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Maintenance Question: How to remove stickers and the goo residue?

AlanAlanine

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use lighter fluid. you can buy it in a smoke shop or something, unless you're too young (the lighter fluid cans will also say something like "good for removing labels" or something to that extent)
 

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How to remove sticky residue when switching stickers

I am putting on new stickers on my 3x3x3.
When removing the old stickers there's this sticky residue left from the old stickers.
How do I remove it? Tried brushing it off with soap and hot water but it's still all there

Should I use alcohol or a dissolvent or something?
 

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I use Goo-Gone. Takes it right off.

You do NOT want to get this stuff inside your cube, so be careful. Just squirt a small amount onto a paper towel and gently rub the outside of the cube.
 

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use the old fashion way...and free...soap and warm water, go through each piece and clean it off. It takes a while but it works. You can use alcohol...I tried nail polish remover and it worked ok even though it still took a while.
 

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use the old fashion way...and free...soap and warm water, go through each piece and clean it off. It takes a while but it works. You can use alcohol...I tried nail polish remover and it worked ok even though it still took a while.

None of these are free..


Edit: Oh.. and I have used my fingers so far.. I just push it off.. although my fingers are pretty dead after it, it does the job.
 
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ben1996123

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I use a cloth and just rub it off. Kills your fingers though, especially when the first puzzle you have ever restickered is a gigaminx :(

372 stickers + lots of sticky crap + 2 dead fingers = gigaminx restickering
 

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I busted my thumb up trying to clean sticker gunk off the first time I changed stickers. Not cool.

I use a contact cleaner from Maplin (an electronics shop in the UK). It works amazingly. I don't know if you can get it where you are, but maybe if you find an electronics store and ask them if they have a plastic safe contact cleaner, you might get lucky. You just spray it on and wipe if off. Bingo-bango-bongo.
 
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