sticky label and residue removal

squeaky

If you are going to use the bottle or container for food - I know that you're going to wash it again but...

WD40 is a mineral oil used for engineering jobs and is NOT food safe.

Food safe oils are largely commercial and very expensive.

Good old cheap and cheerful cooking oil works just as well. Honest

Primrose

The transparent labels on jars of Haywards Pickled Onions are a particular nightmare and you need to have the strength of a wrestler to pull them off, although they do come off in one piece. But then it's a nightmare to remove the adhesive afterwards. Suggest everybody who has the problem write to the manufactuers and complains. Maybe if they receive enough complaints and they know they jars are being recycled to save the planet they might try and find and improved product. (But Haywards probably wont if they think I'm using their jars for pickling my own onions instead of eating theirs!)

purpleivy

That orange cleaner spray that you used to be able to get at Lakeland was good and pleasant to use as well. It's run out and I haven't seen it anywhere.

Poppy9

For removing sticky labels out of shoes and presents I heat the label with my hairdryer. It makes the glue pliable and labels peel straight off.

sunset_gold

Thanks everyone, as an update, I tried
1. surgical spirit - no
2. vegetable oil - just took main sticky off but left a matt film on bottle
3. white spirit - worked with elbow grease
4. Duck Oil (couldn't find DW40) - worked brilliantly. (Made sure none went into the bottle)

Bottles soaking in Very Hot soapy water and may still run them through dishwasher as squeaky says it is not safe for food use and I wouldn't want anyone blaming MY home made wine for making them ill!!!!! SG

squeaky wrote: »

If you are going to use the bottle or container for food - I know that you're going to wash it again but...

WD40 is a mineral oil used for engineering jobs and is NOT food safe.

Food safe oils are largely commercial and very expensive.

Good old cheap and cheerful cooking oil works just as well. Honest

pennymakespounds

Bought a new shower cubicle .. which had various stickers on the glass .. which when removed .. left a very sticky residue .. which with my normal cleaning items i just cannot budge .

Even tried the steam cleaner .. had no effect !.

Any ideas and suggestions ?

Thanks .

DNKPets

WD 40 is great on sticky residue.

Derek

Bollards

Hello,
I had a similar problem with some sticker residue and I got it off with some WD40. I sprayed it onto the mark and left it for a little while (maybe 5 minutes) and then cleaned it off and the residue came with it. There was still some oily bits left from the WD40 but it polished off with no problem.

Bongedone

Alcohol should also do it. I keep a bottle of isopropyl alcohol for cleaning CD's and computer screens. You can buy it at the chemist. Normally hidden behind the counter.

Pink.

Hi pennymakespounds,

I normally use WD40 too. There's an earlier thread with more suggestions that may help so I'll add your thread to it to keep all the ideas together.

Pink