how to clean residue off disk sander

[Anthony Diodati]

I got this nice Craftsman disk sander, looks like this one shown. I only paid about $30.00 for it.
but how are you guys cleaning off the sticky residue left behind from the sanding disk?
I heard acetone, but that even did not cut it that well.
I ended up taking off the disk and cleaning it. I took a little gentle heat to the hub to get the disk off the motor shaft.
I used the acetone and a skuff pad, but it was still hard.

One poster on another group said after you get it all cleaned up, to put a coat of paste wax on the disk, and buff it off,
and this would prevent the residue from sticking on the disk.
I tried that this time, and It seemed to stick well.
as a matter of fact, it was ever so slightly off center, and I tried ro re-position it, and could not remove it from the disk.
It was close enough though.

Did anybody try the wax trick yet?

I borrowed this picture from the Internet

[Loren Woirhaye]

Dunno. Did you try mineral spirits? I've had good luck getting adhesives off different things with plain old paint thinner.

[Anthony Diodati]

No Loren, just tried the acetone.
My thoughts are that acetone is a stronger solvent.
Thanks,
Tony

[Loren Woirhaye]

Yeah, I once damaged a guitar finish removing stickers with strong solvents and then I tried paint thinner... and facepalm.

[Mark Walden]

My hardware store carries a product called GOOF-OFF it is for cleaning off my sanding disc. Just pour some on a paper towel, turn on the sander apply to the spinning disc. Works great, plus I love the name.
Mark Walden

[John Lanciani]

My potion of choice for removing adhesive.

[Anthony Diodati]

My potion of choice for removing adhesive.

nice, cause it won't hurt paint. I had to re do some of my paint cause acetone got on it.

[eugene thomas]

I use lacquer thiner. Also used to clean the glue off my drum sander when changing the hook and loop rool.

[Anthony Diodati]

I use lacquer thiner. Also used to clean the glue off my drum sander when changing the hook and loop rool.

don't think l have any lacquer thinner,
Will lacquer thinner most likely attack my painted areas of the sander?
I guess I could continue to remove the disk for cleaning.
I see they sometimes use a heat gun to assist removing the sandpaper, I don't have one, I used a propane torch.
I don't know, maybe the wax will help.
Hopefully those disks last pretty long. I got 3 new ones that came with the sander.
What is a good place to buy them, Klingspore?