This post shares how to remove sticker residue from plastic, specifically how to remove sticker residue from plastic bottles and jars. You can actually use this tip to remove sticker residue from glass and number of other surfaces, too.

How to Remove Sticker Residue From Plastic: A Quick Tip

I’m popping in today with another quick tip! A few weeks ago, I decided to start doing some quick tip posts…they can be about anything, just as long as it’s something I think might be useful to someone. And it has to be fast and easy to accomplish.

My first quick tip was about how to create drainage in planters without holes. I needed to do that for this hanging stainless steel bowl planter. Today I’m talking about something we’re all familiar with…how to remove sticker residue from bottles and jars.

Would you believe I walked around with my water bottle like this for a few weeks after buying it? I’m so, so lazy sometimes. I figured that a couple cycles through the washer would remove all of it, but alas, this is as far as my dishwasher got me. This sticker residue was particularly stubborn:

So removing it is pretty simple. Don’t bother with Goo Gone…I mean if you have it on hand you can use it, but it smells nasty. And why use Goo Gone for something olive oil can do? Yeah, no kidding, olive oil. I just poured a little bit onto a paper towel and started scrubbing the spot.

When about half of the sticker residue was off, I rinsed it and started scrubbing again. Sometimes it takes a few rounds for the stubborn ones. When it was all gone, I just thoroughly washed the bottle with soap and water to remove all of the oil. And that’s it, folks.

See? Easy. No more excuses for being lazy and keeping the sticker gunk on your bottles and jars forever. 🙂

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