9 Oct
2002
9 Oct
'02
11:21 a.m.
OK, so here I am sitting at my computer with a
stack of 100 or so disks
to reformat. Unfortunately most of said disks have been labelled using
felt-tip pen. And the labels are the nasty kind that don't come off without
a fight. Sooo... Has anyone got a method that will get these stupid things
off without leaving a gummy, sticky residue or damaging my disks? I've tried
WD40 (didn't work at all), 3-in-1 oil (don't ask), an upside down airblaster
(freeze spray for half the price) and a few other things and nothing works!
Anyone want to share their secret?
I use a two step method.
#1 Avon Skin-So-Soft to remove the label. The oils in it will loosen the
glue so you can remove the label without much effort. However, it leaves
the glue itself behind, so in a few days when the skin so soft completely
dries up, you will be left with a stack of floppies that stick to
everything.
So I do step #2: While the glue is loose, I use rubbing alcohol to remove
the glue residue. Do this AFTER buffing off the excess skin so soft. Once
you give it a scrub down with alcohol, the active glue will be removed,
leaving you with a nice fresh (and ever so pleasent smelling) floppy disk.
Or, if you plan to put a new label on right away, you can skip step #2,
and just buff off the excess skin so soft, and apply a new label
(however, I have had some problems with that in the past... the skin so
soft gets into the plastic, and shortly after you apply the new label,
you find it is falling off... that is why I do the two step process, and
then leave them for a few days to fully dry).
Although I have not had an issue with this... I would be cautious about
getting the skin-so-soft onto the actual disk media... it just doesn't
strike me as being that good for it (fortunatly, it isn't a very tough
thing to control because it does have the consistance of WD40 or light
weight machine oil, so it flows, but not so fast that you can't control
it).
-chris
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