Labels

Doesn't this drive you crazy?

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You make a purchase. There's a label affixed that you want to remove. You attempt to remove it and guess what happens? Yup, parts of the label remain on the product. In some instances, it is close to impossible to remove the residue without using a solvent based product.

When are manufacturers going to wise up and start using removable adhesive?

I just purchased 36 metal stakes for my garden. Each one of them has an individual store label on it that is about 2.0 x 1.0. They wrapped that label around the circumference of the stake and then stuck the excess together. I'm taking 32 metal stakes back today and I'm going to have the manager remove those labels for me. We'll see how he likes it! And, if he can't get them off, I'm returning them.

[akmac]

Sounds like you could use some time spent in the garden ;-)

I know what you mean. We use goof off to remove stubborn adhesive residue. That said, your soil probably won't be offended by its presence. Then again, maybe that's what's killing my carrots...

[Realbrisk]

heat the label before you remove it

[bcolflesh]

I remove all the labels at the store - especially ones that having pricing information or metallic security strips - then I put the item in my pocket and walk out - works every time!

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We use goof off to remove stubborn adhesive residue. That said, your soil probably won't be offended by its presence.

Actually the label is on the portion that is visible so it is somewhat unsightly in my "near perfect" garden. ;)

That Goof-Off is some pretty amazing stuff.

heat the label before you remove it

I'd be afraid to apply heat to some items where the label did not come off entirely.

I remove all the labels at the store - especially ones that have pricing information or metallic security strips - then I put the item in my pocket and walk out - works every time!

lol! Sounds like the residue from the label got stuck to your fingers.

Another label story, this one positive...

Purchased a new microwave. I've been using it now for a few months. I noticed that after numerous uses and pushing certain buttons, a crack appeared in the faceplate for the number pad. I wasn't expecting that. Upon close inspection, it was the film that they apply to those displays to protect the surface. That thin piece of film was on there so perfectly, I couldn't see it. I thought that display had a "matte finish" from the factory. Low and behold, its got a nice semi-gloss finish underneath. :)

Static cling baby!

[digitalghost]

I hate labels on my hardback books and labels that come on glass cookware or any cookware for that matter. But what I really hate is that space-age plastic that you need a machete to cut through. You know the stuff that when you finally manage to rip it the sharp edges could cut to the bone?

I also hate all the anti-tampering garbage they put on everything now. Does anyone need a tamper-proof seal on a jug of milk? Does it serve a real purpose?

[weeks]

Digitalghost is right. As annoying as the labels are--Goof Off doesn't work on some of them, even--the plastic that would stop a 38 slug from five feet away is really annoying. I seldom print anything from my computer, so I was buying the Epson (great products!) Brand refill, paying a pretty penny, but I knew what I was getting. But, the product was so difficult to access behind the seal clear plastic shell, when I saw one of those refill your own things at the office supply store, I grabbed it.

Last week was most annoying. I bought a new razor cutter. It was in a blister pack that you needed a razor cutter to open.

[akmac]

Yes. The indestructible transparent plastic packaging.

I've always assumed that it was created to help make products that are opened unreturnable. "Must be in original packaging."

Right.

The original packaging is ripped, stretched, punctured, and stained with DG's blood.

[King_Fisher]

No wonder all our sites suck!

We spend way too much time pondering the physics of glue and labels
and other inane subjects matters,

(That includes this post also) KF

[digitalghost]

Hmm, Maybe I could avoid that MSSA penalty if I created a site about everyday annoyances, like packaging, labels, goofy 'safety' warning stickers... 'Contents Flammable' on a butane fuel container...

[Realbrisk]

I'd be afraid to apply heat to some items where the label did not come off entirely.

you can heat the label with an "Blow dryer"

try "Goo gone " it uses the power of citrus

[henry0]

My most hated topic!
You are missing the greater annoying label location
So bothering that I was thinking sending that one to Andy Rooney!
How many times did you try removing (unsuccessfully) one, and sometimes 2 or 3, of those labels on plums other fruits and tomatoes; the fragile fruit skin breaks
Juice’s dripping and fruit saving in a fruit tray becomes quite impossible

[Sarah Atkinson]

I don't know how many times I have actually damages a product getting it out of those Clear plastic things. I need to start taking them back when I damage them.

OH and what about Christmas and Birthdays. We have had kids toys sit a year unopened because neither my husband nor myself wanted to open them

[engine]

>And, if he can't get them off, I'm returning them.

So, how did it go?

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So, how did it go?

I haven't been back yet to return them yet (I've managed to go through half of them using my nail to take off excess residue). But, I am a glutton for punishment and had to buy a smaller set of stakes for another portion of the garden. They did it to me again! This time the labels are 3.0 x 1.0 instead of 2.0 x 1.0. So, I have another 1.0 to scrape off! And the darn stake is a foot smaller in height. Go figure...

[katana_one]

When I bought my last car there was a dealer decal on the back. I removed this, and the adhesive residue, with ordinary denatured alcohol and a soft cloth. The paint finish was unharmed.