DIY Goo Gone

by Andrea Fabry

This affordable degreaser will get rid of those sticky adhesives so you can repurpose your glass jars. It can also be used on kitchen cabinets or inside ovens!

DIY Goo Gone Recipe

1 part kitchen oil (I use olive oil)

2 parts baking soda

Combine in a small bowl and stir to make a paste. You can always add a few drops of essential oil for added cleaning power. Suggested essential oils include lemon, orange, rosemary, and tea tree oil.

Soak jar overnight in warm water to loosen the adhesive.

Scrape off as much of the adhesive as you can.

Apply the Goo Gone with your fingers.

Rub thoroughly.

Rinse with warm water.

Repeat if needed

This DIY Goo Gone works great on ovens too!

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Dana on May 04, 2016
Can you use another type of oil? If you don't have olive oil. Like vegetable or corn oil?

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Norbert John on May 04, 2016
Can I use your DIY GOO GONE on a dining room table? It is an oak table that has gone sticky.

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Renata on May 05, 2016
Can u use the original Goo Gone in ur oven?

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Carole on Jul 08, 2016
Shortening (margarine) is very useful for dissolving. Also excellent for removing motor oil stains (hands, textile)before washing the grease away with soap. In high-school, (long time ago) we were taught in chemistry why, it's one of the few things I've remembered and used ever since. In short: grease (and grease-based glue/any kind of stickyness) likes grease (therefore gets dissolved and blends) while it will harden and withstand for instance water. Soap that is very greasy (Castile soap) can be useful too for the same reason, but may not always be enough. As for me and repurposing jars, I put them in cold water in a pan, bring it to almost boiling or somewhat below for 5 minutes, takeit off the heat, ,rub and remove anything possible and then I apply pure Castile soap to wash away and remove stickyness and label rests. It is very fast. But do not wash jars that come out of hot water under cold water, the lesser quality glass of some jars may crackle or break.

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- JaBro on Feb 11, 2019
  
  I remember my mom sitting on the floor back in the 50s (gee I’m old!) going through laundry and “spot treating” stains with Crisco. Then came big chem and petroleum based “stain lifters.” Back to natural for me!
  
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Bonny McDaniel on Jul 09, 2016
I've always used a good shortening like Crisco, applied to the worst of grease stains like those on mechanics clothes, let it sit and the grease comes off, as Carole says, when you wash the item.

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