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How to remove stickers and glue from Slabs?

tougregttougregt Posts: 37 ✭✭
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Hello,
What is the best way to remove glue from stickers on pcgs slabs ?
Thank's
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Goo-Gone
    When in doubt, don't.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Something called Goo Gone has been recommended in the past along with WD40. Best [if you can get it] is hexane, petroleum ether or any similar saturated hydrocarbon.

    Goo Gone contains CAS # 64742-47-8 [among other things] which seems to be simple kerosene. I expect that something like Coleman camp stove or lantern fuel would do just as well. Try it out on an old slab or remnant fro a crackout first.
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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dont use acetone.....Many of us have done this by mistake.....DO NOT be one of us.

    Learn from the mistakes of others.
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dont use acetone.....Many of us have done this by mistake.....DO NOT be one of us.

    Learn from the mistakes of others. >>

    I'm in that boat, I have it sitting on my desk so i dont do it again. image


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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Goo Gone .... NOT Goof Off (that stuff is too harsh and can eat the slab plastic)
  • PurfrockPurfrock Posts: 545 ✭✭✭
    If you don't want to buy goo-gone, peanut butter works well too.
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  • PurfrockPurfrock Posts: 545 ✭✭✭
    double post
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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use a little butter.

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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,340 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Goo gone or WD40

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have to do this constantly for photography. Surprisingly, I get the best results with the same stuff I use for polishing-out scratches: PlastX. Try it. Removes residue and cleans and polishes.
    Lance.
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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PlastX

    Ive been meaning to buy a bottle of that.
  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Duct tape works great for most situations

    Heat from a lamp will do wonders

    Combine the two above and your golden
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    This works well for me.


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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,494 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Dont use acetone.....Many of us have done this by mistake.....DO NOT be one of us.
    Learn from the mistakes of others. >>

    I'm in that boat, I have it sitting on my desk so i dont do it again. image >>


    What happens if you use acetone?




  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just use isopropyl alcohol. It doesn't affect the PCGS sticker or anything and works perfectly. Just rub LIGHTLY with a soft cloth.

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  • CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hello,
    What is the best way to remove glue from stickers on pcgs slabs ?
    Thank's >>



    I have used WD40, works great even on dried old stickers, just let it soak a bit on the old stickers.
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have to do this constantly for photography. Surprisingly, I get the best results with the same stuff I use for polishing-out scratches: PlastX. Try it. Removes residue and cleans and polishes.
    Lance. >>



    image keep a bottle on the desk all the time.image
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  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,244 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use alcohol most of the time because it is the handiest.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,604 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have to do this constantly for photography. Surprisingly, I get the best results with the same stuff I use for polishing-out scratches: PlastX. Try it. Removes residue and cleans and polishes.
    Lance. >>



    How does it work when the glue is on the hologram?image

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,604 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Dont use acetone.....Many of us have done this by mistake.....DO NOT be one of us.
    Learn from the mistakes of others. >>

    I'm in that boat, I have it sitting on my desk so i dont do it again. image >>


    What happens if you use acetone? >>



    Melts the plastic.image

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,604 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't use any polishing compound to remove glue when it's on the hologram unless you want to also remove the hologram.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Dont use acetone.....Many of us have done this by mistake.....DO NOT be one of us.
    Learn from the mistakes of others. >>

    I'm in that boat, I have it sitting on my desk so i dont do it again. image >>


    What happens if you use acetone? >>



    Melts the plastic.image >>

    This it was a new holder i just rec it and i put some ductape on it to post a guess the grade and pilled it off and saw the glue and now this is how it look's



    image
    image


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  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Every slabbed coin I buy gets an automotive cleaner/wax hand buffing. It cleans the crap off and leaves a protective coating. They look great.

    I'm currently using a product called NUKLEEN N' Seal. Works good on the cars too!!
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  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭


    I once made the mistake of thinking I could "buff out" the scratches in a very old slab with my chrome buffing wheel and jewelers rouge. Don't do that......
    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • goodmoney4badmoneygoodmoney4badmoney Posts: 1,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I use a hair dryer to heat up the sticker/decal and typically it peels off pretty easy. If there's some leftover residue I use the sticker itself and dab the area over and over, and the remaining glue usually lifts off.

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