sticky label and residue removal

angelavdavis

I would recommend soaking in boiling water and using washing up liquid to clean off, or use nail varnish remover.

thriftmonster

If the label is very sticky in the first place, fill the jar with boiling water and use the heat to peel off the label. This seems to take the worst sort of glue off with the label - although you can scald yourself quite easily!

freyasmum

Yep, any solvent will do the trick.

Acetone is a very good one to use, but obviously, it is a not so nice chemical. It depends if you are after really quick and filled with chemicals or not so quick and natural

Lx

Pink.

Hi Rupa,

I soak jars in hot soapy water for about an hour and the labels usually come off very easily leaving virtually no residue. If you do get a stubborn one then a little spray of wd40 usually does the trick.

There's an older thread with lots more ideas so I'll merge your thread with it to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

Softstuff

freyasmum wrote: »

Yep, any solvent will do the trick.

Acetone is a very good one to use, but obviously, it is a not so nice chemical. It depends if you are after really quick and filled with chemicals or not so quick and natural

Lx

Eucalyptus oil is nice and natural, but as quick as a solvent.

Spent all day yesterday at work with some removing sticky marks from all over the place :T

yraunaj

i have soaked some bottles in water and managed to remove the label, but does anyone know of the best thing to use to get rid of the sticky bit thats left please

ravylesley

nail varnish remover should do the trick

Lesleyxx

katiekittykat

ravylesley wrote: »

nail varnish remover should do the trick

Lesleyxx

Lol beat me to it!

xxx

Penelope_Penguin

Try this older thread - removing labels from bottles and jars.

I use a scouring pad.

Penny. x

powershopper

I put jars through the dish washer, scrape off the paper then remove the goo with paint thinners