You’lleliminate the sticky remainswith just a few minutes and a little elbow grease.

Try one of these solutions, and you’ll have clean plastic quickly.

Repeat

Repeat the process, if needed.

Sticker partially peeled off of candle next to houseplant, towels and scrub brush

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Try canola oil, coconut oil, or any cooking oil will do.

The steps for using white vinegar to clean off sticky remains are similar to those for olive oil.

Start by taking off as much of the sticker as you’re free to with your fingernails.

Materials and tools to remove sticker residue

Materials and tools to remove sticker residue

Soak the Area

Wipe Clean

Wipe the area clean with a damp cloth to finish.

Vodka is a good substitute for rubbing alcohol in a pinch, although it is much pricier.

Scrape at the Sticky Spot

Use a plastic scraper, credit card, or plastic knife.

Hair dryer blowing hot air on to sticker on green tray

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Lay the edge or blade of your scraper as close to the surface as possible.

Keep scraping until the sticky residue comes off.

This step is beneficial if a sticky spot persists.

Credit card scraping off sticker from bottom of green tray

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Spread Peanut Butter on the Residue

Slather some peanut butter over the sticker leftovers.

Goo Gone is specially formulated to dissolve stickers and glue adhesives on glass, plastic, and metal.

Apply, allow to sit for a few minutes, and scrape away.

Hair dryer blowing hot air to remove rest fo sticker reside from green tray

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Dawn dish detergent has degreasing qualities that are also effective on adhesives.

Put a drop or two of the soap directly on the surface.

Allow it to sit for 10 minutes.

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Scrape and wipe away the glue with a warm water cleaning cloth.

Plastic container with sticker placed in bowl with soapy water

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Old toothbrush scraping off sticker residue form bottom of plastic container

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Small sticker being removed by hand from small glass container

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Rag covered with olive oil scrubbing sticker on glass container

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Glass container dipped in white bowl with soapy water to remove sticker residue

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Sticker being scraped from tan candle holder with fingernails

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White vinegar soaped paper towel wrapped around tan candle holder

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Damp cloth wiping white vinegar off tan candle holder

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Paper towel soaked in rubbing alcohol wrapped around container

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Container wrapped with paper towel and rubbing alcohol sitting on orange striped cloth

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Container wiped with clean cloth to remove sticker residue and white vinegar

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removing a sticker from glass with a scraper

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using an alcohol-soaked cotton ball to remove the sticker from glass

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Peanut butter spread across sticker with wooden spoon on bottom of gray tray

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Peanut butter spread across sticker on bottom of gray tray

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Clean cloth and soapy water removing peanut butter and residue from bottom of gray tray

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WD-40 lubricant sprayed on old cloth and rubbed on sticker

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Removing as much of the sticker as possible

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Metal pot dried and buffed with clean cloth

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Soaking the sticker with oil

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Sticker on metal pot removed with damp cloth

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