I hate to re-open a common thread, but I've tried both Goo-Gone and a
hair drier to remove old labels from diskettes, and it hasn't gone well:
Hair drier: I have to heat the disk so much that I warp the jacket if
I'm not careful. Way too much work (5+ minutes of low heat) per disk.
Goo-Gone: doesn't appear to penetrate the paper of the label! I mean,
it does, but I have to apply it twice (both times with my finger,
otherwise the cloth soaks up too much)... and only then does it
marginally work. But worse, what's left over is some petroleum-ish film
that I can't remove, even with soap and water. Check the following photo:
http://www.oldskool.org/misc/residue.jpg
So I wonder how well a new label will stick with that film on it...
So, are there any other alternatives? Or am I incredibly inept and
missing a step or botching a procedure?
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