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remove price sticker residue with olive oil!

October 25, 2011 by Lindsey 6 Comments

A few weeks ago I was preparing some mason jars to can peaches. They had price stickers on the metal lids though, so I had to get them off. Obviously they couldn’t just peel off nicely, that would be too easy. They left massive amounts of gooey price sticker.

Because I was using the jars for food I really didn’t want to soak them in any sort of chemical cleaner, even if I was going to wash them before using them. I Googled around and wouldn’t ya know what I learned.

Olive oil serves the same purpose as the sticker remover cleaning product Goo Gone. I gave it a shot. I laid all of the lids out flat with the sticker side up. I poured a tiny amount of olive oil, enough to cover all the goo, on the lids. Let it sit for about 5-7 minutes and voila!

I used a cotton ball to wipe up the olive oil and the gooey sticker came off right along with it.  I was totally intrigued by it and won’t get so angry from now on when I come across some extra sticky price stickers!

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Filed Under: Cleaning & Organizing Tagged With: goo gone substitute, olive oil goo gone, what to remove a price sticker with

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  1. Bridget Long says

    October 25, 2011 at 8:39 am

    Awesome! You just saved me time and frustration!

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    • Lindsey T says

      October 25, 2011 at 1:38 pm

      So glad I could help! It really was amazing, the sticker wiped right off. I wish I’d known about this earlier!

      Reply
  2. cate says

    October 25, 2011 at 11:39 am

    Olive oil also works wonders for getting gum out of your hair…. In case you ever have a run in with a popped bubble fiasco.

    Reply
    • Lindsey T says

      October 25, 2011 at 1:39 pm

      When I was in 4th grade I got GAK in my hair. I bet the olive oil would have taken that out too…!

      Reply
  3. JDazzo says

    November 2, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    This is a great idea! I’ve wondered what to use instead of goo gone! I will be trying this out for sure

    Reply
    • Lindsey T says

      November 2, 2011 at 7:55 pm

      So glad!! It really was amazing!

      Reply

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