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Removing stickers/labels/price tags with out sticky residue

Removing stickers/labels/price tags with out sticky residue

Quick and easy should work with any solid none porous material.

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You will need:
Cotton balls
Rubbing alcohol
Small container

Put a few cotton balls (enough to cover the sticker) in the container pour rubbing alcohol onto cotton balls just enough to be soaked up.

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14 comments

Feb 14, 2011. 12:22 PMFrozenIce says:

thx

Aug 22, 2008. 4:24 PMcollard41 says:

cant you use a heater to de-stickyise (if thats a word) the glue

Aug 22, 2008. 5:48 PMi make shooting things (author) says:

heat might melt some plastics Maybe holding it over a tea pot.

Aug 23, 2008. 3:30 AMcollard41 says:

sorry i meant to say with a bit of steam, and the steam doesnt need to be that hot

Feb 7, 2011. 6:15 PMBunnyLover says:

actually steam is always hot beacause it is next to plasma which doesnt exist on earth and steam is proabably always past 100 degrees celcius

Sep 10, 2008. 6:52 PMJunkyard John says:

I use cold steam to remove sticky residue all the time!

Dec 9, 2009. 4:51 PMpyra_builder_1337 says:

you can use lighter fluid as well

Nov 8, 2008. 9:10 PM

Mattrox says:

Hay I did this a my plastic cup started melting the cracked because of the achohol. I'm gonna sue you!!!!!!!!!! lol

Nov 25, 2009. 4:14 AMbubble_gum_chewing_gum says:

haha. it didn't work to me. too bad. T_T

Apr 29, 2009. 1:24 PMZippy_Pyromaniac says:

Finally! I try everything to get adhesive off and it always makes me mad! thank you!

Aug 23, 2008. 3:54 PMwsround says:

WD0 does just as good with less work

Aug 23, 2008. 1:46 PM

DIY Dave says:

I use WD-40

Aug 23, 2008. 1:47 AMklee27x says:

Amateur. :) Peel sticker while scraping with a razor blade. Give a couple more swipes with the razor, and glass is sparkling clean. If there's any residue left over, a touch of acetone on a bit of paper towel will take care of it.

Aug 22, 2008. 5:28 PMikoda says:

Um. For me. When I have sticky residue or pieces of the paper still stuck. I use an eraser until it comes of. It works. You could try it out too.