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<p>[QUOTE="KingofThings, post: 72020, member: 468"]OK! Great! Thanks! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Lighter fluid is how I remove stickers off everything. I have only once had trouble over many years and that was on some comics from Mexico in that the ink was very poor and released in cleaning. </p><p>It evaporates fast.</p><p>I do this most often with books in that I pile them up with stickers showing and put a small bottle, or some such item, over the sticker after enough fluid to cover it. I let it sit for awhile and up it comes though I am careful to not ding and damage the book cover with a fingernail or tool. Then I use some tissue/TP to clean the rest off with more fluid if necessary. Soak again if necessary.</p><p>If I have a sticker on a book spine or some other object not flat, I stand it up so as to be as flat as possible so the fluid stays put. I use cheap plastic sandwich or snack bags over the fluid with a cloth over that to hold it close while soaking. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Lighter fluid is no longer cheap. Not that long ago I could get a new <u>can</u> up in Canada for 50cents! Now they are $5 here so I watch out for it at garage sales along with tape etc. especially strapping tape since it is also expensive now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KingofThings, post: 72020, member: 468"]OK! Great! Thanks! :) Lighter fluid is how I remove stickers off everything. I have only once had trouble over many years and that was on some comics from Mexico in that the ink was very poor and released in cleaning. It evaporates fast. I do this most often with books in that I pile them up with stickers showing and put a small bottle, or some such item, over the sticker after enough fluid to cover it. I let it sit for awhile and up it comes though I am careful to not ding and damage the book cover with a fingernail or tool. Then I use some tissue/TP to clean the rest off with more fluid if necessary. Soak again if necessary. If I have a sticker on a book spine or some other object not flat, I stand it up so as to be as flat as possible so the fluid stays put. I use cheap plastic sandwich or snack bags over the fluid with a cloth over that to hold it close while soaking. :) Lighter fluid is no longer cheap. Not that long ago I could get a new [U]can[/U] up in Canada for 50cents! Now they are $5 here so I watch out for it at garage sales along with tape etc. especially strapping tape since it is also expensive now. :)[/QUOTE]
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