those dammed sticky hooks

Smith · Veteran Member

those dammed sticky hooks

vince56 · Senior Member

I used a hair drier to warm the hook, get it quite warm, prize it off VERY slowly and gently with a butter knife, worked a treat for me on two hooks, no marks at all.

travelyounger · Guru

vince56 wrote:
I used a hair drier to warm the hook, get it quite warm, prize it off VERY slowly and gently with a butter knife, worked a treat for me on two hooks, no marks at all.

Lift off gently with a flexible scraper and remove glue with a rag with eucalyptus oil or turps

cheers

Farmhat · Senior Member

I am interested in this too.

I am wondering if eucalyptus oil etc might leave any staining on furniture that was the norm (before the current plastic? cupboard doors) that is covered by the very thin paper.

Joe.

Bobdown · Guru

I've used this method on old hooks, works well......cheer Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uATseJFbWkY

SoloMC · Senior Member

thanks Bob
Ive never had much luck with my method of rip-tear-bust as he described.
Next time ill do it the way he suggests

Smith · Veteran Member

Fantastic all a combination of the above methods worked well , I am more sane now, the video was most helpful.

Well done Smith

Phlipper · Senior Member

Use a bit of fishing line, especially braid to slice it off much like using dental floss

Craig1 · Guru

That as a " loooong stretch " in the video

vince56 · Senior Member

travelyounger wrote:
vince56 wrote:
I used a hair drier to warm the hook, get it quite warm, prize it off VERY slowly and gently with a butter knife, worked a treat for me on two hooks, no marks at all.
Lift off gently with a flexible scraper and remove glue with a rag with eucalyptus oil or turps
cheers

Didn't need the turps or eu oil. no residual at all and hooks had been in place for over a year.

Pariss · Veteran Member

Soak several times ove a few hours with WD40, will easily come free.