sure this has done before,whats the best method of removing stickers/tape & residue ?

if it's not too old such that it's totally crusted on, soak it in goo gone:

https://googone.com/

i recently discovered a way to get the oldest, crustiest sticker off that no organic solvent will touch, but not giving that up yet...

Nail polish remover with acetone is good for removing stickers.

Alan

Nail polish remover with acetone is good for removing stickers.

Alan

don't get acetone on the actual vinyl or styrene though. so also don't use it to remove a sticker on the record itself.

gas lighter fluid works well

Hairdryer to heat the glue on the sticker/label - usually peels off without any residue ",)

a belt sander also works

Steam them off by holding your vinyl under a boiling kettle

white spirit or turpentine works everytime

Mayonnaise

HI ALL .....STICKER REMOVAL WARNING! PLEASE DON'T USE MOST OF THE TIPS ALREADY GIVEN, AS THEY ARE A BAD JOKE, THAT I DON'T LIKE....

WHAT TO USE:- LIGHTER FLUID, METHS SPIRIT, MILD SOAPY SALOUTION, COTTON BUDS, LINT FREE CLOTH,

ACTION:- APPLY FLUID TO THE STICKER, (FLUID WILL NO CAUSE ANY DAMMAGE). WHILE FLUID IS WET WIH YOU FINGER NAIL, GENTLEY TRY TO MAKE A GAP BY LIFTING THE STICKER FROM THE LABEL, ONCE YOU HAVE ACHIEVED THIS RE APPLY FLUID TO THE LABEL, MAKING SURE HAT IT PPENATRATES UNDER THE STICKER, AGAIN USING YOUR FINGER NAIL, SEPERATE THE STICKER FROM THE LABEL, AT ANY STAGE THE LABEL COULD BECOME FREE OR EASY, WHEN IT REACHES THIS STAGE, RE APPLY FLUID AND VERY GENLY PEEL HE STICKER,

MOST LABEL TARES HAPPEN A THIS STAGE, MY TIP IS TO PEEL SO FAR, THEN PEEL FROM THE OPPERSIT SIDE, NEVER TUG, ONCE HE STICKER IS OF, THE RESIDUE LEFT ON HE LABLE WILL BE ACTIVE, SO THE NEXT STAGE IS DOWN TO THE PAPER USED FOR THE RECORD LABEL

UK & US LABLES:- REMOVEING THE STICKER GOO OF A UK RECORD IS A PAIN! AS MOST UK LABELS ARE AT BEST BLAND, AND POURAS SO THE RULE IS TO DAB NOT RUB, i USE A COTTON BUD WITH FLUID ON, USE A GENTLE ROLLING ACTION, WHEN MOST OF THE GOO IS REMOVED, USE A CLOTH WITH MEHS AND DAB IT ON THE AREA,

THE NEX STAGE IS DOWN TO THE PAPER USED, PYE &ATLANTIC 1st RED LABEL AND SIMULAR LABELS ARE EASY RUINED BY CHEMICLES AND THAT INCLUDES THE DAMAGE THE STICKER GLUE HAS LEFT AS IT WILL LEAVE A PATCH WERE IT HAS BEEN, MAKING A DARKER MARK ON THE LABEL, THIS IS WHY MOST DEALERS DONT BOTHER THESE DAYS IN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE STICKERS, AS THE RECORDS VALUE IS REDUCED MORE, IF POOR RESTARATION WORK IS DONE, LEAVE IT TO AN EXPERT,

i PURCHESSED A COPY OF THE 1st issue JOHNNY WYATS "THIS THING CALLED LOVE"PRESIDANT, FROM SOUL SAM AT LIFELINE ALL-NIGHTER, A VERY NICE COPY BU HAD SOME GREEN PEN MARKS ON IT, AFTER KNOCKING £20 OFF HIS ALREADY KNOCKED DOWN PRICE, i HAVE RESTORED IT BACK TO A PERFECT COPY AGAIN, THE QUESTION IS WHY DID MARIN NOT DO THIS? THE ANSWER IS I NO WHAT I AM DOING AND HAVE THE TIME AND PATIANTS,

US RECORDS:- MOST US LABELS CAN BE RESTORED EASY IF YOU AKE YOUR TIME, THE PAPER USED IS VERY DIFFERANT THAN UK PAPER, BUT AGAIN, UNLESS YOU KNOW WHA YOU ARE DOING LEAVE ALONE, EVEN MORE SO IF THEY ARE RARE?

ANY THING YOU DO IS AT YOUR RISK, SO I STAE AGAIN DON'T MESS UNLES YOU ARE SURE OF WHA YOU ARE DOING, TRUST ME, "NEVER PLAY WITH FIRE"??

AS ALWAYS I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS, ONLY MINE?

DAVE K

Goo gone is made to remove adhesives. It looks like it stains the label but it evaporates after a few hours. It is more effective but sometimes harder to use than lighter fluid, which gums up rather than evaporating. Goo gone is also more noxious imo.

When you remove a sticker there generally will be a sticker removal area that is darker. It doesn't relate to the solvent used. It relates to the fact that the whole rest of the label was exposed to wear / fading, etc. while the one area was protected by the sticker. Under the sticker is the more true original color of the label. There's no way to prevent this from happening by using a different solvent. Either way, a sticker removal stain looks way better than the sticker imo (assuming you didn't tear the label or anything like that) and if anything should increase the value, not decrease it.

a belt sander also works

What grade of paper should one use Bob ? I did try 10 grit but I can't find the record now.

Edited September 3, 201212 yr by Prophonics 2029

Some of these might help.

https://int.rsdelivers.com/product/rs/000162069650/self-adhesive-label-remover-200ml/0496215.aspx

gas lighter fluid works well

never use anything else but....

It works perfect

Blowtorch.

I use Magic. :-)

Hairdryer to heat the glue on the sticker/label - usually peels off without any residue ",)

You really need to be dead careful that you don't pull off or wear the label away. Many have tried and many have died. Failing everything said before me, this'll do it for sure...................