Removing labels from laptop

Fein Multi-Master.

Angle grinder.

If it's had the Windows monitor installed, you also need to take out the disk drive and pop along to your local government secure establishment. These places have special crushing and data destruction facilties.

It's disastrous for some plastics, especially polycarbonate, so be careful where you use it.

Dom.

In article , cerberus writes

Popular opinion would appear to disagree:

"Plastic dissolving agent?

Where can i find a liquid or some kind of product that seperates plastic from metal, or dissolves plastic?

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Acetone will soften or dissolve most plastic and would be the safest. Acetone is flammable so handle with care."

Courtesy of Yahoo Answers (for my shame).

To O/P I would recommend peeling the label off with a fingernail then removing the residue with a benign solvent, say IPA (isopropyl alcohol).

Peel off, then dab off any sticky residue with sellotape.

Chris brought next idea :

Peel off, then spray any sticky residue with WD40 and wipe.

That's rather unnecessary - Windows has built-in data destruction facilities.

Owain

or goto Robert Dyas or similar hardware store, where you can buy products like this:

I never really thought about doing this, but mind seems to just peel off

tim

Agree dont use acetone - my wifes Dell laptop is very badly marked as a result ( by me) ! Try Sticky stuff remover or equivalent. Robert

Leave it on and spend your time getting a life!

MBQ

Sequestrate some of your wife's nail-varnish remover (acetone), it'll dissolve the adhesive. It doesn't harm plastic, it's used in the plastics industry as a cleaner....acetone that is ;-)

Don.

It's not often you are wrong, but when you are right, you are certainly right :-)

Dave

Just pull it off, (slowly, steadily); any glue remaining will probably roll up into a ball with itself if rubbed with a finger. Finish off with isopropanol.

Peel the label. Steal the rubber (eraser) from your children's bags. Rub. Any more than that, it's decoration.

"Safely" in what sense? If you just rip the label off, I'm sure the operation of the laptop will be unimpaired. If you want to re-use the label, that's another matter of course.