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"Jeff The Drunk" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:26:52 -0400, BQ340 wrote:

On 7/30/2010 7:24 PM, Jeff The Drunk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:36 -0400, BQ340 wrote:

On 7/30/2010 7:11 PM, Jeff The Drunk wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:08:56 -0400, BQ340 wrote:

On 7/30/2010 7:06 PM, Jeff The Drunk wrote:
Something ordinarily in one's entourage of household chemicals?
Label stuck on plastic is the target.

Suggestions?

Paint thinner, gasoline or lighter fluid works for me.

MikeB

Let's see,,, ah yes I did say "on plastic."

All 3 come in plastic cans, so what is the problem? What type of
plastic do you have?

MikeB

Not chemical resistant plastic.

Thanks for the troll attempt, now move along.


Special situations will require more detail on your part for a solution
that will be acceptable- or are yo going to keep us guessing?


Let's see more detail. Hmmmm OK. A paper, adhesive-backed label on the
decorative trim of a home computer. There. Now let me go get that paint
thinner. Maybe I can just melt the plastic and label off.


Jeff, I got hundreds of those little squares that have alcohol on them. In
a packet like a one time use for giving yourself an injection. Diabetics
use them. I have used them to get a lot of sticky stuff off. They take off
the glue left over from IV tape. It takes some rubbing sometimes, but the
plastic, or whatever substrate seems unaffected, only the goo gets melted,
and that slowly. So, for me, those work, only slowly. It may take you more
than one. Or two. Or three. Or four. But that's what you want.
Something weak and easy on the substrate. If you can't find the patches,
get a bottle of isopropyl alcohol, and some cotton pads, or just use a small
scrap of cotton rag.

Steve

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