Help! Security sticker residue stuck on one of my DVD's
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Help! Security sticker residue stuck on one of my DVD's
Recently, I popped open my 24 season 7 set and discovered that some of the residue from the security sticker that I removed months ago got stuck on the bottom of one of the discs.
I tried using alcohol wipes and disc cleaner, but nothing seems to get the stuff off. I don't want to use my fingers to scratch it off without damaging the disc. Tried putting it in and some of the episodes/content plays okay, but I did notice that it starts to get jerky and pixilated at certain points, which isn't good.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Should I take it to a store and pay $2 for them to clean the disc? I tried doing that a few months ago for a DVD that was scratched and it damaged the disc permanently.
I tried using alcohol wipes and disc cleaner, but nothing seems to get the stuff off. I don't want to use my fingers to scratch it off without damaging the disc. Tried putting it in and some of the episodes/content plays okay, but I did notice that it starts to get jerky and pixilated at certain points, which isn't good.
Any ideas on how to fix this? Should I take it to a store and pay $2 for them to clean the disc? I tried doing that a few months ago for a DVD that was scratched and it damaged the disc permanently.
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Re: Help! Security sticker residue stuck on one of my DVD's
This technique is perhaps risky, especially now that you've applied chemicals to it (who knows how it has changed), but I find the best remover of that stuff is the stickers themselves. When some remains on a case, I stick the still-sticky part of the sticker to it and the sticker will usually pick it back up.
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Re: Help! Security sticker residue stuck on one of my DVD's
Picked up Goo Gone for $5 last week at Office Max and it worked like a charm. The sticky residue was off the disc with 1 wipe and I managed to clean up the left over crap on the DVD case as well. And yes, the DVD plays just fine.
Thanks for the suggestion
Thanks for the suggestion
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Re: Help! Security sticker residue stuck on one of my DVD's
I've found this technique works on removing ingerprints and dustmites as well.