"Removing paper stickers" Topic

I bought a train toy model recently and it has a number of paper stickers on it. Is there a way to easily remove them and the glue holding them on?

Thanx

Fingernail polish remover?

I agree with 79thPA: try nail polish remover (acetone), first, as it is very inexpensive, and widely available. Otherwise…

There is a product called, "Goof Off!", in the USA. It is sold in box stores, like Wal-Mart, as well as hardware stores. It will do the trick, but read the label carefully, and apply it in a hidden test area, as it is powerful stuff, and it may damage the paint, or the material. Cheers!

There used to be a show on with two older British ladies that went to a hoarder's house and cleaned the house. I forgot the name of it but I remember that they used Mayonaise on stickers.

Lighter fluid.

You could try eucalyptus oil. It's great for removing sticker residue and less likely to damage or discolour the item.

-Kosta

It's probably not the same gummy adhesive used for price tag labels, but if it is, use a hair dryer or heat gun. The warm air softens the gum, so the sticker can be peeled off; the remaining gum residue can be rubbed off.

Goo Gone. It will not damage the paint.

Goo Gone or a cleaner with orange oil.

DM

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Nail polish remover is not acetone! It's a low grad methyl-ethel-keytone, and it can be nasty stuff, including dissolving plastic. DEPENDING on the substance the label is on is the agent you want to try. Actually the best I've found, if you can do it, is hreally hot water to soften up the glue, then pry or scrape it off with your thumbnail. The tumbnail won't scratch and if your careful, won't dent either. You may have to do it a couple of times, but that's the safest. After that you will still have some "tack" from the glue but that can be taken off with a little rubbing alcohol.

Be careful with solvents like Acetone, Paint thinner, Mineral Spirits, Methyl ethyl Keytone (MEK) Naptha and the like, you can mar the finish of a model or a toy, dissolve it, pickle out the color and do all sorts of dangerous things. Then there's your hands, and if you have a small cut in your finger, you'll find all about it when the MEK hits it!

One other point. Use these sparingly because you don't know what other glue joints they will dissolve!

Thanks Jim! Thats the show!

Eucalyptus oil worked like gangbusters and did no damage to model. When I've finished painting and have in a diorama I'll post some pics.