Yet, ANOTHER use for dryer sheets!

Fireup2025 · 10-11-2007, 08:47 AM

This was a piece from my cheapskate.com newsletter I get - and of course this forum came to mind and I had to share

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SOILOVE SAVES THE DAY. I use Soilove (www.SoapsGoneBuy.com) to remove permanent marker and other inks from the outside of my Tupperware. It also removes sticky residue from labels and price tags. I simply take a dryer sheet that I have already used twice and lay it over the ink or adhesive. I apply 1/2 teaspoon Soilove and wait about three minutes. I then take the dryer sheet and rub the surface until the ink or adhesive is gone. I then wash the Tupperware as usual. The dryer sheet acts as a conduit for the Soilove so it can stay concentrated on the area and not drip everywhere. Stephenee D., California

Is Stephenee a member here?? (notice, she reuses dryer sheets too!)

RunningBum · 10-11-2007, 08:51 AM

Has anyone mentioned it removes, or at least covers, the smell in shoes?

TromboneAl · 10-11-2007, 11:25 AM

I'm finding that manufacturers are gradually moving towards price stickers that come off in one piece and leave no residue.

brewer12345 · 10-11-2007, 11:51 AM

I got a big, fat "you are parking in the wrong spot, a-hole" sticker on my window on monday. Any idea how to get the adhesive off?

And it was my spot. Dunno why they stickered me and haven't even got a response to my e-mail at work asking about this.

**Sarah in SC** · 10-11-2007, 11:58 AM

Brewer, this on top of the snarky email? That is one sucky workplace!
Fleeeeee fleeeeeee fleeeeee!

RunningBum · 10-11-2007, 12:09 PM

So Brewer, they demand that you come in but they won't let you park? Sarah is right.

TeeRuh · 10-11-2007, 12:18 PM

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to remove permanent marker and other inks from the outside of my Tupperware. It also removes sticky residue from labels and price tags.

Thanks, looks like pot luck at the lodge will be adding significantly to my Tupperware collection ...

brewer12345 · 10-11-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarah in SC

Brewer, this on top of the snarky email? That is one sucky workplace!
Fleeeeee fleeeeeee fleeeeee!

I think it was a misunderstanding. The parking spot is where we are moving to in a few months, not where we are now. But you can see how much fun I am having just getting here.

Moemg · 10-11-2007, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by brewer12345

I got a big, fat "you are parking in the wrong spot, a-hole" sticker on my window on monday. Any idea how to get the adhesive off?

And it was my spot. Dunno why they stickered me and haven't even got a response to my e-mail at work asking about this.

Windex should do it !

samclem · 10-11-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brewer12345

I got a big, fat "you are parking in the wrong spot, a-hole" sticker on my window on monday. Any idea how to get the adhesive off?

I guess you are lucky they tagged your window and not your paint.

I'd recommend you gradually escalate in the solvent war: Start with "Goo Gone" (available in K-Mart, I think auto parts stores carry it), then try rubbing alcohol, mineral spirits ("paint thinner" from hardware store), then try a little gasoline, finally try acetone (nail polish remover). Keep all this stuff off your paint.

twaddle · 10-11-2007, 02:34 PM

razor blade.

saluki9 · 10-11-2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by twaddle

razor blade.

To the sticker or the guy who put it on his car?

If it were my car it would be both

HFWR · 10-11-2007, 04:31 PM

Razorblade...

Moemg · 10-11-2007, 05:32 PM

Apparently fabric softener works to loosen wallpaper ! Did I go off subject ? Drat !

NinjaPigeon · 10-11-2007, 10:57 PM

Razorblade is indeed the way to get sticky stuff off your windows. They even sell little holders for the blades at the auto counter usually.

maddythebeagle · 10-12-2007, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by HFWR

Razorblade...

There was a razor blade in my desk when I moved to my new office....didnt realize how useful having one can be...

Great for cutting our corporate return address off our envelopes for personal use....Dont know what the previous guy use it for...

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Apparently fabric softener works to loosen wallpaper ! Did I go off subject ? Drat !

Yeah, according to this thread...going off subject, is no longer allowed...

Great tip, though...I probably will need it more than knowing how to remove "a-hole" stickers...

Draft community rules

mn54 · 10-12-2007, 03:16 PM

If you store your car for long periods of time, 6 months or more, dryer sheets placed in the car, under the hood, and any other place you can think of can help to keep four legged friends from making your car their new home.

ladelfina · 10-12-2007, 05:48 PM

A second for Goo-Gone. It is truly a miracle product.

The razor blade first will make it easier, though.

10-11-2007, 11:25 AM	#3
TromboneAl Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,164	I'm finding that manufacturers are gradually moving towards price stickers that come off in one piece and leave no residue. __________________ - Al -- Always serious, never joking. No, wait. Never serious... Always... I forget.

10-11-2007, 11:51 AM	#4
brewer12345 Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,248	I got a big, fat "you are parking in the wrong spot, a-hole" sticker on my window on monday. Any idea how to get the adhesive off? And it was my spot. Dunno why they stickered me and haven't even got a response to my e-mail at work asking about this. __________________ “When you realize that you are one of the rare few who observe moral principles in their relationships with others, there is a temptation to sink into amorality, not out of conviction or pleasure but simply to avoid further pain, because there is no greater suffering than being an angel in hell, whereas a devil feels at home wherever he goes.” – Martin Page, How I Became Stupid

10-11-2007, 11:58 AM	#5
Sarah in SC Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 2,725	Brewer, this on top of the snarky email? That is one sucky workplace! Fleeeeee fleeeeeee fleeeeee! __________________ "Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." - Mark Twain DINKS, 37 and 45, plan for his ER at 50, mine few yrs later.

10-11-2007, 02:34 PM	#11
twaddle Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,377	razor blade. __________________ Favorite ERF quote: "I'm not going to waste my time on someone who's more interested in being stubborn or obtuse or intolerant." -- Nords Favorite ERF error message: "Sorry Nords is a moderator/admin and you are not allowed to ignore him or her."

10-11-2007, 04:31 PM	#13
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,435	Razorblade... __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire Two turntables and a microphone...

10-11-2007, 08:51 AM	#2
RunningBum Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 757	Has anyone mentioned it removes, or at least covers, the smell in shoes?

10-11-2007, 12:09 PM	#6
RunningBum Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 757	So Brewer, they demand that you come in but they won't let you park? Sarah is right.

10-11-2007, 05:32 PM	#14
Moemg Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sarasota,fl. Posts: 3,091	Apparently fabric softener works to loosen wallpaper ! Did I go off subject ? Drat !

10-11-2007, 10:57 PM	#15
NinjaPigeon Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 324	Razorblade is indeed the way to get sticky stuff off your windows. They even sell little holders for the blades at the auto counter usually.

10-12-2007, 03:16 PM	#17
mn54 Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: mpls, mn Posts: 151	If you store your car for long periods of time, 6 months or more, dryer sheets placed in the car, under the hood, and any other place you can think of can help to keep four legged friends from making your car their new home.

10-12-2007, 05:48 PM	#18
ladelfina Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,652	A second for Goo-Gone. It is truly a miracle product. The razor blade first will make it easier, though.

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