: Dont use solvents at all, use a thin blade, the old razor blades (the double
: sided ones i mean) or even better if you get a scalpel with replaceable
: blades, cut uder the tape sort of like shaving it off the resin for the
: tape bulk, then scrape lightly for glue residue, its worth to give a try
: tapping with some new packing tape onto the glue residue, if its fresh and
: tacky it will stick more to the tape than the resin and pull off, not
: granted but it happens. Otherwise keep a light hand and scrape it off.
: Solvents are nasty and generally leave residues, resin its tough and resist
: well to some wiping with them, but a scalpel works on anything even
: varnishes that wouldnt resist solvents so its useful to learn to do it
: that way
: (if you want a little practice try scraping a label residue off a glass
: bottle or jar, glass its hard it will guide you, it will give you an
: "hand feeling" for when youll scrape off a softer material like
: resin)

: After scraped if its the last coat then just buff once the resin its fully
: and completely cured, if its going to get new coats dont bother the
: scraping matt surface will be covered anyways.

: PS if you browse a catalog for tools to build guitars and violins and that
: kind of stuff youd find miniature scrapers and planes that could shave off
: masking tape with all the glue in one pass. I believe someone in the forum
: builds guitars, hopefully can give a better indications on which works
: better.

With regard to the scrapers, I have been using a cabinet scraper. Which sort of works, but then the ball of gunk starts to clog the burr and the scraping action stops. I then have to clean off the scraper. It works, but it's slow going.

Thanks to everyone for the advise...ponder and report on what I used and how it worked.

Mike