Best way to remove adhesive residue from skin?

[QUOTE=Napier]
>And, what are “acetone wipes”? Are they like alcohol wipes? Where do you get them?
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If you look in the drug store with the nail polish remover (right next to the nail polish, as any mother of a teenage girl knows. . .duh!), you’ll find nail polish remover wipes; individually packaged. Some are non-acetone (for use with artificial fingernails) some are acetone. I wouldn’t be surprised if hardware stores carried them, re-packaged in some way, too. But I know I could find them in the drug store.

I think I’ll try mineral oil first, since I have it on hand. Then move to baby wipes if that doesn’t work.

Hmmmm. I wonder if the moist flushable bathroom wipes might work, too? I’ve got those. Maybe I’ll give it a shot.

>If you look in the drug store with the nail polish remover…individually packaged. Some … are acetone.

Well, how splendid! I have to have some! Thanks!
>as any mother of a teenage girl knows. . .duh!

You realize how odd it sounds to me that you know about getting these things in a drugstore and don’t know whether and how hardware stores sell them. How differently the other half works, eh?

[QUOTE=yoyodyne]
Those wipes use the same citrus and petroleum based solvent as Goo Gone.
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Well then. So much for my suggestion. Goo Gone would at least be cheaper, probably.

[QUOTE=Napier]

You realize how odd it sounds to me that you know about getting these things in a drugstore and don’t know whether and how hardware stores sell them. How differently the other half works, eh?
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Indeed! Viva la difference! :cool:

My favorite adhesive removal stuff evar:

Detachol

Smells nice, completely non-irritating and it WORKS. I use it mainly to remove bandages from my dogs, who have very thin skin that tears easily. I dribble some on the adhesive and it zips right off. Paraffin is the main active ingredient, IIRC.

You should be able to get it at a drugstore that sells ostomy supplies. It won’t cost as much as it says on that site either. I think the last time I got some it was about $5 a bottle, and you won’t need much for your purposes.

I’d also say naptha/spot remover, which in moderation isn’t irritating to the skin.

Acetone is easily obtained a one of the big box hardware stores. Also good for removing oil, grease, paint, etc. It was the hand cleaner of choice at the glue factory.

I wish I’d known about this after I got out of having a 24 hour Holter monitor test done – I had perfectly round rashes on my torso for a while. :mad: :frowning:

[QUOTE=JThunder]
Have you tried fire?
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Don’t be ridiculous.

Fire could burn down the whole house and then where would she be?

Sandpaper is a much better choice.

Yes, it too could destroy the whole house but you’d have to really work HARD and most people would give up before they’d reduced the place to a pile of wood shavings and dust. :wink:

I actually came in here to suggest peanut butter - doesn’t run like mineral oil would.

Ether.

Well, now you’re just being silly. I would never waste perfectly good peanut butter on such a thing; I’d rather live with the residue! :wink:

Anyway, mineral oil doesn’t run if you put it on a cotton ball!

Noxema works just as well as mineral oil. I use it to remove the sticky residue that price tags leave on glassware.

[QUOTE=Mama Zappa]

Sandpaper is a much better choice.
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Nah, waste of resources. You don’t really need that paper backing, try sandblasting.

[QUOTE=Joey P]
Nah, waste of resources. You don’t really need that paper backing, try sandblasting.
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Wow, I don’t have much of an ass now. If I sandblasted it every week, 'twouldn’t take long to disappear altogether. . .

Didn’t expect to see this thread pop up again. I don’t think Norine is going to need to worry about this problem anymore. She died a while back.

To remove adhesive residue from your skin, those sticky rings, or squares :rolleyes:
I use morroccan argan oil, which I spray on my hair, maybe any oil will do the trick but this is what I used. :slight_smile:

Zombie threads are particularly poignant when the OP isn’t with us anymore.

After reading this thread and lindy13.s post I decided to try my John Frieda Frizz-Ease 100% shine spray on some cotton balls…MIRACLE! I have been wearing a heart monitor for several days and moving it around because it is so irritating. This stuff cleaned the gunk right off!

Ether this or that.