Regardless of where the stickers for the furniture came from, you yourself stuck them there, the children tried, or maybe the previous owner, you should be prepared for the fact that you still have to remove them from there sooner or later. Over time, dirt begins to accumulate under the edges of any sticker, it itself decays, is worn out and fades, and, of course, nobody wants to have such “beauty” on their furniture items. Further in the article, we will analyze in detail how to remove stickers from furniture, both from a varnished and a dull surface.
Simple uninstall issues
As a rule, when the sticker is completely tired of you, you take it by the edge and begin to peel it off. But on the surface of the furniture, most often, there are fragments of the lower layer, which are very firmly held on an adhesive basis.
Although, sometimes the sticker can be removed completely. But after some time a dark gray spot of dust settled on the remains of glue accumulates in its place, which sometimes looks worse than the old sticker itself. To avoid this, the glue on the site of the former decoration should be removed immediately, which will help you in the following tips on how to remove old stickers from furniture.
Hair dryer
A hair dryer is a good and effective thing. It is clear that in order to get rid of an undesirable sticker, you have to heat it up so that the glue, as they say, drips, that is, liquefies. This will make it possible to remove it from the surface immediately and completely, and not in parts and pieces.
But this stick is about two ends, since excessive heating can adversely affect the varnished surface. But you can remove the stickers from the furniture with a hairdryer, and without ruining the polishing:
- The main thing is to put the hair dryer on the most minimal heating. In this case, you will have to hold it over the sticker for a longer time, but the varnish coating will not suffer.
- When the sticker has warmed up significantly (you can try to touch it with your fingers), pry the edge with some sharp object, being careful not to scratch the varnish.
- Pull the resulting raised edge of the sticker. This should be done slowly and without sudden movements. Only in this case is there a possibility that it will be removed, taking with it all the glue without a trace.
- Now you need to wash the surface with soapy water and wipe dry.
- But if glue remnants were felt at this place when wiping with a napkin, you will have to use other methods.
Construction tape
How to remove glue from stickers from furniture if the hairdryer did not help? In this case, construction tape will come to the rescue . It is not recommended to use ordinary ones, since the adhesive leaves it quite easily and can remain on the varnished surface, further exacerbating the problem. And in construction adhesive tapes, the glue base adheres perfectly to the material and is unlikely to remain on the cabinet or chest of drawers. You need to proceed as follows:
- To the place where there are residues of glue from the sticker, glue a small piece of construction adhesive tape tightly, leaving an edge for which we will tear it off.
- It is advisable to stick another strip on top, so that the tape is thicker and harder to tear.
- We pull the free end of a piece of construction tape. At the time of tearing, he will move away from the surface, dragging on himself the remains of glue from the sticker.
If this does not help, move on.
Sunflower oil
Those who are interested in how to quickly remove stickers from furniture should try sunflower oil. It will not damage the lacquered surface, and after the removal procedure, it can be easily washed off the cabinet door or cabinet with soapy water or a dishwashing detergent. Oil will help dissolve some types of glue used in stickers. The process will look like this:
- Apply sunflower oil to the sticker or its residues and wait until they are saturated. Typically, in 5-7 minutes the sticker will absorb enough oil to come off the cabinet without any problems.
- If you should get rid of only sticky traces, we also apply oil to them, but here it will be enough to wait for 2-3 minutes. During this time, the glue will become thinner, and you can begin to remove it.
- Slowly remove the remnants of the sticker and wipe the surface. Wash all this with soapy water, and then wipe and consider. If roughness is felt under the finger at this place, repeat the procedure. If the glue remains still could not be removed, we resort to the following tool.
Nail polish remover
It should be used with caution. Although it is designed to remove nail polish, but it doesn’t act so much on a regular varnish, you should manipulate a cotton swab dipped in it very quickly.
How to remove a sticker from furniture with its help:
- Apply liquid to the swab.
- Press it to the sticker or the remaining glue.
- If this is a sticker, then we wait a couple of minutes and begin to erase it with the help of the same swab.
- In the case of glue residues, it is simpler - they will erase from the surface instantly.
- Then we wash the surface with soapy water or a dishwashing detergent.
Done! It remains to wait until everything dries, and then grate the varnished surface to a shine and that's it. Now the place where the sticker was could not be distinguished from the rest of the surface.
Furniture without lacquer finish
If the sticker is glued on a flat, unvarnished surface, in no case should you resort to the option with sunflower oil. It is absorbed into the wood, as a result of which you will not even erase it later with sandpaper. Then how to remove the sticker from the furniture? After all, and wetting it with nail polish remover, you can get an indelible stain on this spot from the sticker that has been absorbed into the wood by the paint.
In most cases, a hairdryer does an excellent job here. The non-varnished surface can be heated even harder, as a result of which the sticker with the raw wood varnish will come off completely.
Acetone, alcohol or vinegar
If the glue nevertheless remains in some incomprehensible way, it will help to dissolve and wipe it: vinegar, gasoline, kerosene, alcohol or acetone. The only condition is that these liquids should not be oily, they should be clarified (crystal clear, like water). Otherwise, if you use ordinary gasoline, an indelible dark blot will necessarily form at the rubbing place.
And how else can you remove stickers from furniture made of unprocessed lacquered wood? Specialists can simply erase them with sandpaper, and then polish and polish this place. But why resort to such difficult methods if, as already mentioned, a sticker is removed from ordinary wood without a trace with a hairdryer?
Special sticker remover
Those who have free time, can not resort to improvised means, and, walking to a specialty store, buy there a tool designed to remove stickers. About how to remove stickers from furniture and any other surface with its help, it is written on it itself.
Usually this is a spray can, and its use is to apply the product to the sticker, wait a short time and then erase the sticker from the surface together with the adhesive base, which this product dissolves perfectly without damaging the surface where the picture was glued. Everything is simple.
Conclusion
The owners should remember that the beauty of the stickers is short-lived. And if you also take into account that the fashion for them is coming to naught every year, then you need to think about whether it is worth spoiling your furniture with such plain and hard-to-remove decorations.