6 Feb
2007
6 Feb
'07
9:47 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Goo-Gone: doesn't appear to penetrate the paper of
the label! I mean,
it does, but I have to apply it twice
Do you mean the paper label comes off leaving only the sticky stuff? If
so, that is my experience also. Usually a soaking will get the glue
off, but I'm not sure thats a good idea for a 5.25" floppy, especially
since your picture shows the back side with the seems.
(both times with my finger,
otherwise the cloth soaks up too much)... and only then does it
marginally work.
I usually just squirt it on, although maybe you have a bottle meant to
be poured?
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...
Have your tried
IPA/Propan-2-ol/2-propanol/Isopropanol/rubbing-alcohol/Isopropyl-Alcohol
yet? How about ammonia and water?
So, are there any other alternatives? Or am I
incredibly inept and
missing a step or botching a procedure?
Could be either :-) Usually soaking will work, with a piece of TP on
top of the Goo-gone so it won't run. I have had one situation of
sticker gunk on the bottom of an IBM scsi chassis that would not repsond
to Goo Gone even when soaked for a long time. I think I tried one or
two other things, but never did get it off.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA