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| ferraroso:
I'm not sure if my point of view will be of any help to you, but particularly I like to leave stickers as they are. I share the same opinion as the Imortal John Hancock (https://www.youtube.com/user/swlovinist) as I believe stickers, even though they must seem ugly sometimes, are part of the history of that specific game. They tells us a lot about where that game came from, where it has been and how the shops and persons who have own them dealt with it. Well, in the worst case, if you still want to remove the sticker, but are unable to do so, you can at least use my opinion as an excuse to leave it there... haha |
| pzeke:
--- Quote from: sworddude on June 26, 2020, 03:36:24 pm ---I'm pretty sure he means actual lable damage, literally tearing the lable off leaving white while removing a sticker [...] --- End quote --- Really? I never caught on to that. Maybe I should've emphasized the need for being extra careful... Sarcasm aside, believe it or not, there are stickers that do leave a mess when you peel them off, so the residue they leave behind can in fact be nightmarish to deal with. Trying to peel off a sticker with as much care as possible is the best way to determine whether you should proceed or not. And like you said, sure, there are stickers that loose their grip after so long, but unfortunately there are others that just don’t behave that way. EB Games used to plaster PS2 cases with a yellow sticker advertising trade-ins and they were a pain to properly remove. None of the glue-removing chemicals would do the trick until I started using acetone, which still required a bit of elbow grease. In all honesty, though, who in their right mind removes a sticker and doesn't bother to clean whatever residue it leaves behind? The way you maintain your collection says a lot about you as a collector. Then again, I've seen a bunch of videos on YouTube where people show off their collection and their shelves are dusty as fuck, so I guess the bar is set low given how many people worship these type of YouTubers. --- Quote from: ferraroso on June 26, 2020, 08:01:19 pm ---I'm not sure if my point of view will be of any help to you, but particularly I like to leave stickers as they are. I share the same opinion as the Imortal John Hancock (https://www.youtube.com/user/swlovinist) as I believe stickers, even though they must seem ugly sometimes, are part of the history of that specific game. They tells us a lot about where that game came from, where it has been and how the shops and persons who have own them dealt with it. --- End quote --- LMAO. What a cop out. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: pzeke on June 28, 2020, 09:12:36 am --- --- Quote from: sworddude on June 26, 2020, 03:36:24 pm ---I'm pretty sure he means actual lable damage, literally tearing the lable off leaving white while removing a sticker [...] --- End quote --- None of the glue-removing chemicals would do the trick until I started using acetone, which still required a bit of elbow grease. In all honesty, though, who in their right mind removes a sticker and doesn't bother to clean whatever residue it leaves behind? The way you maintain your collection says a lot about you as a collector. --- End quote --- sticker residue on cardboard boxes or cardridge labels first of all don't look to bad, 2nd of all you could still easily ruin the box if you try to remove that perfectly with certain chemicals, but that's just my opinion. With plastic boxes like ps2 genesis or them plastic carts, sure you'd remove it every time than no risk there easily done. and considering it takes some effort even in those cases, with lables and especially cardboard boxes you cant use the same power and have to do it carefully. chemicals could easily ruin the color of the box. sticker residue keeps it authentic aswell, or if the sticker looks nice with the name of the game in a less obvious spot it I usually let it be since it looks nice than. Still I hardly believe your using hot water to remove sticker residue from cardboard boxes. |
| byron:
--- Quote from: retromangia on June 26, 2020, 12:02:53 am ---hair dryer on low heat for 20-30 seconds at a time, about 4-6 inches away. See if you can peel a little up at a time. --- End quote --- This is the best advice so far. Caution has already been advised about acetone, but I would like to add a further warning: acetone in high concentrations, such as in nail polish remover, will melt plastic. I am not exaggerating. Some of my Nintendo carts have smooth spots where acetone ate the texture away. Don't be like me. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: byron on June 28, 2020, 04:52:20 pm --- --- Quote from: retromangia on June 26, 2020, 12:02:53 am ---hair dryer on low heat for 20-30 seconds at a time, about 4-6 inches away. See if you can peel a little up at a time. --- End quote --- This is the best advice so far. Caution has already been advised about acetone, but I would like to add a further warning: acetone in high concentrations, such as in nail polish remover, will melt plastic. I am not exaggerating. Some of my Nintendo carts have smooth spots where acetone ate the texture away. Don't be like me. --- End quote --- pretty solid method indeed, might not work on some stickers though especially security ones Still hair dryer does not remove sticker residue you might need to use lamp oil for that if your willing to risk it at that point, not worth it in most cases if where talking cardboard boxes. |
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