Best / Fastest Way to Remove Label Residue? (2 Viewers)

[Pinkdan]

Anyone tried WD40 to remove labels? Their website says that it will. Dunno if it’ll dissolve the chip at the same time!!

Interesting idea. Please report back if you try this

 

[BonScot]

Interesting idea. Please report back if you try this

The Halloween experiment is currently underway. I’ll let you know if the chip survives the ordeal…

 

[BonScot]

15 minutes in and the label is easier to scrape but it’s still pretty stubborn.

Will leave it for an hour and see if it’s any easier…

 

[BonScot]

Other weird and wonderful sticker removal ideas from the internet…

A - WD40
B - peanut butter
C - vinegar
D - olive oil

Don’t hold out much hope of any of these working but in the interest of science…

 

[Colquhoun]

For gummy residue (not hardened, crispy glue) the very best stuff is called Bestine. Used it for years. No residue like goo-gone.

It's 100% heptane, which is not harmful to surfaces. Amazing stuff.
Crazy thin and flammable, evaporates in a flash with no residue.
If you breathe in enough of it, you can change lightbulbs that are way up without a ladder.

It's not harmful like acetone, but very effective at removing adhesives.

 

[BonScot]

Other weird and wonderful sticker removal ideas from the internet…

A - WD40
B - peanut butter
C - vinegar
D - olive oil

Don’t hold out much hope of any of these working but in the interest of science…

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So far the vinegar is winning. Will leave them overnight.

 

[Pinkdan]

So far the vinegar is winning. Will leave them overnight.

That’s good news. Vinegar will help with any cigarettes or musty smell too. Win win

 

[BonScot]

I just read that a combination of hot water, vinegar and detergent works. Will try that tomorrow.

 

[Gear]

N.B. vinegar dissolves lead. Just sayin'.

 

[Pinkdan]

N.B. vinegar dissolves lead. Just sayin'.

What’s N.B. Vinegar?

 

[BonScot]

N.B. vinegar dissolves lead. Just sayin'.

Must be pretty powerful vinegar you have over there. With the amount of fish and chips I eat I wouldn’t have any teeth left

 

[BonScot]

After leaving the chips overnight I can conclude the following…

None of these methods work… at all.

What a waste of time

As a side note, the WD40 chip looks a lot cleaner so I might have stumbled on something here…

 

[BonScot]

What’s N.B. Vinegar?

Not Brown. He must mean the clear stuff

 

[Gear]

N.B. = nota bene, Latin for "note well" i.e. pay attention here

Ironic, given that the reason I know vinegar (sour wine) dissolves lead is because of the ancient Romans, who noticed that sour wine stored in lead vessels tasted sweeter.

TL;DR -- don't put vinegar on a leaded chip.

 

[BonScot]

N.B. = nota bene

Yeah we had to tolerate sarcasm from our teachers written in Latin for some reason. I was no stranger to seeing this written on my homework in red ink followed by a demotivational sentence