Help!?! With removing stickiness ...

[cr8iveme]

Hi!

I'm trying to finish removing my stamps from the wood blocks.

For some reason there's stickiness that I just can't figure out how to remove. Also there's some foam that won't come off either.

I'm figuring there's someone here that's experienced this and can help.

Thank you,

[cellardoor]

I unmounted many stamps and ended up tossing all the wooden blocks because I could not remove the sticky residue. I have recently found that baby powder is the answer. Just sprinkle on the powder (or you can use baking soda) and then scrape with a spatular or putty knife. It really works well. You might have to powder them more than once to make the block perfect.

Gail

[cr8iveme]

Oh I'm actually trying to get the stickiness off the now unmounted rubber.

Will the powder work on the rubber too?

[cr8iveme]

So I tried baby powder and it worked a little.

Next I tried nail polish remover with acetone in it and that worked better.

There are just a few rubber stamps that the adhesive from when they were mounted on wood won't come off.

DH says I may have to try stronger acetone from like Home Depot hopefully that works.

It's so frustrating. I didn't think changing my wood mounted stamps to cling mounted would be so hard to do.

I have been cleaning them between starting each new process and also before putting them on the cling mount.

FYI if y'all are looking for a place to get your cling mounts I definitely recommend going to Stampers Best. I got their 10 pack of cling mount and I've completed almost 4 drawers of stamps and I'll have 1 complete sheet left over for any other stamps I might need it for.

[RiverIsis]

I think a lot of people don't worry if the stamp is sticky to stick to the cling from what I have read on here.