Topic: Snappers

[Touti]

Believe it or not, after 6 years of collecting DVD's I finally found one good thing Snappers.


When you buy them "previewed" from Video Clubs or "Buy and Sell" distributors, their glossy finish makes it easy to remove the stupid stickers from "La régie du cinéma du Québec" 

[RossRoy]

easy to remove the stupid stickers from "La régie du cinéma du Québec" 

Those damned stickers! 

What I hate most about these stickers is that most of the time, they are totally useless as they just repeat the Canadian rating, which is already printed on the cover anyway!

And with the number of different glue type, you'd think they could use one where you can remove the sticker without damaging the case, but no!

Ok, I'll admit, most of the time they are on the plastic wrapper, which isn't a problem. But when they decide to put them straight on the slip case 

Thank the maker for citrus based cleaner. Usually does a decent job of remove the glue residue, but you've got to be really careful, as I've ruined a few cases with it.

Speaking of which, anybody has a good tip for removing glue residue?

Oh, and I still hate snappers 

[Touti]

Use peanut butter for the glue, nothing beats it

[RossRoy]

Use peanut butter for the glue, nothing beats it

Say what??

Peanut butter on my DVD cases? Guess that's where I should apply what my mom always told me : "never trust what you hear or read on the internet!" ... she did tell me through email though 

But seriously... does it really work?

[addicted2dvd]

I must admit... it is the first time I ever heard of using Peanut Butter! 

[Touti]

Yes, it works.  The oil in peanut butter dilutes the glue.  It's also good to remove glue left by packing tape on furnitures or appliances after moving. 

I haven't tried it yet myself but I asked the question at intervocative a while back and a few people confirmed that it works.

[RossRoy]

I'd still feel uneasy spreading peanut butter on my DVD cases.. even if only for the smell!

[Touti]

This week I had to get rid of stickers from a snapper.  Holding it a 20-30 seconds over steam did the trick, since it's a glossy finish it didn't damage it.  The peanut butter trick would be more appropriate for removing glue from plastic on keep cases.

[rp_63]

Peanut butter works for removing the "sticky" left when you take labels off of something, it helps get gum out of your kids hair also (yeah my mom had to use that trick a few times when i was a kid  ). Works great for just about any kind of label, on the cardboard from the snapper cases you have to be very careful, if you rub to hard it may remove the printing.

Rob