Most plastic bottles used for beverages, like soda bottles and common water bottle brands, have plastic or paper labels that are affixed with a strong glue, such as water-based or hot melt adhesive.

Avoid using metal tools to scrape adhesive. Heat loosens glue, making it easier to remove. Hot soapy water is also helpful in removing adhesive without damage. Whether you’ve had a craft day gone wild ...

Price stickers, labels on jars, decals—these informative, decorative, or simply provocative sticky things can be surprisingly tough to remove. Even when you succeed in peeling off most of a sticker, ...

It happens to the best of us. You peel back a sticker or sticky label, in hopes of a clean removal, but alas—that dreaded, impossible to remove sticker residue is left behind. “From clothing and ...

As much as I love reusing jars in my kitchen, peeling all the little bits, pieces, and residue off of a stubborn sticker sure can be a nuisance. Oftentimes, the trouble it takes to get that sticky ...

Removing labels and stickers from a surface can be a pain, but there is a way to get them off without leaving behind sticky residue. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and ...