Gary Roberts groberts@s... wrote:

In order of potency, least to most, these are the solvents
recommended for removing adhesives from paper:

heptane
benzine
toluene
acetone
ethyl alchohol 

which prompted me to outlurk and  toss in $A 0.02 (0.014 US :-) ) and a 
brief bio. 
comment: no real surprises there, you could probably put chloroform up there 
too - all  good organic solvents. personally ethyl alcohol would be 
my choice of poison.
brief bio: i have become interested, primarily as a user, in old 
tools; partially as a delayed rebellion against paternal regard for 
fine sawdust and noise rather than shavings :^) . no specific reason to 
actually get interested in woodwork, just happened on it somehow and 
found the production of shavings a most restful alternative to making 
cells jump through hoops at the PhD grindstone and easier to arrange than 
getting away into the mountains for a good bushwalk.
unfortunately tool acquisition appears rather more difficult in this 
part of  the antipodes than i gather in parts northerly, but living 
in the heart of some perrrfect wine country does help.

Brian Stein
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