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Tar on the LCD screen of my VOM

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W. eWatson

Jan 1, 1970
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A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
 
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Tom Biasi

Jan 1, 1970
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Tar remover, from an auto parts dealer.
It may attack the plastic.
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
 
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Winston

Jan 1, 1970
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Tom said:
It may attack the plastic.
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.

Leave at room temperature.

Well Isolated From Sparks or Open Flame,
Snap on some rubber gloves.

Grab some scrap terry cloth (Not paper) towels.
Work outside or with excellent ventilation.
Open your trusty can of naphtha and put a
little on the corner of your towel.
Rub tar off, occasionally changing the towel
surface.

Naphtha (Coleman camping fuel) works better than
magic and does not harm plastic, though it will
suck the oil right out of your fingers if you
allow personal contact. See note about gloves.

--Winston :)
 
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Chiron

Jan 1, 1970
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To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.

That could work. I'm wondering whether warming the area might soften the
tar enough to let you get at it...
 
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Jasen Betts

Jan 1, 1970
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A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?

flux remover
 
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Fred Abse

Jan 1, 1970
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A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the garage
today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar. Each less
than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get the biggest
one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?

Try thin machine oil ("3-in-1"), that won't damage the (probably acrylic)
window. If that doesn't work, try gasoline. Don't use benzene, acetone,
paint thinner, etc, as that *will* damage.
 
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notbob

Jan 1, 1970
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Yup. Expensive by the gallon that way, though.

I thought he had 3 specks on an LCD screen, not gonna de-asphalt his
driveway. ;)

nb
 
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Winston

Jan 1, 1970
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notbob said:
I thought he had 3 specks on an LCD screen, not gonna de-asphalt his
driveway. ;)

Naphtha is an amazing cleaner.

I took three dried eggs off my car door in only
a few minutes using naphtha a few weeks ago.
It left the finish untouched.

'Would have been difficult to do with anything less.

Once you discover naphtha, you find all kinds of uses for it.

:)

--Winston
 
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W. eWatson

Jan 1, 1970
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It may attack the plastic.
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
I'll give it a shot in the freezer. Yep, "attack" is likely the outcome.
 
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Fred Abse

Jan 1, 1970
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I took three dried eggs off my car door in only
a few minutes using naphtha a few weeks ago.
It left the finish untouched.

Who threw the eggs at you?
 
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Winston

Jan 1, 1970
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Fred said:
Who threw the eggs at you?

My car was the target, not me.

I don't know who decorated my car.

I assume it is just kids enjoying a few
harmless, innocent 'youthful indiscretions'.

My neighbor across the street got her car door
egg'd the same way a month earlier, so I don't
think it's personal.


--Winston
 
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Fred Abse

Jan 1, 1970
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Everyone else was suggesting Naphtha, which is a petroleum distillate

I thought it was a coal distillate, coke oven byproduct.
 
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W. eWatson

Jan 1, 1970
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A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
I finally tried (Sunyside) paint remover today. Worked like a charm.
 
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