Removing sticker residue from bare wood ?

Question

I recently purchased some wooden wine boxes. Each of them has a huge shipping sticker on one end. (4" x 6", told you it was huge). After removing the sticker, it left sticky residue on the wood. Since the wood has not been finished, I don't know what to use to remove the sticky residue. I'm going to want to stain them eventually but can't until I get this gunk off. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Amanda · Answer

Try using alcohol. Then lightly sand it off.

62q10370829 · Answer

But goo off on spot & leg set & use a scraper to scrap off glue & then wash the area with hot water & soap. Let dry then sand. Good luck.

Fiddledd224 · Answer

Try baby oil or vegetable oil. If that doesn't work, use Goo Gone or Vaseline. If that doesn't work, use a blow dryer on the lowest setting and see if that loosens the glue, followed by the oil.

Mary · Answer

Julia Wolfe · Answer

WD40 or googone

Jay Paden · Answer

goo-gone for lables

Jay Paden · Answer

googone for labels

V Smith · Answer

First I would try alcohol instead of an oil based solvent because there is less chance of staining the wood. If that does't work then you can go to the Goo Gone.

Angela · Answer

Gel hand sanitizer. It's alcohol-based but because it's think it will sit on the sticky area without running and penetrate the adhesive. It also won't leave a greasy residue like some other options .

Lisa Ravia · Answer

The gel hand sanitizer was the total winner! We tore down some extremely old paneling that had the crazy green paper glued on with an extremely horrible substance. But what he went couldn't just peel off scrapped off like dream after it set for a mij

Johnavallance82 · Answer

Hello,

Try using Surgical Spirit to remove it!

Agnes Chrzanowska · Answer

Goo gone works very well

Patti · Answer

WD 40 has worked wonders on every sticky thing I have encountered. Even removed labels off off wine bottles (65 of them). With the crate, I would spray it on and use paint scraper ( the one with the straight razor). If the wood is textured, use a hard tooth brush

Deb K · Answer

Hi /Bren, hope this link helps you out,

https://cleaning.lovetoknow.com/cleaning-tips/how-remove-glue-from-wood

Kim |Exquisitely Unremarkable · Answer

Peanut butter works great.

Agnes Chrzanowska · Answer

use heat gun or hair dryer to remove residue

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