Remove Stubborn Stickers And Glue With Coconut Oil And Bicarb Soda

Remove Stubborn Stickers And Glue With Coconut Oil And Bicarb Soda

Looking for an easy way to remove stickers from plastics and furniture without resorting to harsh gunk-removing chemicals? All you need is a little coconut oil and bicarb soda. Equal parts mashed together will give you a slightly abrasive paste, perfect for removing residue or glue from almost any surface.

Over at Rosy Blu Handmade, Michelle notes that this worked like a charm to remove an old stubborn sticker from a plastic vacuum cleaner. I tried this myself, and I found that while one teaspoon of coconut oil and one teaspoon (or a little less) of bicarb soda worked wonders on already-soft residue, the tougher stuff required me to drag out the Goo Gone anyway.

A number of the commenters at the original article (link below) noted that you could do the same with other types of oil, such as tea tree oil (which is a bit more astringent and may cut through more, but is as expensive as coconut oil) or even baby oil. One of the benefits of coconut oil in this case is that it forms a paste at room temperature, so you don’t have a liquid with baking soda at the bottom.

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