Removing adhesive from acrylic, plastic, and glass without damage. Fish Tanks, etc.
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2014
- The results of a variety of household products at removing adhesive labels from clear acrylic plastic without damage. Products included vinegar, olive oil, canola oil, petroleum jelly, peanut butter, and WD40.
This may be useful too for fish tanks, aquariums, terrariums, pet habitats, etc. to avoid scratches or blemishes that would need to be cleaned and polished out otherwise. Safe organic methods can be used to avoid harsh chemicals that might sicken pets. - Навчання та стиль
So glad that I found you 8 years after you posted this video! I had one of those pesky UPC stickers stuck on the inside backrest of my new acrylic tub. I opted to try the peanut butter method overnight and voila I was able to remove it in the morning as described by you! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I really appreciate you posting this video. Although I have not tried it yet, your personal results have convinced me to give it a try. Thanks again for being the "test pilot".
Finally after a gazillion videos, you hit it. Whew, Thank-You 🙏
Thank you so much for posting this, and the commenters for the further suggestions! I've been trying off and on for a week to get old labels off of plastic network devices, even scraping it off with a window scraper. My colleagues recommended most of the things you tried, but you did the legwork for me. I'm going to hit them WD40 or coconut oil tonight!
Thank you for demonstrating the right method to remove sticky substance from plastic.
I'm quite thankful for ur video. U saved me several $, and a 50 mile round trip to Walmart. Had a glue-laden paper sticker on my new motorcycle windshield. My glue was apparently different from urs. WD-40 immediately dissolved it. Wiped it with a napkin. No acrylic damage, and no trace left !
Great. Thank you for your time and effort on this experiment. It saved me a lot of time and trouble.
Thank you so much! I used the peanut butter method on a similar acrylic organizer and it worked great.
thanks, man. that was a thorough study; you've saved me a ton of time. i'm salvaging a 5' x 3' sheet, 1/4" thick... which was used at a head shop to sell stickers to hippies.
I just used the peanut butter to take off residue from sticky dots that were on my dies. Glad that saw this video because the peanut butter worked great and I have a bunch of the acrylic containers just like you. Thanks for your advice!
Thanks for this great video! Comparing the results with different products was a great idea! :)
Really helpful for me today, cleaning horrid sticker marks off my daughters electric guitar, she had covered it with very sticky stickers years ago. The WD40 worked really well, thank you for taking the time and trouble to share your research on UA-cam :)
Good video. You tried a lot of products from around the house. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Really helpful - Thanks for taking the time !
Canola oil worked perfectly on a new acrylic container for cereal, and a great solution for something that will contain food. Thanks so very much for your research.
Amazing!!! Thank you soooooo much!!!! I had a stubborn sticky label residue on a delicate Alabaster trinket. I tried the peanut butter on it, and after just a couple of minutes it wiped off nice and clean!!
Thank you! I have a few toolboxs that have about 20 years of stickers on them and this video helped.
Didn't have any WD40 but used canola oil and it worked perfectly! Thx so much for your video. I had an odd shaped acrylic cookie jar so I damped a small folded paper towel, just slightly bigger than the price sticker, so as not to have it drip all over and left it on overnight. Sticker came off very easily.
I recently repurposed clear acrylic containers and needed to remove the old labels. I used 99% isopropyl alcohol on a clean rag. Worked great, no scratching or scrubing. Just make sure its 99% pure and not the 50% from the dollar store.
Was just about to pour goo b gone on my plexiglass window to remove old gorilla tape...so glad I clicked on your video!!!
WD 40 is the ticket..... and really saved me a lot of stress removing a label from a plastic CGC holder containing a very valuable comic book....thanks for the great experimental advice.....
Very clearly stated which is an unusual joy. Visually excellent in showing the results. Very practical in suggesting readily available products. Congratulations.
I should have added that I have used the application of peanut butter on a variety of unwanted labels with astounding success.
Thanks for your work on this. Big help !
Thank you for for this info! I just found a discarded rotating display with a lot of old stickers , so this is a lifesaver
Thanks so much! I was out of WD 40 and peanut butter, but peanut oil worked great!
Thank you so much. I used the canola oil and it came right off.
Thanks for the comments. I just peeled off a sticky label from a clear plastic lid to fishing tackle box. I tried rubbing alcohol and it took some of it off. I didn't have Canola oil so I used 100% pure Sesame oil and it cleaned the clear plastic completely. Just buffed it off and it looks like nothing was sticking to it!
2:30 - "and smell good too." LOL 👍🤣
I used WD-40 today to pull off a sticker and it worked great the sticker had been there for over a year and you could not get it off but WD-40 did the job thank you MJ!
Thank you very much for posting this DoSumphin! I was trying to remove the sticker residue from the UPC bar code sticker on my daughter's new water bottle with just hot water and scrubbing to no avail. I used your suggestion of canola oil and the sticker residue came off right away
Thank you for sharing this! Very informative and helpful.I have all these household and food items,so I don't have to go out and buy yet,another product.I hate having to junk up my storage shelves with products I will only use only once. Thank you!
Are you daniel@r2r on reef to reef forum?
Thank you for this post... you made my life so much easier!!! I used a regular spray can of WD40... sprayed once, waited an hour.... sprayed a second time and after another hour everything peeled sooooo nice and easy!
You channel name is cute. Thanks for sharing results of your tests.
Thanks bro!I used baby oil instead for peanut butter for my sticky watch :X It look shiny now :D Thanks ALOT!!
Very helpful, thank you!!!🙏😊
i USED PENETRATING OIL, THE SAME AS WD40 AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
While not the same issue as yours, just thought I'd mention that Olive Oil works great at removing built up soap scum on plastic or clear acrylic tub suction cup accessories such as soap and shampoo or razor and toothbrush holders. The oil and subsequent cleaning with dish detergent takes the clear acrylic from looking like frosted glass to clear.
Heating the surface worked for me pretty clean.
Your video helped me a lot. Tfs
Thanks for your great demo,have WD40 indoors will use this 👍
Thanks dude good experimenting
Awesome, thank you !
thank you so much!!!
Great job
Thanks !
How have you removed the layer created by the solution? I can see it stickened on the surface. I have an acrylic where I need it to be 100% smooth and transparent but have a similar problem of removing the layer. I would appreciate if you can share your experience.
Great video very informative
Thank you...big help...
I used WD40 on an acrylic ruler and it worked great without damaging anything.
Good work, thanks.
Thanks bro. its working !
I tried paint thinner on a glass frame I had and it worked perfect it had residue from the sticky label and it worked perfect just wiped it and gone ❤️
Thanks for the video. WD40 worked like a charm.
LOL, WD40, the McGyver of solvents!
Thanks, man. 🙂
Olive oil works immediately! Just soak a cloth/paper towel and voila! WD-40 can smell up the room etc for awhile...
You're a lifesaver. This worked immediately.
Hey, I have an aclyic quilting ruler I need to remove the sticky resude
where the lable had been will WD 40 damage the numbers on the ruler?
WD 40 worked great! Thanks!
THank you so much for sharing
I'm trying to remove label adhesive from a notebook display, so a dry method would be better. It's great to see the results you got with these simple products.
I'd suggest rubbing alcohol. It may take a bit more work but it's safer on electronics. Although you shouldn't use it on plastics as it takes the oil out.
This was soooo helpful. I used the WD-40. Worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing.
Very helpful thanks
I used tombow glue to stick on rubber stamps I converted from block stamps, but when I adhere them (just by putting onto an acrylic block) to an acrylic block, it's left a mess on the block. I'll try some of your solutions. Thank You!!!
Is Wd-40 safe for an empty fish tank? My fish tank came with a poster "glued" to the inside and the glue is visible.
Thanks for the info, I just tried using WD40 about 30 minutes ago and it worked brilliantly. I wish we had UA-cam when I was growing up, would have made projects around the house a lot easier.
Goo-gone good for these labels too! I got a black stainless steel dishwasher and Samsung put this tough label on. Tried olive, and vegetable oil, label off but residue is still on. I may try WD40, but worried about ruining the finish. I can always leave a magnet on, but so mad they put a label on!
awesome!
if theres globs of krazy glue in one spot will any of these work
Does WD-40 work with superglue as well? I'm trying to find something that can help remove super glue from my plastic miniatures (the part that has been glued in is a little deep inside) without damaging the plastic
Thank you much. But how about two glass pieces that were glued together with epoxy. DO you think that the wd40 will work?
Good tip thanks
Thanku so much this video
Thank you. I was able to remove packing tape residue from an acrylic kitchen canister with WD40. Tried one other pure oil and it appeared ineffective. The canister smells like a car exhaust now.
Not impressed with acrylic as a material. It scratches in normal use and is chemically non-resistant to common liquids, so we need to resort to this. (The product was branded as acrylic, but could be a different plastic with resin code 7.)
awesome Thank you
What do you recommend for removing krazy glue/superglue from transparent plastic without leaving that white film? Or removing the white film that does occur when the glue comes into the clear plastic when there’s a bit of moisture? I heard Vaseline/petroleum jelly. What do you think?
john..after 4 years I doubt you see this but did you ever get an answer to your question?
does this product work on plastic to plastic? I accidentally glued plastic to the wrong place and I need to remove them.
What about a place on acrylic that you need to clean off unwanted super glue drop ?
WD40 out and pics back on the wall after a few years as they had masking tape cross stains on them...why on Perspex and not glass I’ll never know!!!! and BOOM all clean! 🥳 thanks so much!
How can l separate two plastics, held stocked together by aradite?
Did you try lighter fluid? I hear that works within 30 seconds for label removal.
If Peanut Butter does that then what the hell does it do to the lining in the Stomach?The use of White Spurits is very quick for removing labels and adhesive resudue and I would guess Acetone does too?
Thx 🙏 🙏🙏
Very nice and informative.. THANK YOU
Even WD40 wont take off old DRIED adhesive off of the acrylic aquarium. Its decades old black electric tape. WD 40 worked on the least thickest parts..but where it was thicker..no go.
Any suggestions?
Where did you get that WD40? I've never seen such a container before.
Autozone. They sell a gallon metal can of WD40 and these empty spray bottles to put it in. I like it much better than the aerosol cans. It is easier to control the stream.
they sell it in pretty much everywhere
***** Im trying to remove two plastics from being stuck together. this is no grip on the pieces, so i can't even begin to pry at all. if i put wd40 on the edges, will it seep in eventual and unstick them. any suggestions?
+Danielle Holmes That sounds fine. Spray some in the gap and leave it overnight or something. Then in the morning rinse with water, wait for it to dry or try and dry it yourself and spay again. Keep doing it till done.
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how and what do you recommend for removing scotch tape residue from windows......they are vertical, so some of your tips wouldn't work well, I would think?? ------ ahhhh, I just took down my mini holiday lights from my front window, and with all the residue from the scotch tape, I tried peanut buter, left it on only for a few minutes, and used DAWN POWERWASH FOAM SPRAY [doesn't drip] to easily clean the PB, the residue and the whole window!! Works great.
Anyone know If it's possible to fix clear acrtlic after it's been damages by acetone.
I recently dipped a small project in acetone and after taking it out for a few seconds and whipping it down for sanding I noticed it had micro cracking insides the acrylic, it looked like cracked glass and when put up to the light it looks like it has something shiny Inside.
What worked best for me was using a heat gun from the underside. Just apply heat slowly, and be careful not to melt anything.
I still have the glue stuck on a plastic lid after removing a sticker. How do I get rid of the remnant glue? I've tried WD-40 and nail polish remover to no avail, What about silicon spray?
If faster results are required, soften the adhesive with a heat gun so the label can be removed because it masks the adhesive from the "solvent" ....then apply the glue remover of choice.... I like a baking soda cooking oil mix to quickly remove the adhesive.
thanks
I'm challenged by the brown paper adhesive on Acrylic 1/8th inch thick. Now this is how the product comes from the factory. Will the WD-40 or canola oil work ?
is it bad/weird that i dont have any of these in my house? not even the peanut butter
Use Glitz bbq cleaner/degreaser. Spray, leave for 15 - 30 seconds and wipe of with a cloth.
Do you think this will work to dissolve some super glue spots off of a clear plastic?
Thank You....also 8 years later :O)
Where did you find the opps
But does WD40 leave a residue that can't come off? I've heard you can't paint metal no matter how hard you try to clean it off.
How to separate to glass which are attached with araldate.
3M Adhesive Remover. Comes in a spray can. You can buy it at AutoZone.
try gasoline. Peel off the sticker first and then to remove the residue, pour gasoline on a piece of cloth. It will remove it easily without damaging the plastic..I find this very effective