Does anyone know a trick to remove gummy adhesive residue left behind on wood from price tags and barcodes? I’m hesitant to leave these sticky things on when planing or jointing as I don’t want my cutters to get junk on them unnecessarily. Tricks?
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I believe a card scraper would work for that purpose.
Lighter fluid, like is used in Zippo lighters. And no residue. Been using it for years.
Lighter fluid, I concur. But I keep V M & P Naphtha for this exact purpose because I no longer have a zippo lighter and I use it to clean paint brushes and spray guns. It is hotter than mineral spirits. Be advised there may be a difference between V M & P Naphtha and just naphtha.
Alcohol and elbow grease; it is a mild solvent but does work (slowly). Lacquer thinner is faster and more toxic.
+1 on the zippo lighter fluid.
Alcohol and scrape with an old hotel room key.
Bestine (rubber cement thinner/solvent) works great because most of the adhesives used for labels are rubber based. You can find it at any art store.
Alcohol works well, takes a bit more time. Be careful with a product like Goof-Off - on a lot of woods it leave a yellow stain.
At one point we recycled electricity meters, thousands per day, and nothing beats GooGone to remove stickers.
I use mineral spirits or GooGone, works very well - most of the time. Sometimes I just have to scrape.
GooGone
I just plane them off. Never had a problem.
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