<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Doing some further investigation on the subject.... I came across this April, 2005 thread on the archives of the Association of Recorded Sound's ARC-List:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/arsclist/2005/04/msg00148.html">http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/arsclist/2005/04/msg00148.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Essentially, someone else had the same problem, and asked about it.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim Lindner reported that he'd seen amazing results in Australia at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. I've re-formatted it here for easier reading:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">I recently learned something while at the NFSA in Australia - (formerly</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Screensound). I had also removed the glue in an expensive and time</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">consuming process for years. We used Triclor at that time to do it. It</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">did not do a great job and took forever. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">At screensound they have been using Eucalyptus Oil to remove the glue. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I had my doubts when they told me this but then we actually did a reel.</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The result was amazing - and I do not use "amazing" often. The</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Eucalyptus oil absolutely dissolved the glue - it removed it from both</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">the foam on the flange and the tape. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I expected the foam to be affected and the tape edges as well. That was</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">not the case. It just came off incredibly cleanly and easily. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">You don't have to wind the tape and clean the edges separately - it just</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">all comes off. Now I realize this may sound like an advert. For citrus</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">miracle or something - but it isn't. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">They had to experiment with a couple of different brands - one was a bit</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">too aggressive - but the demonstration I saw was incredibly impressive.</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The tape edges looked great - certainly good enough for a playback. I</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">just thought I would pass it on. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Give it a try Peter - you will be surprised.</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">jim</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In a followup post, Jim expanded on his observations:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I saw it with my own eyes - straight out of the bottle, put on a swab -</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">wiped over the surface - and the stuff is just gone, poof, and no</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">noticeable effects on anything other then the glue. The tape looked</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">great. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">There may be some long term longevity issues - but the goal in this</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">situation is to just get the gook off and make a copy so I was not</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">thinking about "long term" in these particular situations anyhow. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">As I mentioned they experimented with two different types - but as</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">described they chose one of them because it was less aggressive. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Interestingly years ago before 3M went out of the business - I was told</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">that they spent a huge amount of money researching this (after all they</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">had the problem in the first place) and found that Triclor was the ONLY</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">thing that worked. I never thought of questioning it.</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The stuff works great - much better then Triclor.</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">And as an added feature - - - I had a cold when I visited and a nice</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">person at the archive gave me a small bottle which I opened up in the</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">hotel room and it filled the room with that lovely fragrance, and it did</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">make breathing easier. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I had to leave it behind however - I did not want to have to explain to</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">customs what it was.... now that has me wondering if there is a</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">connection between nasal congestion and Flange glue - LOL. But seriously</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">- it works really well. No reservations on recommending this one.</span></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>There are other informative posts in the thread, including a notation from Gerald Green that:</div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">I also was introduced to eucalyptus oil while in Australia, and it works</span></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">marvelously as a glue or adhesive remover. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Aussies use it for darned near anything: my bottle has directions for use in "cold and influenza</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">symptoms; muscular aches and pains; satins, grease marks on clothes, tar</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">on paintwork," etc. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">It has a powerful - but not unpleasant - odor. </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">My bottles (50 and 200 ml.) are labelled Bosisto's Eucalyptus Oil and</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">marked POISON in large red letters. It's from Felton Grimwade and</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Bickworth Pty. Ltd., 61 Clarinda Road, Oakleigh south, Victoria -- </span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Jerry Green</span></font></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><div>In a separate <a href="http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/arsclist/2005/04/msg00137.html">thread about powdery substances</a>, videotape restoration facility Spec Brothers' Peter Brothers went into the history of the problem:</div><div><a href="http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/arsclist/2005/04/msg00145.html">http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/arsclist/2005/04/msg00145.html</a></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">The cushion-flange glue problem only happened on 3M (Scotch) 1" and 2"</blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">video. </blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">Most cushioned reels are fine but, at one point, 3M subcontracted out </blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">the cushion attachment part of the reel manufacture and the</blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">subcontractor used the wrong glue. </blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></span></div></span></font></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><br></div><div>I did some more googling, and apparently Eucalyptus Oil is useful/used for all kinds of things... including lice control, removing gum from hair and other things. Don't use on the cat, however. It's toxic to kitties. Not that they should be in the room where you're transferring tape or film, anyway :)</div><div><br></div><div>HOWEVER... I also ran across this document on the website of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials...</div><div><a href="http://www.aiccm.org.au/docs/Bulletin1992/Brandis_Bulletin_1992_Vol18No1and2.PDF">http://www.aiccm.org.au/docs/Bulletin1992/Brandis_Bulletin_1992_Vol18No1and2.PDF</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>which did some research into the effectiveness of Eucalyptus Oil and removing adhesive material. This was focused more on paper items, so some of this may not apply to glue removal from metal flanges or possibly, videotape.</div><div><br></div></div><div>The Abstract says:</div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p style="font-size: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; ">The use of eucalyptus oil as an aid in the removal of adhesive material as been advocated for some years. No scientific evidence for its effectiveness appears to have been published. This report describes preliminary investigations into the effectiveness of eucalyptus oil in the removal of adhesive materials and of stains caused by these materials. It was found that eucalyptus oil was not as effective in removing adhesive materials as was the more conventional solvent, acetone, and eucalyptus oil caused some staining.</p></span></blockquote><div><div>So... your mileage with Eucalyptus Oil may vary and use at your own risk.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this is both helpful and interesting.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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