# Removing duct tape from a rug **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 14, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-duct-tape-from-a-rug/666249 "2013-08-14T20:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-duct-tape-from-a-rug/666249/1 "2013-08-14T20:50:31Z")
Any recommendations for removing duct tape glue from a rug? The tape was there for some time, tacking down the edge. When it was pulled off, some of the glue was left behind. The rug is a Berber, pure wool, but of course dyed. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-duct-tape-from-a-rug/666249/2 "2013-08-14T21:06:18Z")
Assuming you like the rug? Using cotton balls or swabs soaked in lemon or baby oil, dab the oil into the tape residue. Once the residue’s soaked through w/ the oil, you should bee able to start scraping it up w/ a fingernail. Keep dabbing the oil in, resisting the urge to rub the fibers together to spread the oil among them; this will mostly spread the residue instead and is bad. (This is a lot like using peanut butter to get gum out of hair, if you’ve ever had to do that it will feel familiar.) Once you’re satisfied w/ the results sprinkle baking powder on the oily area if it’s discolored the rug. Let it rest a few days and vacuum it up, repeat as necessary. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-duct-tape-from-a-rug/666249/3 "2013-08-14T23:47:20Z")
Goo Gone. That even got roofing asphalt out of berber carpeting for me once.