Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

Bob-tx wrote:
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields -
inspection sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the
old paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones
came off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...f+car+windo w

Take your choice.

"Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote in message
...
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

The simple solution is to move to Connecticut and buy a new car with clean
windshield. We no longer have any stickers to apply for either inspection
or registration.

If you don't like that idea, try WD-40. Wipe on, let it sit a few, rub off
and clean well with a glass cleaner.

In article ,
"Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote:

Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

Any kind of oil - motor oil works and so does olive oil - will remove
sticky residue from glass, and any kind of degreaser including alcohol
will remove the residual oil.

"Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote in message
...
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx


Goo Gone or Goof off. They both work great.

You can buy either of them almost anywhere.

On 12/4/2010 7:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
If you don't like that idea, try WD-40. Wipe on, let it sit a few, rub
off and clean well with a glass cleaner.



That's what I use. Sometimes I use the Goo Gone or whatever that stuff
is they sell at the checkout counter at Lowes or HD... it just depends
what I can find when I look for it. All of it works well.




Jay

Spray on WD-40.
Scrub with fingernails, or green nylon scrubby pad.
Spray more WD-40 on.
Wipe resdiue mix off, with paper napkins from Burger King or McD.

Seriously, it works.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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"Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote in message
...
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields -
inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the
old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones
came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

On 12/4/2010 7:34 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote in message
...
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields -
inspection sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the
old paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones
came off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

The simple solution is to move to Connecticut and buy a new car with
clean windshield. We no longer have any stickers to apply for either
inspection or registration.

We will have none of that in PA. We have a proud tradition of
maintaining bureaucratic standards and must have two stickers affixed to
the windshield. That is even though any law enforcement officer can run
the plate and or VIN if the plate is missing to determine current
ownership, inspection status, insurance status and what the owner ate
for breakfast.


If you don't like that idea, try WD-40. Wipe on, let it sit a few, rub
off and clean well with a glass cleaner.

Pretty much any solvent. The current joke in PA is that last years batch
of stickers have defective glue on them so most of them (including the
ones on our vehicles) are half peeled off.

On 12/4/2010 6:40 AM, Bob-tx wrote:
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields -
inspection sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones
came off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

We also have the inane bureaucratic ritual of requiring that stickers
must be affixed on windshields even though all of the information is in
the readily accessible government databases.

In PA private garages do the inspections. The neighborhood place we use
gives the area a quick wipe with lacquer thinner on a paper towel to
clean up the goo.

"George" wrote
In PA private garages do the inspections. The neighborhood place we use
gives the area a quick wipe with lacquer thinner on a paper towel to clean
up the goo.

PA inspection is a sad state of affairs, at least when I used to live there.
Rip off garages that wanted to sell expensive unneeded repairs.
Stations that slapped a sticker on and inspected nothing. (I called it
Coffee with Frank). You had to stay there for 20 minutes minimum in case he
was being watched.
Garages that found the same problem on every car, but you did not complain
because they did not check ball joints and such, just took your five bucks
for a headlight adjustment. I took three cars in one day to such a shop.
None should have legitimate passed, so we happy paid the small surcharge.

In article ,
Bob-tx No Spam no contact wrote:
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx


Often WD-40 or similar products will remove that adhesive residue. Then
follow up with regular glass cleaner to remove any streaking. If that's
not effective try nail polish remover or acetone.


--
When the game is over, the pawn and the king are returned to the same box.

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar.org

On 12/4/2010 9:56 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

"George" wrote
In PA private garages do the inspections. The neighborhood place we
use gives the area a quick wipe with lacquer thinner on a paper towel
to clean up the goo.

PA inspection is a sad state of affairs, at least when I used to live
there.
Rip off garages that wanted to sell expensive unneeded repairs.
Stations that slapped a sticker on and inspected nothing. (I called it
Coffee with Frank). You had to stay there for 20 minutes minimum in case
he was being watched.
Garages that found the same problem on every car, but you did not
complain because they did not check ball joints and such, just took your
five bucks for a headlight adjustment. I took three cars in one day to
such a shop. None should have legitimate passed, so we happy paid the
small surcharge.


"Lick & stick" is the common name for the procedure of getting a sticker
without an inspection.

The inspection stations are now monitored by some sort of quasi police
force. According to the guy who owns the garage where I go most seem to
be retired state police. He won't do lick & stick inspections simply on
principle but he is sensible. One of our vehicles has a tiny chip in the
arc of the wiper blades and that should be reason to fail.

There is a fairly large garage nearby (8 bay) that lost their inspection
license last year because they didn't catch that one character of the
VIN listed on the title was different than the VIN on the vehicle. The
car was later involved in some illegal activity and this was discovered.
Apparently part of the inspection is holding the owners card in one hand
and comparing it to the VIN label character by character.

"George" wrote in message
...

stuff snipped

"Lick & stick" is the common name for the procedure of getting a sticker
without an inspection.

It's a common name for something else, too. (-: While browsing through
messages, I saw the words 'sticky residue' and the phrase 'Lick & Stick' and
that sent me to the Urban Dictionary because I've heard that phrase before -
but not in connection with inspections.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...&defid=1573700

Learn something new every day.

--
Bobby G.

On 12/04/2010 03:09 PM, Robert Green wrote:
wrote in message
...

stuff snipped

"Lick& stick" is the common name for the procedure of getting a sticker
without an inspection.

It's a common name for something else, too. (-: While browsing through
messages, I saw the words 'sticky residue' and the phrase 'Lick& Stick' and
that sent me to the Urban Dictionary because I've heard that phrase before -
but not in connection with inspections.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...&defid=1573700

Learn something new every day.

--
Bobby G.



you're kidding, right? How'd you manage to miss this *ahem* gem of an
earworm?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgU_j9eO0K4

nate

--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
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"George" wrote
"Lick & stick" is the common name for the procedure of getting a sticker
without an inspection.

The inspection stations are now monitored by some sort of quasi police
force. According to the guy who owns the garage where I go most seem to be
retired state police. He won't do lick & stick inspections simply on
principle but he is sensible. One of our vehicles has a tiny chip in the
arc of the wiper blades and that should be reason to fail.

For some number of years I went to Frank's shop. The nice part was you
could not see into Frank's shop from the street. You cad to go into the
parking lot between brick garages and make a left. As long as your lights
worked, you were good to go. Brakes were checked by putting his foot on
the pedal while scraping off the old sticker.

I did not mind paying for legitimate inspection on my good cars, but as a
teenager, they would not always pass. I also object to the rip off tactics
of some garages that found expensive non-problems.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 05:40:25 -0600, "Bob-tx" No Spam no contact
wrote:

Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

Soft cloth and turpentine? Followed with a window cleaning.

In ,
Bob-tx No Spam no contact typed:
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto
windshields - inspection sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. Using a razor blade scraper
takes the old paper off, but sticky residue
is left. Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where
the old ones came off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

Razor blade scrapers work perfectly for that purpose if used correctly, at
about a 30 degree angle from the glass. If the glass is round, scrape in the
round direction. And always use a brand new blade.
I've never had a problem that way.

On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:43:06 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:


"George" wrote
"Lick & stick" is the common name for the procedure of getting a sticker
without an inspection.

The inspection stations are now monitored by some sort of quasi police
force. According to the guy who owns the garage where I go most seem to be
retired state police. He won't do lick & stick inspections simply on
principle but he is sensible. One of our vehicles has a tiny chip in the
arc of the wiper blades and that should be reason to fail.

For some number of years I went to Frank's shop. The nice part was you
could not see into Frank's shop from the street. You cad to go into the
parking lot between brick garages and make a left. As long as your lights
worked, you were good to go. Brakes were checked by putting his foot on
the pedal while scraping off the old sticker.

I did not mind paying for legitimate inspection on my good cars, but as a
teenager, they would not always pass. I also object to the rip off tactics
of some garages that found expensive non-problems.

There is no evidence that inspections ever had an impact on safety. There is
ample evidence that they are consumer rip-offs and several states have even
abandoned them.

This is amazing. A thread still on topic? I guess it is physically
possible, but.....

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"Marina"
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Vegetable oil (from bottle) not solid. Apply to cloth and to window.
No fumes. Then use windex to clean off the oil.

"Robert Green" wrote in
:

"George" wrote in message
...

stuff snipped

"Lick & stick" is the common name for the procedure of getting a
sticker without an inspection.

It's a common name for something else, too. (-: While browsing
through messages, I saw the words 'sticky residue' and the phrase
'Lick & Stick' and that sent me to the Urban Dictionary because I've
heard that phrase before - but not in connection with inspections.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...201-2&defid=15
73700

Learn something new every day.

--
Bobby G.



Whether it's a him or her it's still a ********.

**** is ****. No different then putting your johnson in a toilet hole.
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On Dec 4, 6:40*am, "Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote:
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. *Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. *Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

I'm assuming the sticker is on the inside of the windshield. I would
STRONGLY recommend using some of the easier solutions before getting
into the strong solvents. All you need to do is spill something harsh
on the dashboard, and discolor or, worse, melt the plastic…

On Dec 4, 6:40*am, "Bob-tx" No Spam no contact wrote:
Our state has two stickers on the inside of auto windshields - inspection
sticker & license renewal.
New ones are put on each year. *Using a razor blade scraper takes the old
paper off, but sticky residue
is left. *Seldom do the new stickers go on exactly where the old ones came
off, so the sticky area tends
to spread.

What would be good to use to remove this sticky residue?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Bpb-tx

Spray it with glass cleaner and scrape it with a NEW single edge razor
blade.