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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3243597, member: 10461&quot;]It is similar to the residues I&#039;ve seen from old, early cellophane tape, but could also be old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucilage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucilage" rel="nofollow">mucilage</a> glue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if school kids still use that stuff with construction paper, but when I was a wee lad in elementary school, we had it.&nbsp; It had a red rubber top on the bottle which you&#039;d squish down onto the paper and swirl around to cover the areas you want to glue together.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/0217/15/1_7ab33f74bf89173ae705fe0203f2b7ad.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found some <a href="https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Dolls/Does-anyone-know-how-to-remove-old-brown-mucilage-amp-other/td-p/16688301" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Dolls/Does-anyone-know-how-to-remove-old-brown-mucilage-amp-other/td-p/16688301" rel="nofollow">message board posts about old dolls</a> where someone asked how to remove mucilage.&nbsp; Seems that alcohol, vinegar, and GooGone were some of the recommended solvents, but people had mixed results.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think acetone might still be the go-to stuff.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know how long you should soak it.&nbsp; I&#039;d try maybe a short dip followed by some Q-tip work, and see how it goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could also try some really hot water, like from your coffee maker.&nbsp; Since Mucilage is a vegetable-based glue, you might not need a chemical solvent.&nbsp; A good soak in hot water might loosen that stuff up.&nbsp; If it doesn&#039;t, try the acetone.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Disclaimer- I&#039;ve never really tried this on this sort of old glue deposit, so take the advice above with a grain of salt.&nbsp; But hot water or acetone <i>ought to </i>be OK.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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