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Default Removing very sticky flue residue left from the label of a glass bottle

On Aug 26, 2:39*pm, brooklyn1 > wrote:
> Manda Ruby wrote:
>
> >To remove the labels from empty glass bottles (of Asian food items as
> >well as spaghetti sauce bottle), I usually just soak the glass bottle
> >in water for a period of time until the label comes off. Sometimes, I
> >need to use the short snow -ce scraper - I keep it by the sink after
> >moving out of Mid west - to get the glue completely off the glass.

>
> >But this one bottle has glue residue left over that are just way too
> >stick to even old the glass in the hand It's a nice bottle, short with
> >wide opening to put bulkier spice like cinnamon stick. *

>
> >Any tip what I should use to get that glue residue off?

>
> Nuzzle it between your breasts until it gets off.


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I'll bet you say that to all the girls,,,but seriously, I have used
fingernail polish remover. Only on glass though as if on plastic it
could dissolve the plastic. The solvent used to clean plastic pipe
fittings before gluing and joining them should work also, although I
haven't tried that yet.
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