Be gone you nasty stickiness!
- by Maureen Carter (RSS feed) on Nov 21st 2007 4:00PM
I'm sure you have had it happen to you. You buy a new baking pan, mug, vase or some other item that doesn't come in a package and had that darn price tag refuse to let go. You can try many things to get it off but sometimes, even once the paper part of the tag comes off, you are left with a sticky spot where the tag was. What can you do? You may think that there isn't much you can do but tipnut has changed that for us.
Thanks to this list of 25 possibilities for killing the gunk you have a whole arsenal of ideas to get that nastiness off.
Some of the ideas are things you might expect, such as; goo gone and nail polish remover. There are also some not so expected ideas. Mayonnaise, hair spray and Windex? Who knew.
Personally my favorite idea is one that my mom swears by, the hairdryer. She also has been known to pull out the heat gun for really stubborn stickers. This one is good for things that will stand up well to heat but you don't want to risk with some of the other harsher methods.
Do you have any tried and true sticky removing techniques that aren't listed? Please share them in the comments below.
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11-22-2007 @ 12:51PM
Crosius said...
If the item you're de-labelling is made of glass, swabbing the sticker with Xylene makes it slide right off.
Of course, Xylene stinks like hells own rubber cement and isn't good to get on your skin, so you'll need to do this outside while wearing gloves.
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11-21-2007 @ 11:04PM
AS said...
I've always had good luck with rubbing alcohol.
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11-23-2007 @ 12:35AM
Andres said...
I learned this from a taxi driver in Venezuela, where police place a huge letter size sticker on your windshield if you park your car at the wrong time. For removing those stickers or registration stickers in this case or anything over glass....... use cocacola or pepsi. Use a damped cloth, it should be gone quickly. Then wipe with water.
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