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alsup2311 12-30-2011 08:09 PM

Need advice on removing price stickers!
 
I just got 11 T206's in the mail today and they have little white stickers on the backs with the price hand written stuck directly on the slab. When I remove them it is leaving that nasty glue residue on the slab. I went to the garage and grabbed my trusty old can of "Goof Off". Bad idea!! :eek: That goof off ruined it. I guess the plastic SGC uses and goof off (Lighter fluid more less) don't mix! I have tried windex and other things, but nothing is working. Does anyone have any tricks to help me out?

Thanks,
Dan

Jaybird 12-30-2011 08:21 PM

tape fights tape. use some scotch tape and repeatedly stick it onto the gummy area and pull it off. Stick it and pull off. Again and again and it will eventually remove all the residue.

alsup2311 12-30-2011 08:22 PM

Thank you Jason! This is driving me crazy. I will try that right now.

Dan

alsup2311 12-30-2011 08:28 PM

It worked
 
Thanks for helping out a rookie! It took some time, but it eventually all came off.

John V 12-30-2011 09:29 PM

Lighter fluid. Not Goof Off.

old-baseball 12-30-2011 09:35 PM

A little bit of the Novus #2 has always done the trick for me.

Tom S. 12-30-2011 10:02 PM

I use Goo Gone. The stuff is citrus based, and works like a charm.

Writehooks 12-30-2011 10:35 PM

A little smear of peanut butter — smooth, not crunchy — works great. Dab it right on the tape residue, wait about 10 minutes, then just wipe it off with a slightly damp cloth. The peanut oil does the trick. I've been using this method for years.

Robextend 12-30-2011 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom S. (Post 951567)
I use Goo Gone. The stuff is citrus based, and works like a charm.

+1, works every time.

gnaz01 12-31-2011 03:45 AM

WD-40 always worked for me

Ronnie73 12-31-2011 05:19 AM

I also use Goo Gone. I use it on many things and it always works great.

pcoz 12-31-2011 06:33 AM

sticker residue
 
Nail polish remover works great!

frohme 12-31-2011 07:50 AM

Au Naturel
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Writehooks (Post 951569)
A little smear of peanut butter — smooth, not crunchy — works great. Dab it right on the tape residue, wait about 10 minutes, then just wipe it off with a slightly damp cloth. The peanut oil does the trick. I've been using this method for years.

+2

pclpads 12-31-2011 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnaz01 (Post 951585)
WD-40 always worked for me

+1

martyp 01-07-2012 07:55 AM

I use a cleaner wax that is for cars. It not only gets rid of the glue, it will fill in light scratches. The whole slab looks better. SGC uses a softer plastic. The lighter fluid will work with PSA and Beckett slabs.

GoldenAge50s 01-07-2012 05:31 PM

Goo-Gone for me--no harm to slabs, very little rubbing, very little time spent!

Blitzu 01-07-2012 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alsup2311 (Post 951520)
I just got 11 T206's in the mail today and they have little white stickers on the backs with the price hand written stuck directly on the slab. When I remove them it is leaving that nasty glue residue on the slab. I went to the garage and grabbed my trusty old can of "Goof Off". Bad idea!! :eek: That goof off ruined it. I guess the plastic SGC uses and goof off (Lighter fluid more less) don't mix! I have tried windex and other things, but nothing is working. Does anyone have any tricks to help me out?

Thanks,
Dan

Nu Finish. The best thing I have ever used to remove any type of sticker. I swear it sounds weird but the stuff is complete magic in sticky situations (no pun). It works fast and does no damage to the surface it touches. I have tried goof off and goo be gone, etc etc on some things and they didn't work. Nu finish has never failed. My grandfather taught me this trick a decade or so ago and haven't needed to used anything else.

alsup2311 01-07-2012 10:32 PM

Thanks guys! I plan on trying them all and finding my favorite. I am kind of a perfectionist on the slab even though it may hold an SGC 10.

Thanks,
Dan

E93 01-07-2012 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robextend (Post 951573)
+1, works every time.

Another Goo Gone user.
jimB

jbbama 01-08-2012 08:35 AM

ditto
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by pcoz (Post 951601)
Nail polish remover works great!

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