Yellow sticker?

[Paul Moir]

Peanut butter is also shockingly effective.  I suspect modern, trans fat free (hydrogenated vegetable oil free), have only made it more so.  Wouldn't bother with "natural" stuff that separates.

[pickle9000]

Most drug stores sell adhesive tape remover, first aid section or over the counter. It's to remove the sticky stuff on band aids. Whatever you use test it first.

http://www.amazon.com/Dynarex-Adhesive-Tape-Remover-Pad/dp/B000OPZ4WA

[ddavidebor]

It can and I have seen it. It depends on the plastic. it is better to start with the least aggressive solvents and work up in power. Actually the first thing to use would be the cooking oil, then lighter fluid, then alcohol.

LIGHTER FLUID?

Have you drink too much solvent dude?

Lighter fluid is a damn strong solvent, it's petroleum, it MELT plastic!

lighter fluid (in Canada) is usually butane, not quite sure about why the strong reaction. alkanes aren't exactly uncommon solvents.

I would think that propan-2-ol would probably be the best choice. Most "rugged"/durable plastics are resistant(ish) to it and I've never found a label or label-adhesive residue that I couldn't remove with it.

No, it's rafined oil. And incredibly similar to paint solvent. And in fact it melt plastic (cheap crap zippo).

Butane is a gas, propane also. How you can use it?

[ddavidebor]

Most drug stores sell adhesive tape remover, first aid section or over the counter. It's to remove the sticky stuff on band aids. Whatever you use test it first.

http://www.amazon.com/Dynarex-Adhesive-Tape-Remover-Pad/dp/B000OPZ4WA

Oh god, tank to provide someone with some salt in his head instead of hp destroyer and plastic melter.

[Lightages]

LIGHTER FLUID?

Have you drink too much solvent dude?

Lighter fluid is a damn strong solvent, it's petroleum, it MELT plastic!

Oh yeah! Lighter fluid martinis!

Actually you might be right about this on plastic. I will have to refresh my memory by trying it on something again. I do use it all the time on painted metals to remove sticker residue. I would not take my "advice" until I check it again.

[ddavidebor]

So you're a lucky men! Hp plastic is bulletproof, paint also...

[KJDS]

If you want to get the smell of the Australian bush then eucalyptus oil  works just as well.

Try Youngs 303, the aftershave for real men

[poodyp]

Canadian space agency

Canadian Standards Association. If it were from a space agency I'd probably leave the sticker, though.

Aw, that kinda makes me sad then. I do actually have a piece of gear with a Lockheed Martin sticker on it. That made me kinda happy.

[Dave]

Thanks for all the replies.
I would have kept the sticker, if it's corners wouldn't be all torn, dirty and crusty - so I removed it. As I first planned, I attacked it with rubbing alcohol (ethyl alcohol with smelly pink additives). It worked like a charm, the sticker peeled right off. There was no damage to the plastic whatsoever.

The meter's front was covered with nasty glue residue, that also came off beautifully with rubbing alcohol.
The real pain in the a** was the "calibration void if torn" sticker over the CAL switch on the front. I spent at least 20 minutes slowly chipping the pieces, as the sticker was so fragile, it was impossible to remove otherwise. Alcohol didn't help at all in this case.

Anyhow, the meter looks great now, I just need to find it some feet (the unit was probably rack mounted before - the side screw covers are missing as well).
I have attached the picture of the area, where the two stickers used to reside. Squeaky clean now.