Anyone know how to get duct tape off cast iron???

Did you try Goof-Off? Acetone?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

goofoff

heat gun for the tape then any number of solvents for the adhesive residue.

-- Dan, Sterling Alaska, http://sullcon.homestead.com/ Before you criticise some one, walk a mile in their shoes...then you will be a mile away and you have their shoes!

If the residue is that old, it’s probably going to take a lot of elbow grease to get it off as well as the solvents
Some steel wool might help as well
You could also just attack the table with a sander as well

-- Steve -- University Heights, Ohio

fingernail polish remover (acetone) no heat gun though while using very flamiable.

-- piper

Mineral spirits will cut the adhesive…Blkcherry

Goo-gone or naptha (aka lighter fluid, charcoal starter, coleman lantern fuel)

Go

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WD40, i think

-- Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive.

If it is on the cast iron table top, you could sand it off as a last resort.

-- DaveH - Boise, Idaho - “How hard can it be? It's only wood!”

Thanks everyone. I found some goofoff and it seems to be working. Like Sry said, elbow grease. I was hoping there was some “magic potion” out there that would just lift it off, cause damn, this stuff is really on there!

-- Childress Woodworks

Sharpen a putty knife and scrape it off. Then clean up with something to get rid of the residual glue.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Yeah if you get Goof-Off, then you can place the table of the bandsaw inside some sort of container and just soak the table in it for about an hour and it should come right off. I use it to get off patterns that are stuck to my projects. I just soak them a while and it comes off so easyily.

-- Tyler, Illinois

Goof-off and single-edged razor blades. I don’t like sanding cast-iron, although many do. I’d recommend the green plastic scratchy pads. Test with the Goof-off first – Goof-off attacks a lot of plastics.

-- "Find out what you cannot do and then go do it!"

Lacquer Thinner

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

As mentioed in an earlier reply… Goo-Gone will remove it. Put it on so that it puddles over the area, let sit for a few minutes, then wipe or scrape off. I’ve tried it on almost all adhesives, duct tape included, and it works great!

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If that didn’t work you may want to try Mosquito repellant with Deet in it, as it seems that stuff will dissolve just about anything! :-)

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

3M adhesive remover works great. Of course I’m biased since I’m retired from 3M. But it does work well.

-- Randal, DeKalb, Illinois

A plasma cutter may work… If not, try radioactive isotopes… I also find the ray gun I was given when I was abducted by aliens can remove almost anything.

If that doesnt work, try goo gone, lacquer thinner, or any solvent. Just make sure that afterwards you get it off and treat the surface so it does not rust or pit.

-- making sawdust....

Mott
You left out a hot laser.

-- DocK, WV

that is just silly Dock.. a hot laser would never work… Wise up!

haha

-- making sawdust....

WOW….my plasma cutter worked great!!!! Now, I just need to make a new 0 clearance table insert (I think my tablesaw one will work now) and weld some new table supports to hold up the 4 inches on both sides:):):):)

you guys are cracking me up….The goo gone did work, it just took a long time and now the table is cleaned and waxed and is working fine. Thanks everyone

-- Childress Woodworks

21 ways to get duct tape off cast iron when you have no patience. Incredible.

Woodchuck1957 has made a good point there: many people give their advice in this forum (and others) with good intentions but sometimes the suggestions haven’t been tested out by whoever offer them. Many a time, the advice is nothing more than an opinion – one that doesn’t work or has already been tried out and proven not working by the person who asks for help in the first place. It will help if we can adopt some kind of convention or qualification such as declaring beforehand whether the suggestion or advice is a personal experience, a proven technique or just a proposition / opinion. If someone has tried XXX to solve his problem and it didn’t work him, telling him XXX is the solution kinda confuses him more, to say the least.

-- The time I enjoy wasting is not time wasted

Mineral spirits.

-- Matt, Houston Texas

There are a lot of harsh chemicals on the market that will melt off tape or sticker residue but what will they do to the surface? Give www.dsr5.com a try. Will remove silicone from the hood of your truck without affecting the paint.

-- http://www.federalsaw.com

20 feet of primer cord should do the trick or even thermate. Don’t stand too close though unless it is really cold in your shop and you need to warm up!

Best suggestion is actually acetone. I haven’t found anything yet it won’t remove and you don’t have to worry about dissolving the cast iron!

Jim

Citrasolv seems to get most gummy stuff off. Plus it is natural ingredients. Info is at www.citrasolv.com

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

You might try Goo-Be-Gone…...

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"