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Hi everyone I'm sure it has been asked before but can any one suggest a safe way to remove price labels from boxes without damaged them or am I stuck with them

Lee

A successful method for me is to heat up the label with a hair dryer if possible, to try and make the sticky stuff more pliable. Through trial, error and experience it will be possible to gently lift a corner of the label with a modelling knife blade. In doing this it will be obvious if this label is going to be removed with ease and with care and you can continue to use the blade to keep teasing the label away from the surface of the box.

If you have successfuly removed the label but there is still sticky stuff left on the box this is harder to remove without inflicting some damage or after effect to the box, depending on the type, age and quality of the card used for making the box.

When this has happened for me, I use an office eraser such as this one below.

For what it is, it is quite expensive but is the best out there for this type of work as it will also clean rust of axle-ends, scuffs of painted bodies and clean a lot of plated parts like chrome bumpers etc.

just gently rubb the sticky stuff with the rubber like you are trying to erase it and you may find it moving to a different area on the box which is fine as you can tease it to an adge where you can simply pick it off with a finger!

Sometimes the sticky stuff has embeddied a residue right into the surface to leave a darkened area showing where the label was. This is not going to be removed by any method and will always be visible so sometimes it is best to leave label in place!

Ghosthunter.

GH
you could elaborate the method or CAUTIONS as to removing tags from the celo /window.(F -N )...dont attempt?
personally I purchase with tags as a % deduction on location /condition and do not remove
have two comment s in list which are (with) tag and if is a provenance type ..store, country,fancy,carefully/tastefully placed
for A to H box you take what is available and trade up.

I've met Kevin and cant believe he has a hair driier.....He has as much hair as me...

The price label shown on this model coule be removed by first soaking the label with a drop of methylated spirits. Repeated soakings may be required if the sticky stuff is close to becoming quite hardened.



This will allow the paper and sticky stuff to become quite soft so it can just be peeled off then clean the cello area with normal household 'Pledge' type polish.

Ghosthunter.

misterpop wrote:I've met Kevin and cant believe he has a hair driier.....He has as much hair as me...

Hi Ghosthunter, thanks very much for the detailed advice on removing labels...its round price labels I am attempting to remove from 3 card superfast boxes.

I can only carefully try to remove them and I'm sure what you suggest will work with minimum damage caused.

Thanks Lee

Thinning.

here is one to teach with..
have to grab photo before it drops off
https://www.ebay.com/itm/MATCHBOX-YESTE ... 663.l10137

box is already dried out with tag on face.....suggestions?

If it were mine I would be leaving it alone as the price label on that is part of the model's history and belongs with it.

It is very unlikely that label could be reomoved without causing some damage to the box ans I suspect it will have left a dark image underneath, a shadow or ghost image showing where the label was stuck to the surface and it can not be removed as it is embedded into the cards structure.

Best to soure another box without any retailer added labels.

Ghosthunter.