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I order about 15 DVDs each week from Amazon and many are EX Rentals!! Does anyone have a good way of getting off the stickers and glue (Very Unsightly) without damage to the case?

Tks for reading - David

try googone, it works great. If its being really hard to get off, you can let a small dot of the googone on the case for about half an hour and come back and wipe it off. I've found this works fine (but if you leave it on too long the case's plastic gets warped a little bit)

I use De-Solv-It. It's just like GooGone, but without the real strong odor. It's a Citrus Solution/Organic & Biodegradable and "Mom Approved" ....   Link Here

I think it even works better than GooGone. WalMart stopped carrying it. But you can still find it in some hardware stores.The last big bottle I bought I just ordered from Amazon.  

Thanks for the input!! I'll will try your suggestions!!!!!!

Use a hair dryer on low heat and put it right up to the sticker and pull sticker off. The heat melts the backing and stickers come right off.

a cigarette lighter is a little less cumbersome than the hairdryer.... but more flamable.   :)

I second the praise for Goo Gone.  It smells like orange, no harsh odor and easy to clean with water.  It is powerful and just a little works.  I find it at the Home Depot, Christmas Tree Shops, -(really any hardware-like store).  I think Walgreens/CVS might carry it too.  $2-3.

http://www.googone.com/

I would disagree on the "no harsh odor"--I dislike the smell of Goo-Gone.  If you use it, make sure you let the item air for a while before shipping it to someone.  (I suspect it dissipates faster from plastic than from book covers and such, where I would say don't ship it at all if the requestor has specified odor-free.)

I'll give another vote for the GooGone.  I usually pick it up at the Dollar Tree for $1.  I always try to air it out before mailing though.

I'm with Evelyn.  I can't stand the smell of GooGone.  I like other orange cleansers but that one . . . ugh!

I love the smell of Goo Gone!  Like a walk through an orange grove!  And it's not like the aroma sticks around.  After the stuff evaporates, the smell is gone too.  Miraculously potent stuff.  It's highly economical too.  I bought an 8oz bottle about seven years ago, and It's still 2/3rds full!  And that's with using it fairly regularly!

Big Lots has it on sale this week  :O)

Sort of "on topic" - if someone has written on a case with a Sharpie marker  - try using an eraser.  Not the pink kind,  they are too abrasive.  Use a Magic Rub (or vinyl) eraser - these are always white.

I've taken marker off both plastic and slip cases.

goo gone will often also get permanant marker off discs, although I have not tried it with cases

Tracy,  I just tried your hint for using a white eraser to remove marker  It worked great!  Thanks! 

It was fast and easy.  I will never go back to paper towel and dish soap. 

Now how to we get marker off a snap case?  Argh!!!!!!!!!

Also I was lucky to have any white erasers left,  my Daughter uses them like crazy.  I guess I will have put to an eraser aside with my dvd mailing supplies. 

To get sharpie writing off of most things (like a DVD case or disc), all you need is some rubbing alcohol! :)

I tried rubbing alcohol for the plastic DVD case (the clear sleeve portion) - it didn't work.  The vinyl eraser worked fine.  Not sure about a slipcase though - I didn't want to use liquid on the paper.

Nail polish remover with acetone will also get sharpie off stuff.  (We had to use it at work when the ditz of a boss used a sharpie on the dry erase board!)  You just want to do it quick and then clean the surface well with Windex or 409 or some other cleaner.  The acetone will start to eat through the surface if left on too long.

I purchase many items from thrift stores that use stickers and store discounted items that have sale price stickers on them.

I use cheap hair conditioner. dap some on rub it in and use a soft cloth to wipe off. Sometimes you have to use a little elbow grease with it but I have never had a sticker conditioner could not remove!

And to remove sharpie spray a little perfum on it and wipe with kleenex..works like a charm!

Good luck!

It sounds like everyone has their own way to remove stuff! :) Alcohol pads always works wonderful for me.

I have a pile of "supplies" kept on hand including alcohol pads, alcohol spray bottle, nail polish remover, q-tips, goo gone (smears the glue); wet wipes--but I am going to try the white eraser and de-solv-it because I'm allergic to the toxic smells of some of these things and must always wear gloves to handle!

I have to thank toribo (Teri K.) for Stop USE conditioner Instead

I cannot use harsh chemicals anymore without headache, skin irritation and possible coughing/sneezing.  I used Pantene Frizzy Smooth Conditoner (Houston humidity really plumps your hair with moisture).  I applied with my finger to the sticker residue on the case. Then I used a DRY paper towel to wipe off.  I had to do a 2nd application and it  removed all residue.  Be sure and use a Dry paper towel and keep folding it to the clean parts of the paper towel.  Yes, elbow grease and reapply till all sticker residue is removed.  I also did this on the inner ring of a disc where a rental sticker had been.  Have not played the disc yet.  Will report on that later.  If you cannot use Goo Gone or De Solv It try the conditioner method! 

heh heh, I kinda like Teri's ideas as well, I was like "hair conditioner and perfume?"  Girl power right?   LOL

Can't wait to try the white eraser.  I didn't even know there were different kinds of erasers  LOL

Here's my quick fix it tip for a case that is hopelessly stickered up: flick of a wrist into the trash!  lol.  There's some I don't waste my time on: the ones that had those plastic strips on the opening edge.  They're from rentals.  They insert a kind of handled thingy with two prongs to remove the strip.  I don't keep any of those cases.  Any cases with cuts in the bar code area, or cuts anywhere.  Toss 'em, no one wants cut cases. Wrinkled cases.  Toss those too! 

Thanks Valerie for the specific instructions on using conditioner.  I have bottles and bottles of the stuff from hotels (not that I hang out in hotels, mind you).  :)  Tried it a couple times but knew I wasn't doing something right even though it eventually removed parts of stickers.