I think it if called goo gone. It should take off the sticky residue

This is what i use and it takes almost all sticky stuff off.. Hubby uses it on his chain saw when in Florida we had rubber trees,the sap is super sticky and builds up on the saw, watched him,thought he was just lubercating and then he wiped saw off. He sprayed the chainsaw teeth and the blade they fit on. cleaned them right up. I use wd for all sticky residue from tape and even jars after I soak Jars in hot water to get paper off. Wonderful stuff. You don't have to spray directly on what it is you are trying to clean spray your finger or a paper towel
BillsBonBon

I have found Old English lemon oil furniture polish to take off nearly any sticky residue from any surface. Maybe you could try that.

Citrus based products work well on sticky stuff. Try something with orange oil in it or maybe even some plain lemon juice.

goo gone is a wonderful product. Just be sure to wash off really well. This product is oily.

spray wd 40 on a piece of cloth and rub it off

Goo GOne is a great product, also WD40 would work

Eucalyptus oil. Works a treat!

Sometimes rubbing with a papertowel with some vegetable oil on it will do the trick.

"Goo be gone" is nothing more than corn oil. Just use a little on a cloth it will come right off.

Rub some eucalyptus oil or Ti tree oil over the area, and it will come off. Put the oil onto a cotton wool ball and rub the area. The residue will come off onto the cotton wool ball and will not damage your machine.

Goo-Gone works. give it a try.

i dont know if this would work but when i got my new stove the tag left a sticky mess on the metal part of the stove and the service man told me to buy WD40 in a pen he had one with him and said he uses it all the time for this i bought one and use it all the time

i had to use peanut butter or vegetable oil to remove gum from my girls' hair 46 years ago. it worked. no chemicals. no damage. i think it would work on the machine and safely. what would it hurt to try? good luck.

So did any of our ideas work? :|
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try Goo Gone. It's really a good product.

WD40 won't hurt the plastic. But neither will fabric softener. Just put some liquid softener in a spray bottle with a little water, and spray it to soak. Works like a charm, even on old wall paper

on an episode of How clean is your house? they said using Mayo will take off stickers and not leave a residue. It's worth a try and won't hurt anything.

I just ahd that very same problem with basting spray sticking to my machine, (silly me basted the wrong thing, made things very hard to sew) and so it all got stick to my machine. i just used a small peice of wadding, sprayed a small amount of silicone it , and it just wiped away really easy. Wont hurt the plastic either.

rubbing alcohal works great. God bless.

Goo Gone is wonderful and dosent leave a resadue ...
ConnieF

In Australia we use Eucalyptus Oil and it worls every time. It is sold all over the world, maybe somewhere near you.

How about putting ice blocks on it until it is real cold them try with an egg slide or your husbands putty knife. It should come off (hopefully).

Goo Gone Absolutely. I've used it for years. It even takes tar off floors and walls without damaging the finish. It is an oil and therefore less likely to damage plastic. Just put a drop or two on let it sit for a few minutes then wipe it off. It smells like oranges and works great.

Checking in for the solution you chose and the one that worked for you.

W-D 40 is great and not as expensive as the goop.

Cookie

That's not a stupid answer - peanut butter. It works for a lot of things, and would wash off with water. I was going to also suggest peanut butter.

wd40 work great.

Goop-Off

Goo Gone is wonderful for getting stickl stuff off works like a charm every time(:)

Goo Gone is the best. It'll take the sticky stuff off.

Goo Gone is great to use for many things. Acidtate could be tried too.

Hi, everyone,

Just a quick, partial update - a lot going on right now and I haven't had time to try anything but rubbing alcohol. It didn't work. I have used the machine though, I had scraped a lot of the stuff off with my fingernail.

Unfortunately the guide was on the metal, the clear plastic that covers the bobbin case, and the main part of the machine (I guess it's plastic too?) - only about 4" long but the darn thing managed to mess up everything!

Next step will be oil - will try cooking oil first.

Thanks, and I'll write again when I have some more results!

Lorli

Lorli

Thank you for the update, please keep us posted as to how the cooking oil works when you get a minute to do that. Would you?

TreeFrog

I have been successful using a little vegetable oil on a paper towel and rubbing it off.

I don't know about the cooking oil, but I do know that peanut butter will take care of messy sticky gum. in hair and on clothese. You might try that, it would have to be washed off the machine the same as the cooking oil. Who knows it might work, and it's good eating too. lol. Mayo will often get sticky things out of clothes and hair. That would be worth a try as well.

I use WD40 to clean up the sticky stuff like tape and it works quite quickly. I noticed that using machine oil can get a bit sticky after a while. When I tune up and clean my machine I soak the parts in WD40.

I completely forgot about WD40. That's almost like a miracle drug so to speak. I've heard it contains fish oil and is used for so many things. That might just the the answer to sticky stuff. Thanks for the reminder.

Thanks, everyone, for the advice. Here's the update. I tried cooking oil, no luck, and finally got up the nerve to try the Goo Gone. I dabbed a tiny dot of it on the back of the machine - I was so worried about ruining the finish of the plastic on my almost-brand-new sewing machine. There was no damage so I went to work with it on the sticky stuff. Dabbed it on with a q-tip and it took a little waiting around and another application, but the sticky stuff is gone now! Cleaned the spot afterwards with rubbing alcohol and it looks good as new. Thanks so much, everyone! I feel like I have a new machine!

That is great to hear that all the sticky stuff is all gone, and thank you for the update! Good idea for trying on the back of the machine first!

TreeFrog