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trade secret, I remove any and all labels within 30 seconds on both sides.
1. I use high percentage ethanol 75/80% in the form of sanitizer or moonshine to remove stubborn labels in no time and it melts the adhesive. It doesn’t stain the chip or discolour only does two things, melt adhesive and kill bacteria.
2. I score(lightly cut over and over)the edge of the inlay inward to center by 1/16 of an inch 3 times not hard but not too soft I until I see bubble come up then I poke it with knife on angle and pull it up and take off
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3. I score LIGHTLY, a cross with the knife in the center as the weakest(not always but usually) spot is the center of the vinyl.
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4.peel up center corners with knife, if it comes off easy you just peel off the four sections away until done or try to carry one section up to edge and peel along the outer ring for one shot peel,
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if adhesive in middle is stubborn, still try to peel up four corners a bit and with qtip soak it in ethanol and put on vinyl inlay and wait ten seconds and it will loosen and do same thing, peel up four corners more and you’ll peel it off easy.
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here is up close photo of no damage, no discolour, no imprint and no lower edge rim damage from the first step, you only see compression dimples they all have.
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Done. Once you get seasoned, it will already be fast right away first try but once you do lots you’ll be a machine at it and just know what to do and have racks done in no time.
Salute,
Philly.