Horrible messy job which will probably destroy the backing of your stuff.
I also use 'Yuck off' of similar stuff for the sticky residue left by price tags,labels etc.
Eucalyptas oil works for this also so may be worth trying.
H.

We used to wear out angle grinder hook and loop backer disks at a rapid rate, and would strip them back and fix a new 'hook' section cut from sheet. We could peel the old worn section from the backer with difficulty leaving a lot of residual glue on the backer surface. We scraped that back as best we could and then did a final cleanup by giving the grinder/ backer disk a low pressure high speed run against an old worn 180 grit belt running on the polishing lathe. We could then put the rough cut new hook segment onto the backer without worrying about precise centering, and give it a run on edge on the belt to true the hook section up. Worked well, and a fairly quick operation, particularly if you did them in a batch, could safely replace the hook section maybe 20 times before the backer needed to be scrapped.

Never did find an efficient non destructive method of removing residues off the backers with solvents, the adhesive is just too darn good and always left a small amount of residue that would prevent full adhesion and cause the replaced hook section to start to lift off in small patches within a couple of days. We also initially tried non adhesive backed hook section and a variety of glues with very limited success, failure would occur because of heat generated from the polishing pads softening the bond, or the glue layer was that rigid that the backer could not flex to do the job properly.

Sorry, but I suspect that you will ultimately end up having to dress back the roller surface to eliminate the residual adhesive, and apply a new hook surface.

Yep, pretty much what I did. Rebalanced the the MDF roller and put a new hook/loop strip on. All experiments of adhesive removal failed to yield a decent result. I'm the ultimate tight ass of recycling, so you can take this as gospel