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  #2766097 24-Aug-2021 17:07
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Behodar:

I have a rule not to buy glassware from Briscoes as the price stickers are pretty much impossible to get off.

 

 

For the exact opposite, there's Bonne Maman jam, which is kinda pricey but they do a few flavours that you can't otherwise get. The labels are paper with water-soluble adhesive, just leave it in a bowl of water for 30 minutes and it slides off cleanly.

 

 

The jars are wide-mouthed and just the right size for holding the 500g lots of screws and nails that used to come in plastic containers but are now in useless plastic bags.

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  #2766098 24-Aug-2021 17:08
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Anyone reading from a script and lacking the imagination of authority to actually do anything about your problem.

 

 




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  #2766143 24-Aug-2021 18:08
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ajobbins:

qwertee:


Stickers on items that don't peel off clean.  Arrrgh!!!!



It's not like we don't have the adhesive technology!


We bought a new Fisher and Paykel fridge recently. It had a couple of stickers on it that came off very easily - but the stupid energy star rating one probably took us a good 10 minutes to peel and slowly get off - even with the help of De-Solvit. Ahhhhhhh



We had a dishwasher that was 5 years old when we sold the property it was in. We never managed to get the Energy Star sticker off!





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  #2766145 24-Aug-2021 18:12
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chemz label strip works a treat for me




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  #2766147 24-Aug-2021 18:16
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MadEngineer:

 

chemz label strip works a treat for me

 

 

Just looked at that. While it says i doesn't damage surfaces, I would be very reluctant to use something like that on the front of my expensive new stainless steel fridge!




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  #2766152 24-Aug-2021 18:23
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Of course that's what spot testing is for.




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  #2766153 24-Aug-2021 18:26
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I just use a hair dryer (not mine!) to heat the label before trying to remove it. Any remaining residue I use meths or isopropyl alcohol. It seems to work fine for 99% of labels with apparently permanent adhesive.




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  #2766157 24-Aug-2021 18:35
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qwertee:

 

Stickers on items that don't peel off clean.  Arrrgh!!!!
Maybe this might have been mentioned in this thread but I just cant read through over 900 postings!

 

 

Friend bought something from briscoes once as a gift and they put sold tape on it. It was some form of plastic vase thing. Ruined it peeling it off and returning it was a nightmare.




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  #2766159 24-Aug-2021 18:40
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ajobbins:

 

Just looked at that. While it says i doesn't damage surfaces, I would be very reluctant to use something like that on the front of my expensive new stainless steel fridge!

 

 

You could try asking the manufacturer and seeing what they suggest.

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  #2766229 24-Aug-2021 21:32
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Stu:

 

I just use a hair dryer (not mine!) to heat the label before trying to remove it. Any remaining residue I use meths or isopropyl alcohol. It seems to work fine for 99% of labels with apparently permanent adhesive.

 

 

 

 

Sheesh. Not even prepared to risk your own hairdryer..!!😎





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  #2766231 24-Aug-2021 21:35
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Stu:

I use meths or isopropyl alcohol.

 

 

Problem is that stuff will attack a lot of things, paint, varnish, some plastics, ... it's a tradeoff between fast-acting but potentially nasty solvents and chemicals, and slow but safe stuff.

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  #2766233 24-Aug-2021 21:44
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You can absolutely still use the "slow but safe stuff" on delicate surfaces after heating the sticker with a hair dryer.




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  #2766237 24-Aug-2021 21:50
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Geektastic: Sheesh. Not even prepared to risk your own hairdryer..!!😎


Heck no! My hair dryer is a heat gun. It's likely to melt whatever the sticker is on.




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  #2766238 24-Aug-2021 21:52
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Stu: Heck no! My hair dryer is a heat gun.

 

 

Let me guess, you shave with a blowtorch and a triangle paint scraper?

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  #2766240 24-Aug-2021 22:00
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Angle grinder for the toenails?

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