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Thread ID: 114462 2010-12-03 22:49:00 What is the best way of removing sticky price labels on DVDs, etc? ssssss (2100) PC World Chat
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1158589 2010-12-04 08:45:00 Nail polish remover.

Nail polish remover is normally acetone - maybe not such a good choice :waughh::waughh:
Zippity (58)
1158590 2010-12-04 09:10:00 You can quite often get good results by playing a hairdryer over the surface, which softens the glue and can make the label easier to remove. Certainly less potentially damaging/smelly/finicky unless you have a hairdryer that is hot enough to melt stuff. Tony (4941)
1158591 2010-12-04 09:45:00 Nail polish remover is normally acetone - maybe not such a good choice :waughh::waughh:

Been working fine for me for years.
--Wolf-- (128)
1158592 2010-12-04 10:23:00 I was merely repeating what someone else had said. Zippity (58)
1158593 2010-12-04 12:00:00 You can quite often get good results by playing a hairdryer over the surface, which softens the glue and can make the label easier to remove. Certainly less potentially damaging/smelly/finicky unless you have a hairdryer that is hot enough to melt stuff.

Agree. Have used the hairdryer many times to remove labels.
If you don't have a hairdryer then De-sol-it works well and smells nice.
wmoore (6009)
1158594 2010-12-05 20:09:00 You can quite often get good results by playing a hairdryer over the surface, which softens the glue and can make the label easier to remove. Certainly less potentially damaging/smelly/finicky unless you have a hairdryer that is hot enough to melt stuff.

This is what we do at work - except we use a heat gun. Works a treat!
The Hitcher (14826)
1158595 2010-12-10 22:56:00 Thanks for all the advice folks.

I have tried both meths and De-Solv-It.

Found De-Solv-It to be the best.

Meths didn't work at all on one Warehouse label. It just smeared the glue.
ssssss (2100)
1158596 2010-12-13 10:44:00 Thanks for all the advice folks.

I have tried both meths and De-Solv-It.

Found De-Solv-It to be the best.

Meths didn't work at all on one Warehouse label. It just smeared the glue.

I believe a flame thrower works as an alternative, just take the CD out first.
Twelvevolts (5457)
1158597 2010-12-13 19:00:00 Brake Kleen, no guarantee on the fingers but Gobe1 (6290)
1158598 2010-12-13 19:04:00 Also whats a good way to move those film classification which they sometimes put over something you want to read.
:)
Trev (427)
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