@Camazotz Automat About five or so weeks ago you were sporting the One Vice At A Time avatar. I told you of the cassette I have but with no way to audibly enjoy it. Fast forward to just last week I received the CD I ordered.. you know the one. To my dismay (see picture) there was a sticker on the front case that would not so easily be removed. This marred my new purchase and knowing me as only I do it made me quite angry. I considered grabbing my wife's hair dryer (but didn't) after trying ever so gently to to remove the eyesore sticker with my nail only made things worse.
You can see what my solution was.
I wish they had not forced my hand in such a way.
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@KSMI feel your pain.
That is an elegant and fast solution to a problem that drives me nuts as well. Especially if I purchased a CD because I want to relish the classic artwork as I listen. Full immersion.
Because of the KROKUS band logo, I do think it is a cool sticker. Almost pharmaceutical in appearance. But they should place it on the shrink wrap's outer surface. Even better, redesign it and print it on card stock and place it inside as a faux "backstage pass" collectible.
Similarly, I dislike stickers on book jackets. I regularly buy used books. I don't care if the book is beat up, but added barcode stickers and price stickers on the dust jacket are hard for me to ignore.
I've had a lot of luck using the pictured product which you may already know about. I'm in the process right now of moistening and peeling off a partial sticker on a book delivered today. The seller tried to remove it, and it mostly came off, but it left behind a square, sticky, transparent, fuzz magnet, as well as a sticker fragment. I put a couple of drops on the area and let it sit for three minutes then peeled up the remaining sticker a little at a time. Then maybe another drop where curled up sticker meets book jacket. As far as the residual adhesive, I use a smooth cloth, moistened with the cleaner and make small circular motions with the cloth. That motion also starts balling up any "ghosting" paper that would not peel up.
So it works well on CD cases and glossy book cover paper. I've also used it on glossy vinyl-record jackets to remove the price stickers applied by used-books stores.
Note:
The solvent is toxic. User Alert. But it sure as Hades works. One vice sticker at a time.