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Sticky Stuff Remover

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sunseeker Sat 17-Jul-21 13:00:41

I have recently moved and the previous owners had air fresheners stuck to tiles in the bathrooms - they have removed the fresheners but have left a white sticky residue. I seem to recall a previous thread where GNs recommended a remover for sticky stuff. Can I someone please remind me what it was called

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Janiepops Sat 17-Jul-21 13:03:19

Try nail varnish remover first,I’ve had success with that with ‘sticky stuff’ ????

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Oopsadaisy1 Sat 17-Jul-21 13:49:08

Bizarrely

It’s called ‘Sticky Stuff Remover’ I got it from Amazon!

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Spice101 Sat 17-Jul-21 13:51:07

Another one is Zoff

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Nonogran Sat 17-Jul-21 13:59:03

Try WD40. Works for me most times. Or, you could try a warm hairdryer & a scraper. The heat might melt the wretched stuff.

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MerylStreep Sat 17-Jul-21 13:59:48

WD40. It removes everything. No need to buy anything else.

gizmodo.com/10-surprising-uses-for-wd-40-and-5-places-it-should-ne-5932262

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nadateturbe Sat 17-Jul-21 14:37:08

Nail varnish remover is good.

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Chewbacca Sat 17-Jul-21 14:38:04

WD40

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Farmor15 Sat 17-Jul-21 14:59:57

Thanks for hint about WD40. My bottle of Sticky Stuff remover is nearly finished so I’ll try WD40 next time I need it

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shysal Sat 17-Jul-21 15:08:00

White spirit will work.

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sunseeker Sat 17-Jul-21 15:18:03

Thanks for the replies - I have some WD40 (in one of the many boxes not yet unpacked!)

I suppose I should have known it was called "sticky stuff remover"!

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Farmor15 Mon 19-Jul-21 20:25:06

I mostly use Sticky stuff remover for getting the gummy residue from jars after soaking and scraping off labels. I tried WD40, but it didn’t do as good a job so I finished off with the proper Sticky Stuff Remover. Now I need to buy some more!

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NotSpaghetti Mon 19-Jul-21 20:27:43

I would try white spirit. I use it as Farmor uses "Sticky Stuff Remover"

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Farmor15 Mon 19-Jul-21 20:38:39

Thanks NotSpaghetti - I’ll try the white spirit next time. I make a lot of jam and people give me jars, but I like to get labels off completely and the modern labels are often very recalcitrant ?

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Puzzled Sun 25-Jul-21 08:54:05

White spirit is good for removing the adhesive on stick on labels.

But be careful, if you have cats. It is poisonous

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NotSpaghetti Sun 25-Jul-21 10:04:03

I run mine through the dishwasher with the next load once I've got the labels off.

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Hellogirl1 Sun 25-Jul-21 17:12:03

Does anything remove super glue?

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MiniMoon Sun 25-Jul-21 17:20:56

Try CT1 Multisolve. My DH uses it at work to remove the stripy tape on shop floors. I believe it removes all sorts of glue.

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Liz46 Sun 25-Jul-21 17:28:18

We had a new bathroom fitted and there was a big sticker on the toilet seat saying that we were not to use chemicals on it.

I took the label off and it left a sticky, yellow residue. The plumber said he had something that would get it off but that didn't work and someone said WD40 to me and it worked perfectly but what a stupid thing for the factory to do. They nearly got the seat returned to them.

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