Sticky stuff on a DVD (artwork side): What is the best way to clean it?
01-25-05, 01:24 PM
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Sticky stuff on a DVD (artwork side): What is the best way to clean it?
I just bought some DVDs at a MG, and all of them had those MG stickers on the DVDs. I removed all of them, and on three of the DVDs the sticker left behind a sticky coating. It's basicly impossible to play the DVDs in the DVD player, because it might damage one or the other.
What is the best way to remove this crap? I tried Goo-Gone once, but as I started using it, it took a bit of the artwork with the sticky stuff. Would boiling it help remove it, just as that method helps with scratches, etc...? Thanks a lot guys!
What is the best way to remove this crap? I tried Goo-Gone once, but as I started using it, it took a bit of the artwork with the sticky stuff. Would boiling it help remove it, just as that method helps with scratches, etc...? Thanks a lot guys!
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01-25-05, 03:16 PM
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Try using scotch tape (or even better the MG sticker) by pressing it over the adhesive, then lifting it off. That's worked on them for me. I go back over the label once I remove the MG sticker to take off anything left behind.
01-25-05, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by BenboC
Yikes! Please don't do that. Extreme tempretures severely wreck a DVD.
01-26-05, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by indiephantom
really...does that actually work?
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hlight=Boiling
01-26-05, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by BenboC
Yikes! Please don't do that. Extreme tempretures severely wreck a DVD.
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01-26-05, 03:49 PM
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Lighter fluid or varsol will remove adhesives, but I don't know if they will damage the label. I doubt it.
01-26-05, 04:43 PM
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another vote for the scotch tape method that MrE mentioned. I use it to get the sticky residue left over from various stickers on the DVD case, don't see why it wouldn't work on the disc itself.
01-27-05, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by clappj
Goo-Be-Gone works great!
And it leaves your DVD smelling lemoney fresh too!
And it leaves your DVD smelling lemoney fresh too!
02-09-05, 03:06 AM
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What type of container does the goo gone come in (is it goo gone or goo be gone)? I think I found it but it is a spray and was concerned spraying this on a DVD could damage it.
02-09-05, 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by abintra
What type of container does the goo gone come in (is it goo gone or goo be gone)? I think I found it but it is a spray and was concerned spraying this on a DVD could damage it.
Goo Gone is not a spray, its a yellow liquid, that you squeeze out of a tiny hole.
02-09-05, 03:08 PM
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