Removing labels from laptop

[Chris]

How can I safely remove the "Intel Inside" label from a laptop?

[Frank Erskine]

Fein Multi-Master.

[Andy Hall]

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.

[Dom]

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

Dom.

[fred]

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?

Best Answer - Chosen By Voters

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).

[Mike Harrison]

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

[Harry Bloomfield]

Chris brought next idea :

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

[Owain]

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

Owain

[Rumble]

Do a product search for "label remover"

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

go to your local Maplin store:

which contain orange oil are good for removing sticker residue and don't affect most plastics.

[tim.....]

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

tim

[robert]

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

[manatbandq]

Leave it on and spend your time getting a life!

MBQ

[cerberus]

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.

[Dave]

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

Dave

[djc]

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.

[Aidan Karley]

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

[Mike Barnes]

"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.