In message , Tim Watts
writes
Timothy Murphy
wibbled on Monday 09 August 2010 22:37

Tom wrote:

I have just had the mother of all sticky label problems - tried
absolutely everything in the garage (except the emulsion).

I recall people recommending a particular product which will remove
*all* remnants of sticky after labels have been removed.

WD40 or White Spirit?

I've seen WD40 recommended for this before.
But won't it normally mark whatever the label is on,
eg wood or cardboard?

I've had a lot of success with surgical spirit and reasonable success (ie
100% but takes a little more elbow grease) with IPA alcohol (which in my
view is more generally useful than meths so I buy litres at a time now).

The problem with IPA is the evaporation rate

LR lingers for much longer


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geoff