best way to remove a glued postcard from cardboard?

[slidekellyslide]

I wouldn't really mess with it if the glue is under the signature....there's a guy on this forum who shows up occasionally named Dick Towle who can get it off of there with no problem..not sure what he'd charge though.

[chaddurbin]

i don't think dick towle is an option, unless his cost is alot lower than what i imagine it to be.

thanks for all the replies so far!

[RichardSimon]

I have used a hair dryer to remove scotch tape.
Not sure if it would work on glue but might be worth a try, don't think it would hurt the card.

[chaddurbin]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I have used a hair dryer to remove scotch tape.
Not sure if it would work on glue but might be worth a try, don't think it would hurt the card.

richard--your suggestion sounds like a good way to kill a wednesday evening, so i put the hair dryer on full blast and tried to aim away from the sig as much as possible...results 10 minutes later below. i was a little impatient so put it on hot and it peeled pretty fast, on warm it was slower. we'll see if the pc is still in one piece tomorrow ...thx R owe u one!

p.s. i was tempted to turn the hair dryer on the jsa sticker but didn't want to push my luck

[thenavarro]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

richard--your suggestion sounds like a good way to kill a wednesday evening, so i put the hair dryer on full blast and tried to aim away from the sig as much as possible...results 10 minutes later below. i was a little impatient so put it on hot and it peeled pretty fast, on warm it was slower. we'll see if the pc is still in one piece tomorrow ...thx R owe u one!

p.s. i was tempted to turn the hair dryer on the jsa sticker but didn't want to push my luck

Congrats on the successful operation. Did you hair dryer the actual postcard or the board that it was attached to? In other words, did you "blow air" on the signed side of the pc to heat it up, or the back side of the cardboard backing to heat it up? I've got this one coming in a couple weeks and I'd like to try it myself as my Jackie is adhered to this board.



Thanks,

Mike

[chaddurbin]

mike--i started out blowing the back of the white cardboard but got impatient...so then i aimed for the edges of the actual postcard. i put the heat on medium and it took slower to peel...so i just put it on high to get the job done asap. i figured if i put it on med the pc will be exposed to the heat flow longer but not as hot...if it was on high there'd be more heat but for a shorter duration (so it was a wash in my head). ymmv tho with the adhesive used and cardboard type.

[thenavarro]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

mike--i started out blowing the back of the white cardboard but got impatient...so then i aimed for the edges of the actual postcard. i put the heat on medium and it took slower to peel...so i just put it on high to get the job done asap. i figured if i put it on med the pc will be exposed to the heat flow longer but not as hot...if it was on high there'd be more heat but for a shorter duration (so it was a wash in my head). ymmv tho with the adhesive used and cardboard type.

Thanks for the explanation.

Mike