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| cobaltdriver:
Thanks for the options. I will have to give them a try and hopefully not ruin the original labels. I'll be really dissappointed if they get messed up because I've had them since I was a kid so their going on probably 25 years old so i really appreciate the advice. |
| retromangia:
Hey Cobalt, Coming from a perfectionist, I've learned some times its best to leave well enough alone. As someone who's always trying to improve the condition of his games, sometimes it can backfire if your not careful. If you've had the stickers on the label for 25 years, then why not just leave the sticker on there. It's part of it's history and charm now. If you MUST remove the sticker from the label, I would try using a 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. If it doesn't feel like it's going to budge with ease, just leave it alone my friend. At best you'll be left with some sticker residue on the label. I wouldn't use any harsh chemicals on the label. Just looking out for ya man. |
| pzeke:
Yeah, if the stickers have been on the label for over 20+ years, I'd consider leaving them alone. Granted, if you're careful and patient you can remove them, but you do indeed risk having to deal with sticker residue, which itself is a hassle to deal with. Keep in mind that not all stickers are the same, so some might be easy to remove, even without having to use anything other than your fingernails, especially considering they're 25 years old. This is what you would do.. Get some cotton swabs, hot water, and/or rubbing alcohol - you can also consider acetone, which is what I would often use, but this would be the part where having steady hands and a crapload of patience become crucial. With the swab simply tap the sticker ever so lightly, dampening it enough while avoiding going out of its borders, reapplying whichever liquid you chose after maybe a minute. Which liquid to use would be dependent on the sticker, so I would recommend trying to peel it off to see how "weak" it is. I would often use acetone on stickers that seemed would leave residue once peeled; however, there are stickers that outright are meant to stay, so cutting your losses would be the better option. Standard price tags are usually easy to deal with, but most other types will requite the extra labor. So yeah, in short, my main advice is to try and peel those stickers off, gently of course, to determine if it's a good idea to remove them at all. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: pzeke on June 26, 2020, 08:50:35 am ---Yeah, if the stickers have been on the label for over 20+ years, I'd consider leaving them alone. Granted, if you're careful and patient you can remove them, but you do indeed risk having to deal with sticker residue, which itself is a hassle to deal with. Keep in mind that not all stickers are the same, so some might be easy to remove, even without having to use anything other than your fingernails, especially considering they're 25 years old. This is what you would do.. Get some cotton swabs, hot water, and/or rubbing alcohol - you can also consider acetone, which is what I would often use, but this would be the part where having steady hands and a crapload of patience become crucial. With the swab simply tap the sticker ever so lightly, dampening it enough while avoiding going out of its borders, reapplying whichever liquid you chose after maybe a minute. Which liquid to use would be dependent on the sticker, so I would recommend trying to peel it off to see how "weak" it is. I would often use acetone on stickers that seemed would leave residue once peeled; however, there are stickers that outright are meant to stay, so cutting your losses would be the better option. Standard price tags are usually easy to deal with, but most other types will requite the extra labor. So yeah, in short, my main advice is to try and peel those stickers off, gently of course, to determine if it's a good idea to remove them at all. --- End quote --- I'm pretty sure he means actual lable damage, literally tearing the lable off leaving white while removing a sticker sticker residue looks far better than having a sticker on the lable or box after all, it looks way better than a sticker covering the art work with some minor sticker residue. Sticker residue does not really cover the art work after all it's pretty minor in majority of situations. tons of collectors are literally fine with some minor sticker residue on cardboard boxes for nice condition stuff, it looks pretty nice even upclose. also removing stickers from cardboard boxes is far harder than that off cardridge lables wich are far less fragile in comparison. if you only have sticker residue left your already at the easy part of removing it withouth damage or you can just keep it that way since it looks decent than. I'm mainly talking about cardridge lables and cardboard boxes Obviously for plastic cases even sticker residue is easy to remove withouth any risks at all so even if it isnt as bad as a sticker most people would still put in effort to remove sticker residue completely. Or ofcourse cardridges as in not on the lable since again, hard plastic on caridges is durable very durable. @retrogame mania Depends Really old stickers sometimes just fall off easily because all the glue has dried up A very welcome suprise when that happens |
| cobaltdriver:
--- Quote from: retromangia on June 26, 2020, 12:02:53 am ---Hey Cobalt, Coming from a perfectionist, I've learned some times its best to leave well enough alone. As someone who's always trying to improve the condition of his games, sometimes it can backfire if your not careful. If you've had the stickers on the label for 25 years, then why not just leave the sticker on there. It's part of it's history and charm now. If you MUST remove the sticker from the label, I would try using a 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. If it doesn't feel like it's going to budge with ease, just leave it alone my friend. At best you'll be left with some sticker residue on the label. I wouldn't use any harsh chemicals on the label. Just looking out for ya man. --- End quote --- No, i appreciate th advice and ive been kind of contemplating doing just that. I figured I could try some of the un-du stuff that masamune suggested on a game that I could easily replace and that doesnt have as much sentimental value to it for me and if it goes well then I can use it on the other ones but if it doesnt I may just leave things alone. The good thing is I dont really have any games that are crazy vaaluable beyond the sentimentality but obviously id like to preserve them as much as possible. I do agree with sworddude though that as far as the asthetic of the cartridge it does look better without the stickers on it especially when they have my name written on them which I think kind of takes away from them artwork. This a learning experience for me since I am just starting to collect but i am glad I am learning about it early on so i know what to do in the future. |
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