Stickers.. Remove or Ignore?
I was wondering what other collectors do with cibs/carts they get with stickers/tape/cello/writing on them
- do you remove it at any cost
- do you remove it only if 100% sure to not damage the item
- do you ignore them and leave them be?
personally i'm a remover at 99% max, I only have 1 cib that i didn't remove the stickers off because i noticed they were so "grown" into the box that they would tear it apart.
Other than that i remove all stickers/residue/writing at any means possible and get away with it without harming the item 99.9% of the time
this however stops at a certain degree.. id be very tense trying to remove a sticker from a Rodland box just to say
so what do you do?
- do you remove it at any cost
- do you remove it only if 100% sure to not damage the item
- do you ignore them and leave them be?
personally i'm a remover at 99% max, I only have 1 cib that i didn't remove the stickers off because i noticed they were so "grown" into the box that they would tear it apart.
Other than that i remove all stickers/residue/writing at any means possible and get away with it without harming the item 99.9% of the time
this however stops at a certain degree.. id be very tense trying to remove a sticker from a Rodland box just to say
so what do you do?
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usually they aren't that bad though, but some stickers really weld themselves to the box
For ones worth less than $3 that I'm flipping I don't bother and resell them in bulk lots
For ones above that which I'll sell individually, I remove and clean the front and top because my pics are from a top-down perspective. I ignore everything else.
BTW: I removed a Blockbuster rental sticker from the Flintstones 2 box I sold last year. I just practiced the technique on other boxes first so I didn't damage the big one.
TOOTHPASTE!!! I always use whitening toothpaste (it's what I have on hand in the house), but it works WONDERS! Even if it doesn't remove it 100% (although it very well may), it will make it so faint that it is almost invisible to the naked eye.
As for stickers, I always use fingernails / goo-gone. Haven't come up with any better techniques yet.
For marker on carts i use plastic pollish, and for servere cases where theres paint or tar (yes i had tar on my carts) very light sanding then polishing.
I really want to use toothpaste, the method sound silly but i think it probably works great. And after, you have nice mint smelling carts
LOL you can literally advertize them on ebay as being *minty*
Stickers/Security Stickers - Googone
Never dealt with boxes much, but I would certainly try the hair dryer before anything else. If it's completely melded and become one with the box just leave it.
I'll let you in on a little secret for removing permanent marker from a cart....
TOOTHPASTE!!! I always use whitening toothpaste (it's what I have on hand in the house), but it works WONDERS! Even if it doesn't remove it 100% (although it very well may), it will make it so faint that it is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Do you use any particular brand of toothpaste?
I'll let you in on a little secret for removing permanent marker from a cart....
TOOTHPASTE!!! I always use whitening toothpaste (it's what I have on hand in the house), but it works WONDERS! Even if it doesn't remove it 100% (although it very well may), it will make it so faint that it is almost invisible to the naked eye.
Do you use any particular brand of toothpaste?
Well I mean I always use Crest because it's what is in my house, lol. Not sure if any particular brand would matter...
has anyone ever seriously messed up a game by trying to remove a sticker or something?
Hell yes. Luckily, I was testing it on a junk cart though. Don't ever confuse "Goo Gone" with "Goof Off". The latter will literally liquify the plastic.
Also, if you use Mr Clean Magic Eraser, be sure to wet the surface otherwise you wear down the plastic.
If you accidentally spill a cleaner like Goo Gone on the edge of the label, it will discolor it.
Removing stickers from boxes and instructions is a real pain. I dont usually even bother anymore.
Al
If there is a price tag, I'll leave it on. I like the nostalgia / historial reference.
I like to leave them on to for the same reason
In all honesty, I haven't really bothered to do any sort of cleaning on any of my carts/boxes, I've been fortunate to have only run across stickers that are easily removable.