Hi!

I removed some stickers from my tube and fork and I can't find a way to remove the glue !
I tried acetone.....didn't work! I tried rubbing alcohol, didn't work either ! I tried elbow's oil, doesn't work......

Any idea ?

WD40 always works for me, let it sit a bit.

Goo Gone. Saturate the adhesive. Try to remove as much as you can, physically, like with the edge of a credit card. Clean up with a rag.

Use a hair dryer or heat gun first and there will be less to clean up after.

Thank you very much, I will definitely try all that very soon !!

Acetone typically won't dissolve this type of glue but it will usually "de-tackify" it and let you rub it off. I also is an excellent paint remover so be very careful when using it. Kerosene (basically the solvent in WD-40) is good at removing glue and soaking the sticky residue in it should let you wipe it off.

Lighter fluid works well. Find a smoker or a teenager who uses those E-cigarettes, they will almost always have some lighter fluid.

Wrong sorts of solvents. You need something oil-based.

Eucalyptus oil or paint thinners really tear through sticker goo, but they're too aggressive for painted or plastic surfaces.

Mineral spirits is less harsh, but can still damage some paint or plastic.

WD40 only just does it, requiring a fair amount of elbow grease as well, but it won't hurt paint or plastic. Keep it away from rubber though.

My rule of thumb is the quicker a solvent evaporates, the more things it dissolves.

Citrus based degreasers work pretty good on that stuff.

Goo Gone!

Goo Gone 8oz

I have been using this forever on all kinds of stuff, and the smell is more pleasant than WD40 too.

I found my current bottle at The Dollar Store.

Thank you to everyone. I have used Goo Gone and it worked !

This is one of the better and appropriate uses of WD40.

Actually not so much. In the whole solvent pantheon that is really backwards, although your impression could be formed by a few common low boilers that have good solvent properties for household substances like acetone, ether, chloroform, ethyl alcohol, mineral spirits, etc. And unless you are talking about chlorinated hydrocarbons, the lower the b.p., the more dangerous they are from a flammability/explosion perspective. I would avoid acting on that assumption if I were you.

Goo Gone and its competitors rule.

Well, as you say, it seems like a pretty valid assumption where common household substances are concerned... one would hope that most folks mucking around with your more unusal substances would learn something about their properties first.

So anyway, why the ominous tone? How might I get in strife following this rule of thumb?