[PADG:1109] Re: Goo Gone

[Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa <e.cunnk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Victoria:

I've encountered Goo Gone at a local pottery store.  They use it to 
remove price tags from pottery purchased for gifts.  Goo Gone is 
really smelly (citrus) and oily.  Whenever I purchased a gift for 
wrapping at this particular shop I worried that the residue from Goo 
Gone would 1) harm the pottery and 2) smell awful to the person 
opening the gift.  I have no evidence that either of these worries 
are founded---but my instincts tell me Goo Gone is not something we 
would employ for preservation purposes.  Other than these rather 
pedestrian observations, I don't know of research on Goo Gone.

Good luck!

Ellen


> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for some information about Goo Gone, a product made by the Magic
> American Corporation that is used to remove stains, grease, stickers, tar,
> gum, crayon and tape.  According to the manufacturer "citrus power and
> scientific technology combine to defeat the toughest stains".  The MSDS
> provided by the manufacturer states the ingredients are "Proprietary Mixture
> (Citrus and Petroleum Solvent-Based Stain Remover). 
>
> Anyone have any experience with Goo Gone, or know of any testing that's been
> done on it with respect to its use on library materials? 
>
> Thanks so much for the help!
>
> Victoria
>
> Victoria Heiduschke
> Preservation Librarian
> Milner Library
> Illinois State University
> Campus Box 8900
> Normal IL 61790
> (309) 438-7463
> vheidus@xxxxxxxxx


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Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa
Director
The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record
School of Information
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station D7000
Austin TX 78712-0390
Phone: 512.471.8287
FAX: 512.471.8285
E-mail: e.cunnk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx