HUGE New wood type

Just took delivery of this 26 line latin wood type, nearly 28cm in length and 57 pieces in all, don't know if are any missing yet as I need a large area to lay them all out. I've put a 5x8 chase there for comparison, it weighs a tonne :)
Apparently it's been stuck to a ceiling in Bradford and it smell awful musty but the face hasn't been touched and if full of character, but before I can print with it I'll have to clean all the glue off the back!
Anybody any idea what to use, I've tried a scraper but it's like an epoxy based resin, so maybe paint stripper will work?

A new type face

A new acquisition, love it or hate it, in my case I love a little French Clarendon matcho typeface to add to a Fathers Day card, you can see it printed here