Comments on: How to Clean The Stuff Left By A Peeled Off Label

By: M garg

M garg — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:46:44 +0000

I tried everything but in the end it was W-D 40, which worked like magic to remove the label adhesive.

By: bunnies and sunshine

bunnies and sunshine — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:43:03 +0000

I had removed a “My name is____” sticker from my husband’s black nogahide portfolio using my fingernail and there was still that white adhesive residue. I used Felix’s advice about using a pencil eraser to “erase” the adhesive and just brushed the bits off with a paper napkin and it worked perfectly. It looks as good as new now. Just thought I’d add to the list. Good luck!

By: Patti

Patti — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:35 +0000

I decided to try peanut butter to get adhesive residue off of a plastic lid and it worked! Thanks for all the great suggestions.

By: Kcubal

Kcubal — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:27:18 +0000

I thought I had wd 40 but didn’t , However I did have Silicone spray I tried that and id took it right off clean as a whistle. Thanks for all your comments.

By: Unmoglich (Moglich was already taken)

Unmoglich (Moglich was already taken) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:11:52 +0000

I read previous posts, and recalled my own experience, including label pulling. The stuff sticks to itself better than anything else, and label pieces you pull off works better than most tape. I complimented my kitchen chem muses. They suggested peanut butter and cold, but whatever, do it with savor fare. I put the plastic vial in the freezer, took out some ice cubes and put two in a cup with some canola oil, water, and two kinds of liquid soap, because I thought the oil would then rinse off easier. I put 1/2 tsp of the mixture on the vial, and not much happened until I scraped with a finger nail, then the back of the table knife I kept from the yard sale. Lo! I had tiny white chips floating in a liquid that left no residue of its own, but I had to rinse it off and spoon on more cold liquid to keep the process going. I would have tried cold peanut butter, but I ate it all up. Moral: There are no self-stick labels worth mentioning for freezer food, and self-adhesive labels truly stick to themselves better than anything else.

By: Allie

Allie — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:51:55 +0000

Fingernail polish remover also works. It leaves plastic a little cloudy though.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:29:00 +0000

Thanks Warkock! The WD40 worked great!

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:22:36 +0000

I want to thank you, I left the glasses for the last 2 months because I didn’t know how to get the glue off. The WD-40 worked great. Thank you ever so much!!

By: Annette

Annette — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:58:40 +0000

You are right Anne that WD-40 is the
right thing to use. I used a cotton ball and it came right off with no effort. Thanks!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:08:49 +0000

We make wine and re-use bottles from other places, so we don’t want their labels. I soak the bottles in soapy water for half an hour. Some of the labels just fall off on their own. The ones that really stick come off pretty easily with a plastic scraper. It seems to be strong enough to take off the residue, but it bends easily to take off a large portion of the label too.