6 Feb
2007
6 Feb
'07
10:43 p.m.
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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6 Feb
6 Feb
10:58 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:43 PM
Subject: Removing labels (alternate methods?)
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?
--
I would think there are 3 ways to remove a solvent:
1. heat it up so that it will peal off
2. soak it with a like solvent to float it off
3. super cool it so that the glue will no longer hold
Have any liquid nitrogen handy? :)
11:09 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
3. super cool it so that the glue will no longer hold
Have any liquid nitrogen handy? :)
Nope, but I have compressed air I can hold upside down. ;-) Let me try it:
LOL! Yes, I don't think *frost* on a diskette is good for it:
http://www.oldskool.org/misc/frost.jpg
And it didn't help in getting the label off either :)
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11:25 p.m.
Wierd... I have never had a problem with Goo-Gone not removing a label, and
I use it quite frequently.
Sometimes on old dry labels it take a fair amount of soaking, but I've
always lifted the label off fairly easily. Once in a while I use a sideways
razorblade (in a holder) to lift it after the googone soaking.
Jay
11:03 p.m.
On 6 Feb 2007 at 21:43, 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 (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.
Are you sure that it's a left-over film and not the GG dissolving a
bit of the jacket and giving a shine to it?
Cheers,
Chuck
11:27 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 6 Feb 2007 at 21:43, Jim Leonard wrote:
No, I'm not sure at all. While Goo-Gone smells like orange oil, the
label says "petroleum distillates". I am not a chemist; what are disk
jackets made of, and would Goo-Gone do what you're describing?
--
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Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/
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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.
Are you sure that it's a left-over film and not the GG dissolving a
bit of the jacket and giving a shine to it?
7 Feb
7 Feb
12:05 a.m.
On 6 Feb 2007 at 22:27, Jim Leonard wrote:
No, I'm not sure at all. While Goo-Gone smells
like orange oil, the
label says "petroleum distillates". I am not a chemist; what are disk
jackets made of, and would Goo-Gone do what you're describing?
Goo Gone is petroleum naptha and citrus oil.
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/safety/MSDS/GOO-
GONE%20STAIN%20REMOVER.htm
Isn't a floppy jacket made of PET? I don't know what GG will do to
it. I use mineral spirits to remove labels on mine.
Cheers,
Chuck
12:47 a.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
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