How to Remove Sticker Residue the Easy Way - Just erase it off!
I stumbled upon this quite a while ago, but I thought I might share it with the world. You can erase sticker residue off.
You start with your sticky surface, just erase it! (That's my Listerine Light in the background!)
Brush that stuff off!
There you go!
You start with your sticky surface, just erase it! (That's my Listerine Light in the background!)
Brush that stuff off!
There you go!
posted by Kevin at Friday, November 24, 2006
261 Comments:
Don't bother with the eraser, use a little WD40, it wipes adhesive right off.
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Hmm, I am not convinced yet (and the truth is that I don't want to waist a sticker etc. right now to proove it :))...doesn't it still stick afterwards?
To be tested -
thats awesome
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acetone is the best real sticker remover.
You can use toothpaste
toothpaste is much easier even on soft surface
Cool. Thanks for this.
Other simple ways to remove stickers or sticker residue
- soften with a hair dryer ( low or moderate heat)
- an oil ( lipid) based solvent such as wd40
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Thats neat, saves a lot of crappy time trying alternatives, thanks =D
Wow! Who uses floppies anymore!
Clever. Great tip. thanx
.....this has been known for years..
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good to know!
someone posted this at http://www.streamtvnow.tv/ awhile back
easy, breezy! nice tip, also you can use rubbing alcohol, lightly dampen a cotton ball and swab the area gently. It comes off easily (but don't rub too rigorously or you'll have bits of cotton stuck to the surface).
Try using lighter fluid, It works like a charm too and you don't have to put that much pressure on the object to take it off.
can you use the eraser on your mouth hence foregoing the need for Listerine Light ?
Goo Gone works great for removing sticky residue, and won't harm paint. It also dissolves grease. I use it to clean bicycle parts and to remove old decals.
http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Stickers-from-a-Laptop
Great and easy idea!
3M adhesive remover...available at your local auto parts store.
I hate when stickers are on DVDs and CDs and ruin the covers. This looks like a great tip, I only hope it works just as well as it has in the example.
For most sticker gunk (windshields, etc...) I squirt a small amount of lighter fluid (charcoal fluid also works) on a paper towel. Then, just scrub the stuff right off. But I love this one. Great tip!
You chose to write an article about sticker residue rather than Listerine Light? What the hell is wrong with you?
but it leaves a little mark on the disk from the erasers
that's all well and good on a hard surface where you can coax the acrylic based adhesive to warm up and roll itself off. but for more delicate surfaces - clear plastic, glass, dust jackets, PAPER - try lighter fluid which is usually naptha. IF that doesn't work, there is a less smelly product called un-du (fave of scrapbookers) which is in the butane-hexane family. i wouldn't advice goo-gone because it adheres to your fingers may stain paper, and goof-off is very strong and will dissolve ink if our rub too hard. but i indeed an eraser is a good first tool.
the best stuff to get sticker gunk off anything is WD-40.
Holy time machines Batman! A 3.5" floppy disc? Whew. Thank goodness we got that sticky stuff off our super high-tech device.
yep, ive noticed that too,
What is that green square thing on the desk?
Another smart way is to use scotch tape on the surface. =)
Depending on the item, you can also use a hairdryer set on anything but "cool shot" (or similar setting). Direct the stream of air onto the sticker. This will soften the adhesive, thus easing removal of the sticker.
Sweet, I never thought of that!
Theres a bunch of ways to do this actually, but yours sounds the least messy.
Action figure collectors have been using a rag with lemon scented pledge, or WD40 to get those annoying price tags off their products (dont want those buyers to know how much they REALLY paid for it.) ^_^
Eucalyptus oil works very well getting left over sticker adhesive off book covers, small appliances etc.
Goo Gone works amazingly well on sticker residue as well. Just be careful on painted surfaces as it can liquify it. Also, have you tried the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser? It's worked on stuff I never dreamed it could.
wd40 acts as a solvent on most sticker residue... spray it, wait a bit, and wipe it off with a paper towel.
much faster, easier, cleaner, less abrasive and less invasive method: go to the closest hospital emergency room, chat up the cutest nurse you see, and ask for a few adhesive remover pads. they come in little packets, just like the alcohol prep pads but contain C11-12 Isoparaffin, Petroleum Spirits, Isopropyl Palmitate, Isopropyl Myristate, Isopropyl Stearate, and Isopropyl Alcohol. they remove all sticky residues quickly and completely and will not harm the surface you are working on. they may also be available at your local pharmacy in the home-health care section, but i prefer to chat up cute nurses.
Zippo lighter fluid is hands down the best remover of sticker residue.
Can also remove some logos from products. Safe with most plastics and most other substances.
That is so awesome, I would have never guessed... Thanks so much!!!!
Wow, didn't think that would work, but i tried it anyways. I lol'd when the stuff started comming off like pencil marks. just goes to show what can be done when you think outside the box.
WD-40!! ONE WIPE IT'S GONE!! =D My fiance just bought a game from EB and they always have those NASTY little stickers to hold them closed and the price tags.. WB-40 definately works.
Try a hairdryer or heat gun.
Use low heat best.
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Great advice! I've been using mineral oil (practically cooking oil) to remove that residue and it has just left even more residue in a different form, slippery hard-to-get-off stuff!
Thanks!
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Oh my GOD i should thank you for this tip you have saved my macbook. i bought a film protector that sticks to my palmrest area and recently removed it to replace it with a silicon cover. alas loads of sticker residue on my beloved macbook that too white. a quick search on google enlightened me with your clever tip and there you go I am once again the owner of a lovely macbook. you saved all the time i would have spent trying to take it to an apple store to get it back to normal. Thanks once again ; )
The WD40 suggestion was great. It removed a very annoying sticker off the cover of my brand new laptop.
Actually I just used the eraser way on my laptop and It's not even sticky. So I Like the eraser way better. You'll likely have an eraser so use it. But, it will be messy. You might need a vaccum to clean up the eraser leftovers.
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Thanks a lot that tricks works!
I wish all the idiots that say that WD-40 will remove sticker gunk would shut the hell up. It doesn't. The best thing to remove sticker gunk is Goof Off, Goo Gone, or Lighter(BBQ too) Fluid. Have a nice day.
Stop spreading misinformation!!!
Just wanted to say that the eraser did not work for me. Just kind of gave me eraser colored sticker residue.
I tried the lighter fluid and it worked like a charm. I heartily recommend it!
you're all wrong pls listen to me!just buy a new sticker and stick it over the $hi* think 4 ur selfes
Toothpaste works great! But I tried nailpolish remover for the tough stuff, and it worked even better!! Acetone-free!
I've tried this..and it works perfectly! Thanks a lot!
What about removing sticker in my car window ?
OMG, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
wd 40 worked 4 me!!!
WD40 works best when trying to remove sticker residue from an acrylic surface. Just spray a little on a paper towel and rub it off.
how come it wont work for me!!! :( those apple stickers that come with your ipod are so freakin stickyyyyy. =/i want to sell the ipod..and i need to clean it up LOL
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This blog-stream helped me greately! My 3-year old decided to put his 4 hot wheels stickers on the shiny black plastic border at the bottom of our brand new 65" DLP TV. When I tore the stickers off, all that was left was a mass of gummy sticker glue. I tried rubbing alcohol - nothing. I tried magic eraser (seems to solve every other problem) - nothing. I tried good ole soap and water with a sponge - nothing. I tried an eraser, and it seemed to have an effect, but it really chewed through my eraser fast and it was far from fast and easy.
Ultimately, the lighter fluid trick was exactly what I needed. It very quickly removed the whole patch of sticker glue. One thing I found was that the cloth used made a big difference on the completeness of the job. Paper towels kept leaving smudges. I found that a cloth baby diaper (extremely handy things) did perfectly. One more thing, the lighter fluid doesn't seem to have damaged the surface of the TV border at all, either. It's just as shiny as it was originally; can't see any difference where the stickers were.
Thanks to all for their idea contributions!
Thank you!!! I'm cleaning up my apartment, getting things in order, and someone bought me these little picture frames, with glass that slides out easily from the side, and so they were held in place with little adhesive stickies help keep the product from being damaged while packaged, but are a bitch for the owner, once you get them home and try to use the picture frame... I did a quick search and came up with this blog. It worked like a charm! Thanks for saving several minutes, possibly even an hour or more, of time. Now I can get my pictures in those frames and get back to housecleaning. ;-)
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That little trick permanently marred my brand new laptop. Use caution if you try it.
a few minutes ago i removed about 7 stickers from my 1 year old laptop just using my thumbnail and fingers.
then i used a little cotton and some alcohol to remove the stains left at where the borders of the stickers were.
one surface is aluminum, beneath the keyboard; and the other surface is i guess some kinda carbon based black material and the surface is rough.
all is clean!
anyone who DIDNT say GOO GONE is retarted goo gone is amazing i JUST used it to clean off all the stickers on my guitars fret board just dab a bit on acloth and rub and its all gone im in love with goo gone lol
The idea of the WD40 is surely the best!
WD-40 doesnt work at all. Heat it with a hair dryer pour gasoline liberally and light it with a bic lighter.
Heat rules!
I recently bought some sandals that had a sticker in the foot part, since they are cork I had no idea how to get rid of the residue without wrecking them. I tried the eraser idea and it worked perfectly. Thank you sooo much :)
acetone (nail polish remover) is great as well =)
I JUST DID THE WD40 THING ON MY BASS GUITAR AND NOT ONLY DID IT REMOVE THE GOO LIKE CRAZY BUT NOW I CAN PLAY SUPER FAST LIKE MEEDILY-MEEDILY-MEEDILY-WOW BOW-BOW-BOW ZOOOOOOOM!
poop that made it worse!!!!!
wow! i tried the toothpaste suggestion and it worked. if u let the toothpaste sit there for a few minutes it will get rid of almost anything....
but would using wd40 or rubbing alcohol on wood damage it in anyway? moving house and the previous owners daughter stuck stickers all over her wardrobe door that i want removed! The door is made of mahogany.
Bella,
Try an oily furniture polish (like liquid gold) and rub it on the sticker with a q-tip. Let it sit and then remove and wipe clean. This should work. If it doesn't you might try goo gone. It is supposed to work on most surfaces. I would try an inconspicuous part of the door first.
WD40 rocks!! I wanted to remove sticker residue on my metal cabinet, tried eraser and goof off 2 and that didn't work. The idea of using WD40 is certainly the best!!
A new vacuum came with stickers all over it. The body is plastic and the dirt cup is clear. I tried soapy water and rubbing alcohol, but no luck. A pencil eraser worked but left a slight haze. I found the cooking oil suggestion here and was amazed! It worked so well I thought I was dreaming. Waaaaay cool.
thanks that really worked
that worked awesome! the storage unit is now clean of girly stickers, so now i have no shame in using it as a rack for my band gear...thanks a million
Awesome tip! Works great :)
I just used this and it totally worked! Thanks!
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omg. hahah. finally. someone who already knows this. its frustrating that i have this valuable information but i couldnt share it because i didnt know which blog sites were the best. well u did my work for me. thank you.
omfg... i just tried it on this ,massive sticky spot on plastic... i cant believe it worked.
since so many people were being pretty horrible, i've decided to say thank you very much for helping me!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! wow. this actually worked... I didn't want to damage my book with rubbing alcohol, so this was perfect.
nail polish remover didnt do the trick for my guitar controller--the eraser did.
I tried the eraser on the bottom of my heels and it didn't work, but then I tried nail polish remover and it worked great!
I was trying to remove residue from stickers on my laptop. I tried using this eraser method and it made the residue worse! What finally worked was nail polish remover. It works awesome! xD
I needed this so much. It was the first thing that popped up on a google search and my first impression was "eraser? No way." I just tried it on sticker residue on painted wood that's been on there for 8 years and it's coming off completely.
Thanks! :D
Paint Thinner works fantastic!!!
The residue comes right off!
omg i have trying to clean a sticker of my laptop for ages i used the rubber and it got worse at first but then came off thanks!1
If you have a delicate surface that you might be hesitant spraying chemicals onto, you can use Pam (or any non-stick cooking spray). I just used it on an aluminum bike frame loaded with stickers and it worked great.
this tip worked great! thank you!!
Thanks for that.
I was selling some items and needed to give them a wipe down.
Thanks to anonymous above for the toothpaste idea..just used it on a nasty sticker residue on a Will Smith Lost & Found CD I picked up at a yard sale. Now the case is sticker crud free and Will has minty fresh breath!
Thanks for posting this. I was having trouble removing sticker residue from something and tried acetone, it didn't work. So I checked the internet and saw this. I tried it, it didn't work right away but then I went back to the acetone and it did work. The eraser must have loosened it up. THANKS!
why's everyone talkin shit about this post?
it works!
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Eraser didn't do it for me on glass. Toothpaste worked well though!
That totally worked. My roommate will never know! Thanks!
didn't work for me on glass (car windscreen) neither.
I left the 'mess' in place until I caught-up with my cousin who is a professional auto-windscreen fitter for all types of vehicles; cars, trucks, coaches.
His company train their employees well; he spends nearly as much time in the classroom as 'on the job' and actually learns all about how stickers, glass, tinted screens are made etc. Consequently he knows what effect each chemical/liquid etc will have on glass.
There was no fluid of any type that wouldn't leave some kind of mark. Acetone (nail varninsh remover) would leave a cloudy appearance on the glass. maybe it wouldn't show unless under direct sunlight but it would be there all the same. Similar problem with WD40.
Bearing in mind the sticker residue is on my brand new £30k car, I didn't want any marks left at all.
What he did was to slightly wet the sticker and then, using a kind of razor blade in a holder, kept making tiny 'slides' at the edge of the sticker. When I say tiny I mean like 0.5mm movements (but lots of them)! I admit was not happy and was worried that there would be damage/marks etc.
Well, once he had finished there was absolutely nothing to be seen!!! There was no marks or damage and the whole job (3 tennis ball size stickers residue) took him hardly 10 mins.
The most important thing, he explained, is that the blade is held at 45 degrees with very light pressure and the movements are very very small and fast. He went through a bout 4 blades as another vital point is that the blade is not at all blunt - that's when the damage can happen.
I am very pleased with his work and glad I didn't use any of the suggested fluids. The screen in my car has got IR coating and is a heated screen (ting wires running through it) and he reckons that there would definitely have been a visible mark with any other method than what he did.
Best of all, it didn't cost me a penny!! ;-)
i dont see how anyone could call this gay, or hate you for it, and out of all of the alternatives being posted, hair dryer, wd40, acetone, even TOOTHPASTE, i would never think of using any of those on my ipod touch!!!, that would be ridiculous, but this worked, and only took a minute or two, as compared to spending about an hour getting some stickers off of plastic containers using drain cleaner xD
it's been great post & has been introducing the way of removing sticker residue off . . in a right manner without scratch on its surface Waste Stickers
Hello this information is very useful in the office or in house thanks for sharing!!! I love this information about Sticker Residue
i know it sounds absurd, but human semen actually works wonders to remove adhesive residue. It can stain porous surfaces, however, so best to collect in a container prior to cleaning and just dab as needed.
And best of all, it's much more fun than alternative methods!
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Thank you sooo much Muggsy! I tried pretty much all the methods people posted: nail polish remover, tilex, peanut butter, hot water/soap, wd-40.. all worked minimal results.. but your method with charcoal/lighter fluid worked instantly!! just applied a very tiny amount to a napkin and it just wiped right off leaving no trace! thanks again!
Thank you, it works!! It was fast and clean.
wow, i cant belive it bt it really works. i tried on the sticky residue on my rubiks cube and it works!, thanx man! =))
i recently took the stickers off my guitar hero controlller and the eraser worked perfectly, it takes 2 mins and leaves no marks or scratches so i would higly advise trying this technique
this works great. used it on game cases.
Well considering that you're showing how your tip works on a floppy disk, one must consider that this blog was created a long time ago. haha
That is nice to definitely find a site where the blogger knows what they are talking about.
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I just purchased a book and had a horrible sticky residue left by the price sticker. I tried almost everything to get rid of it without damaging the book - found this post, tried it and it works a charm! Takes a bit of elbow grease but it gets rid of all of it =D thank you very much for posting this information!
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That was the best tip ever! It worked like a charm. Thanks!
thanks man. it helped me to get rid of the residue off my guitar. i o u 1
erasing really does work.
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