Getting sticky labels off shoes?

Question

Is there an EASY way to get those horrid white sticky labels off the bottom of new shoes?

Answer 1

Lighter fluid dissolves the adhesive very easily indeed. I use it all the time and it works like a charm!

Answer 2

White Sticky Labels

Answer 3

Well i hate companies that stick the stickers at the bottom of the shoes. They do it just to annoy you.

I used to spend hours picking bits of the sticky label, leaving a layer glue and fingers red raw, with nails snapped.

So my tip to you is something, maybe some of us never even thought of....

...you know those yellow washing-up sponges that your mum uses with the funny green thing on called a 'scourer'.

Get a hot tub of soapy water and scrub your hardest, it gets the label and that awful glue off in seconds.

Answer 4

Alcohol might damage the leather material. Best thing is to remove the sticker right away and RE-USE the same sticker on the same spot to remove left over stickiness. Keep doing this until all stickiness is gone. It works!

Answer 5

A little 'white spirit or turpentine' should dissolve the gum .
Ive worked as a painter/decorator for 25 yrs and use it to get labels/stickers off doors/ walls etc . Also works on that yukky gum left on by labels on other products. Good luck

Answer 6

Washing up liquid works quite well - use it neat with a sponge scourer. Or if you've already peeled the labels off and there's still some glue left, blu tack works quite well.

Answer 7

Lakeland do a great product called sticky-stuff remover. it works like a charm on anything sticky - from stickers to chewing gum.

Answer 8

I find Nail varnish remover works wonders, but this works better if you remove the label the day you buy the shoes.

Answer 9

Steady hand and a razor blade for stickers on the bottom of a shoe. But those aren t the stickers that bother me! Who cares about the bottoms, your going to walk on them anyway. It s the ones on the inside that bother me. You can t use a razor blade there. I found that a blow dryer with the heat turned up and a stiff piece of plastic is a good solution to those nasty stickers on the inside of your shoes!

Answer 10

wet a cloth in warm water only damp and start scrubbing. Peel what you can first before making it wet then wen its all gone there will be bits all over the place so get a dry tissue and wipe it off.