Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I was cleaning up this bike frame that had a big patch of old dried duct tape glue residue. I don't know how long the tape was on the bike, but it appears have been on there for a long time. I tried naphtha (lighter fluid), alcohol, WD-40, and warm water. But these things did almost nothing. Maybe if the duct tape adhesive had been fresher, maybe these would have worked. My main concern was not wanting to damage the paint, so I didn't want to try anything like acetone. I read a suggestion online about gasoline, so I tested it on a small patch, and it removed the residue fast and easy. So I show removing the duct tape residue with gasoline. While this is a bike frame, it should work to remove duct tape residue from a car body as well.
As a safety precaution, I used gloves, and had my garage door open for ventilation. Also be careful around open flame as gasoline is flammable.

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