Thread: How to get sticky tape residue off scopes - any suggestions?

As per title - what is the easiest way to get the shitty camo tape residue off of scope tubes? I have had a suggestion of meths and a cotton bud - works about as well as painting the house with a toothbrush... any better ideas?

Brake clean Nick
And hate on the fools that use the stuff.


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Brake clean Nick
And hate on the fools that use the stuff.


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...been a few choice words so far, but then again it is like putting a helmet on someone to stop them licking the windows - for some people it is necessary.

Maths and cotton ball

White spirits, brake clean, meths, they'll all good light no fires and open the windows

Thanks fullas - sorted it out: what a bastard of a job. Why do people insist on using tape? Please use a neoprene cover on a long range scope people, it makes more sense...

Originally Posted by Nickoli

Thanks fullas - sorted it out: what a bastard of a job. Why do people insist on using tape? Please use a neoprene cover on a long range scope people, it makes more sense...

Did you get @Philipo to come and remove it?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Did you get @Philipo to come and remove it?

I used painters hand wipes, worked a treat & came up clean & dandy. Funny as when @BRADS rubs long black things he normally ends up getting a facial hahahaha

Originally Posted by Philipo

Funny as when @BRADS rubs long black things he normally ends up getting a facial hahahaha

Bloody hilarious.

For future reference, WD40 works wonders on stuff like that while also smelling amazing.

Originally Posted by Macca

For future reference, WD40 works wonders on stuff like that while also smelling amazing.

Thought that was deodorant? My mistake.

That orange clearer stuff works well - dissolve-it or something like that.

Originally Posted by Nickoli

As per title - what is the easiest way to get the shitty camo tape residue off of scope tubes? I have had a suggestion of meths and a cotton bud - works about as well as painting the house with a toothbrush... any better ideas?

Heads up people...

THE best product for removing tape residue - even old dried up tape residue - is Eucalyptus Oil. Because it's not like other distilled petroleum products it's safe to use on plastics and perspex (like your boats windscreen for example) and naturally it doesn't affect the finish on your scopes, etc. I use a paper towel with a dab of oil then soak/massage gently.

Originally Posted by planenutz

Heads up people...

THE best product for removing tape residue - even old dried up tape residue - is Eucalyptus Oil. Because it's not like other distilled petroleum products it's safe to use on plastics and perspex (like your boats windscreen for example) and naturally it doesn't affect the finish on your scopes, etc. I use a paper towel with a dab of oil then soak/massage gently.

So Koala shit will do it?

Originally Posted by Gibo

So Koala shit will do it?

Hmmm... there might be something in that suggestion... Hmmm... how can we market this and get rich?