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\nOK, it took forever, but thanks to the joys of Spring Break I finally found a few moments to clean the shelf with the dead bat bits stuck to it [earlier story<\/a>][photos of said bat<\/a>]. A huge thanks to all the people who left their suggestions as to how to sort out the problem both here<\/a> and on PeeZed’s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nGoo Gone was the most common suggestion, so a trip was made to the local hardware store and said cleaner was acquired. And it worked beautifully! I dripped a little on, let it soak for a few minutes as per the instructions, and then wiped it off. It took a little rubbing in places, but it all came off, and without too much effort. There is much<\/em> rejoicing!<\/p>\n

Huge thanks too everyone who was kind enough to share their ideas, and especially to those who coveted the new character that our bookshelf had acquired. I’m sorry to say that the Goo Gone has completely removed that character without any markings on the wood whatsoever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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