How to dissolve or clean walthers goo?

[Anonymous]

I got a little bit of the stuff on one of the roofs and would like to clean or dissolve it and repaint the affected area.

What is the best method for this?

[ndbprr]

Well you don't say waht the material is but if it is fairly new it acts a lot like rubber cement.  a little judicious back and forth rubbing with your finger may just take it off.  Another method that works if a bigger amount is to stick a very sharp toothpick into the blob and then roll  it.  The Goo will wind around it until it is removed.  I would go the solvent route as a last resort.  Goo gone will remove just about anything but I would be careful on plastic.

[Anonymous]

It is alot like rubber cement.

I managed to get most of it, the roof will recieve a bit of weathering anyhow and hopefully conceal some of the paint damage from the attempts at removal.

I managed to save the roof sections where they meet but took some pretty drastic measures. Snipping off a plastic sprue and cementing it under the center line did the trick. They dont tell you about these in the instructions.

I was using Goo on small chopped wood blocks under the two roof sections as a sort of a brace system. Unfortunately a little bit got on the finger which was transferred elsewhere on the building. Presto.. glue spot. Grrr. lol.

[dknelson]

It is a mix of rubber cement and a solvent based cement so it could mar a plastic surface.  the rubbing method mentioned above has worked well for me, so has gently working it with a sharp knife to "herd" the cement into a ball that can be pried off.  It also softens with heat I have discovered -- not soldering iron heat maybe but perhaps a hair dryer type heat. 

Dave Nelson