How To Remove Stickers and the Adhesive
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How To Remove Stickers and the Adhesive
Some adhesives are easy to get off. Say you need to get the label off that empty pickle jar. Scrape through the label a little and smear it with dish soap. Soak in hot, soapy water. The paper comes off, leaving just a little adhesive to scrape off. Easy stuff. Price tags and stickers are harder to remove. Citrus oil to the rescue! It's a powerful dissolver, or solvent if you want to be scientific. Your store's cleaning aisle has citrus-based cleaners as well as goo removers. Follow label directions. Has the sun baked tape or a sticker to the outside of your window? Visit the hardware store. They'll advise you on the right kind of scraper.
Comments
9/27/2006 12:31:16 PMDiane Candler said:
Better yet, soak the sticker area in equal parts liquid fabric softener and water, stickiness comes right off!
9/28/2006 8:36:09 AM
Terry said:
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9/28/2006 9:07:52 AM
Vivien W. said:
Vinegar is great for removing adhesives from glass such as picture frames or wine glassess. Just let the sticker soaker for a few minutes and rub it off.
5/30/2007 7:59:38 AM
Jennifer said:
Great product called "Un-Du" takes stickers (stamps, labels, etc.)off in a jiffy and allows you to reuse them, if you want to!
12/3/2007 12:28:49 PM
Trish W. said:
I was watching a cleaning show
On stickers the ladies used butter to remove them .Rubbed butter on top of the stickers left it for a bit of time the scraped them off worked great .
12/21/2007 12:37:00 PM
Niquole said:
ive always used nail polish remover, cover the sticker with it using a cotton ball and it comes right off
2/1/2008 1:45:08 AM
Mari said:
plain cooking oil works just as well, but it needs to "soak" a while. Rub the sticky part of the jar/glass with cooking oil, leave overnight, scrape off. Wash with dish-washing detergent.
also, sticky stuff on clothing: rub with ice and scrape of. Works for chewing gum too.
2/6/2008 7:58:49 AM
Paul G. said:
Just about anything slippery can keep the adhesive from re-adhering. I've used vegetable oil, peanut butter, WD-40, and Goo-Gone (a great product designed just for this purpose). Old credit cards make good scrapers too.
2/6/2008 3:54:17 PM
Ron said:
I use a little bit of margarine to get the labels off of Hardcover and laminated books.
Work Wonders!!!
2/6/2008 4:28:49 PM
kiah said:
WD-40 works great to remove stickers from almost anything
2/10/2008 10:25:29 PM
JP said:
Dab some peanut butter on the sticker and let it sit overnight. Then just wash the sticker off with your regular dish water.
2/7/2009 4:23:11 PM
Laura Robbins said:
Dip a cloth in a bit of butter and smear. This works everytime!! I have used this trick for shoes, glass, picture frames... everything!!
4/16/2009 10:54:38 PM
Mary A. said:
Use hairconditioner on polyester to remove adhesive.
6/30/2009 9:23:22 AM
cj said:
For stickers on packages (I've had lots of luck on plastic and cardboard/chipboard), heat it up with a hair dryer for a little bit. This often softens the glue and lets you remove the thing in one piece.
6/30/2009 11:11:22 AM
diane said:
to remove stickers from hard surfaces i hold a hot hair dryer on it for a few seconds then begin to peel off a corner . it comes off so easily with no residue
6/30/2009 5:40:24 PM
nan edwards said:
the prduct GOO GONE works great!
6/30/2009 8:24:57 PM
Jocelyn B. said:
Heating the sticker with the hair dryer for a few seconds works great to remove them with no left over residue.
4/29/2015 8:29:05 AM
Kay L said:
Got an acacia wood tray from a retailer w/the bullseye as a gift. Almost the entire surface is covered w/a sticker that has glue that has proved to be near impossible to remove w/o damaging the wood. Soap and water, oil, goo-gone, nothing has removed that glue adhesive. The tray is useless. I checked the retailers online reviews for the product and nearly EVERY SINGLE ONE complained about that sticker! I chatted w/customer service to report it and asked them if they didn't pay attention to their reviews. I still have not been able to get that glue off.
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