Try oil lemon oil or teak oil or mineral oil. I hope you haven't tried anything else. Oil works but it is easier if it is not altered by other chemicals. Cooking oil is good for removing label and price sticker glue from glass or ceramics too. In fact almost any kind of tape glue is removable with oil--something to keep in mind for the next time you want to remove tape glue. Since I found this hint it's the only thing I use.

I would use WD40, try on area that is inconspicuous first, but should be fine! I personally have never used Goo Gone but others have had success. I always have WD40 at hand and have used it on many different surfaces. Good luck, Red

I would try un-du first. It'a an adhesive remover, in some ways similar to goo gone. I've had alot of luck with this product. You should be able to use this product to break the chemical bonds causing the stickiness (at least that's how they say it works) Be sure to get all of the sticky stuff up, because if you havn't removed it from your carpet, when the un-do evaporates the glue gets sticky again. This stuff smells kind of like skunk, but it all evaporates, the smell goes away, and there is no need to rinse. I've had problems getting rid of odor & residue with goo gone. Un-do seems to be available at craft places, scrapbooking storea, and I first bought it from QVC years ago.

-We feel the home is very dry hence the unfortunate necessity. I can honestly say I've never felt like this before. We wake up with dry throat, dry eyes and lips, etc. It wasn't like that at my folk's home ;) Plus with all our wood flooring, I think some humidity is needed. To comment on what's been said so far, thankfully, NONE of the ductwork is flex. It's all that tin/metal tubing. So first, as you described, I would seal all the joints, then wrap them with some sort of radiant heat insulating sheet. (That was what I saw at Lowes.) Any other recommendations on what to wrap them with? The furnace is pretty accessible. I was actually looking at a Honeywell model and considering mounting it just as you described, with the bypass on the cold air return and warm air unit on the hot air. In fact, I'm gonna take a photo now.... "A" is where I was going to install the drum, "B" is the return where I figured the bypass duct would go and "C" is the furnace. Did I tag that correctly? Oh, and B is where there was an old humidity humidistat that was removed and simply replaced with duct tape. I only saw the plate type humidifers at Home Depot. Tell me more about the drum type. And please let me know any recommendations on what models to get. THe home is small, about 1300 squ feet. Any recommendations on brands, etc? Here is a link that might be useful: