sticky label and residue removal

Zed42

Hiya,

The first Winter we were in this house, we sealed up the sash windows with that stuff you stick on with a hairdryer - plastic sheeting with sticky plastic ... we've since removed the sheeting, but it has left a sticky residue on all of the painted window frames.

Any ideas on how to remove this adhesive without having to sand the windows down and repaint them!!!

All advice gratefully received.

grimelda

Try eucalyptus oil. It's very good for getting sticky residue off of a wide range of things.

Bambywamby

Or baby oil...anything oily will hopefully lift the adhesive.

theradfords

White Spirit is great for this - I have used it and it always works a treat.

Nneave

WD40 works well

Chip_Butty_3

Hi'ya,

Has anyone got an idea of an easy way of cleaning sticky adhesive from bottles or jars after the label has been soaked off.

Some cleans off easily in hot, soapy water, however others are quite stubon and I'm searching for help in getting the adhesive off.

Many thanks

Micc

lil_me

WD40 works for me, yes seriously before you laugh

anniewoo

I bought a product from Lakeland called,funnily enough,Sticky Stuff remover.

I have found it very good for removing labels off all sorts of things.

cazgordo

Vaseline will work too, you just need to leave it on for a couple of hours to soak in.

morganb

Lighter fluid is brilliant. I used to use it to remove sticky labels from videos when I worked in a video shop many, many years ago.
But you might want to rinse the residue off afterwards, just to be on the safe side.

allIcouldwishfor

I use nail varnish remover, not very OS though!