If it is organic in nature, like corn syrup, I would think it would dissolve when treated with googone, lighter fluid, or maybe even soaking it in water, if that wouldn't damage the laminate. If it is glue, I don't know what will remove glue, and certainly without damaging the laminate. Nail polish remover? Acetone? Energine? Paint thinner? So what's on the things, anyway? joe salerno David Lennick wrote: > I was sent some early 50s Soundcraft lacquers to transfer, and after I > cleaned off the palmitic acid these were very clean..except that one > disc seems to have come into contact with glue or corn syrup or some > other substance which has spread over the first two minutes in one area. > The stuff is hard, not sticky, and is in a lace-like pattern, not a > solid glob, and it plays through (and will probably scrape off but I'd > rather not do that to the grooves). Any suggestions that don't involve > ordering a special product and waiting for its arrival? GooGone? Lighter > fluid? Once again, the stuff isn't sticky. > > dl >