Removing very old rubbers

[SFF_lib]

Have a 40 year old Stiga blade. The rubbers are all dry and dead.

I tried Turpentine on the sponge with little success. The sponge came off a little bit easier, however the sponge still broke off into small pieces stuck on the blade.

can anyone share some helpful experience? Will other chemicals work? What about heat? Any helpful tools?

 

[Egon]

Have a 40 year old Stiga blade. The rubbers are all dry and dead.

I tried Turpentine on the sponge with little success. The sponge came off a little bit easier, however the sponge still broke off into small pieces stuck on the blade.

can anyone share some helpful experience? Will other chemicals work? What about heat? Any helpful tools?

Strongly adhered pads glued with rubber glue can be slowly peeled off using gasoline. If the pad is old and dry, then just clean it off with something sharp and then clean it with sandpaper

 

[Der_Echte]

You could try to put a wet washcloth over the rubber blade and try an iron for so many minutes and give it a try to take off.

 

[lodro]

put a cloth or several layers of paper tissue on the blade and soak it with mineral turpentine and walk away . Half an hour later the sponge can just be gently pushed away with a spatula.
(Carefull with the edges of the spatula, they like to dig into the wood. I have one specially altered for this purpose by rounding the edges off slightly)

 

[lodro]

like this

 

[Doum]

You can try Goo Gone. It will soften the glue and you can remove it with a plastic spatula. But there is no easy ways.