# How do you remove those tow truck warning stickers?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 11, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819 "2001-11-11T22:46:19Z")
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### Author:  [@0bug0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/0bug0)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/1 "2001-11-11T22:46:19Z")
I was parking in my regular (illegal) parking spot, and for the first time in a year I got one of those damn stickers. It’s a big, fat, embarrassingly bright orange sticker that they slap on your drivers side window that tells you to move your car or the towing company will tow it. I once heard a guy talking about a good method for removing them, but I forgot what he was talking about. All I remember is something about water and a hair dryer. Anybody have any ideas.
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### Author:  [@0bug0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/0bug0)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/2 "2001-11-11T22:49:49Z")
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### Author:  [@spheric\_thor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spheric_thor)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/3 "2001-11-11T22:52:41Z")
I never got one of those stickers. But i’d try using water and a rag to get most of the paper off.Than maybe a razor blade to scrape the glue off.
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### Author:  [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/4 "2001-11-11T23:56:21Z")
I might be wrong fot this particular one, but most sticky tape labels can be dissolved off of surfaces using good ol’ WD-40
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### Author:  [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/5 "2001-11-12T00:50:19Z")
I’ve been able to remove just about any sticker using a hair dryer - heat at the corner and start peeling as the glue softens. Might not work in cold weather, though.
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/6 "2001-11-12T01:16:52Z")
1. GooGone[sup]R[/sup]
2. Vegetable oil.
3. Baby oil.
4. Peanut butter.
Not all at once–pick one. Rub in, let sit for a minute, scrape off with single-edge razor blade.
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### Author:  [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/7 "2001-11-12T01:31:41Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \*
> \*\*1. GooGone[sup]R[/sup]
> 2. Vegetable oil.
> 3. Baby oil.
> 4. Peanut butter.
>
> Not all at once–pick one. Rub in, let sit for a minute(_snip_)\*\*
I’m gonna have to save this and paste it into the next sex advice thread.
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### Author:  [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-remove-those-tow-truck-warning-stickers/92819/8 "2001-11-12T02:15:44Z")
**Stupendous man** is right. Every kind of automotive problem can be solved with duct tape, and/or a bent coathanger, and/or WD-40. This is no exception.