They had left the protective plastic on and displaying it in the Texas heat melted it to the steel. After Christmas THE grill was put on clearance. As the price was way more than I could budget, I caressed it fondly every visit and kept cooking away on my old Wal-Mart grill. I live in the Dallas area and found a great 5 burner Vermont grill I really coveted. My greatest appreciation to Bill D for his tip about household ammonia dissolving plastic film on stainless steel. I believe the protective plastic did not pull off cleanly because of the hot climate down here in Mexico. The ammonia worked like a charm! Now I can cook in the new oven. I bought a stainless-steel gas range, and have been unable to get the residue off with WD40, hair spray, etc. Thanks so much for keeping this information out on the web. Household ammonia removed the adhesive residue easily. I also made direct inquiry to the 3M company and they suggested if the adhesive resists organic solvents like toluene, MEK, xylene, etc., as well as citrus-based products, the adhesive may be acrylic-based and it might be attacked with household ammonia. Thanks to everyone for responding helpfully to my question about removing adhesive residue from stainless-steel sheet metal. (It is our sad duty to advise that Freeman passed away but when you mentioned a slew of aromatic hydrocarbons, I was a-wondering if the protective sleeving was Polyethylene which had somehow 'heat bonded' itself to the sheeting. Let's hope that those other people's helpful suggestions will work. You really should find out WHAT the covering material was and WHAT, if any, was the 'glue' used! Then and then only could people make suitable suggestions. note: Several people have recommended that readers proceed immediately to Terry S's entry of Jas the simplest solution. None of these solvents have any significant effect on the adhesive residue.
, Xylene and Toluene products, and even gasoline and WD-40. We have tried to remove this residue using MEK / methyl ethyl ketone, lacquer thinner The film is sometimes extremely difficult to remove, often leaving a heavy adhesive residue on the metal. This film is removed at the job site after installation. We are presently working with a stainless-steel material that comes from the metal suppler covered with a protective plastic film. Our company manufactures and installs sheet-metal systems for enclosing piping, wiring, etc. Many successes were reported with hot/boiling water, ammonia, or acetone. - "Removing protective plastic film adhesive residue from stainless steel, brass, etc.".(one of the world's very few 'no registration' sites)
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