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7071305 No.7071305 [Reply] [Original]

Is there any way to get fucking stickers off of NON GLOSSY paperback books?

Pic related is easy but I have tons of used paperbacks from the 70's or 80's wear pulling the sticker off takes the cover with it

>> No.7071310
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7071310

>>7071305
>he actually bought wordsworth

>> No.7071313

>>7071310
lmao this

post the full cover pls what god awful royalty free painting did they use

>> No.7071315

>>7071305
I've had success gently rubbing those off using lye mixed with some ethanol

>> No.7071320

>>7071310
>>7071313
topkek

This is why I love you /lit/

Oh and OP, I get mommy to do it. She can remove stickers perfectly. Maybe it's long fingernails?

>> No.7071321

>>7071305
use a razor to start, pull the sticker at the most acute possible angle, grip as close to line of adhesion as possible all the way through, go extremely slowly but maintain constant speed, stop immediately at a snag and begin from new place altogether

>> No.7071324

Alcohol pads work wonderfully for removing sticker residue.

>> No.7071328

>>7071305
stickers add character, along with notes from previous owners and various things shoved between the pages like receipts and business cards. don't get rid of that shit. leave it pristine like the tags on a nigger's hat.

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>>7071310
>>7071313

I just googled "sticker residue on book" and used the Joyce book cause it would get the most /lit/ responses tbh but this cover is complete shit

>> No.7071337

Run it under hot water and then you an scrap it off easy

>> No.7071338
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7071338

This is a better example of the kind of book I mean.

See if I use alcohol or whatever it's just gonna kill the cover as well as the sticker

>> No.7071340

>>7071335
at least they didn't use a stockphoto of a guy in an Irishman Halloween costume

>> No.7071365

>>7071305
Run a lighter against it for a few seconds then scrape it off. The heat from the lighter will make the glue on the sticker loosen up and become pliable

>> No.7071394

>>7071305
Ask the clerk for a copy that doesn't have a sticker on it when you buy it.

>> No.7071412

I keep my stickers on there so I can show off how much I spent.

What's the point of having physical books if it's not to show proof of your impeccable taste and disposable income?

>> No.7072302

I have a set of 120 year old books that have stickers on them and I haven't figured out how to get them off without damaging the books :(

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>>7071335
>this cover is complete shit

It's better than the other Wordsworth Ulysses cover.

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7072322

A razor blade perhaps
Not a shaving razor
One of these

>> No.7072324

>>7071305
Goo Gone. It's amazing.

>> No.7072327

>>7072302

What fucking idiot put stickers on them?

>> No.7072337

>>7071365
yes, 'run' a lighter against 30-40 year-old paper

>> No.7072338

I bought a copy of the Leviathan used and it had one of those fucking price stickers on it. I tried to peel it off as carefully as possible and it still tore a portion of the cover off.

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GUYS, THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL HEAR IN YOUR LIFE
HOLD A HAIRDRYER OVER THE STICKER FOR A BIT BEFORE TAKING IT OFF
I SWEAR DOWN

>> No.7072647

>>7072337
use a hot spoon or knife
not red hot obviously

>> No.7072685

>>7071305
Lighter fluid on a Qtip or similar

>> No.7072791

Grow up

>> No.7073016

>>7072309
The best part is that you can tell the two guys were just photoshopped over the background. Also stephen's hair

>> No.7073097

>>7072324
The only sensible human being in this thread. All of the other suggestions are pure shit, damaging/dangerous, or relentlessly tedious. Only listen to this man.

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>>7071310

>> No.7073112

>>7072309
>>7071335
This is what happens when works hit public domain.
I ask you:
Is it really worth it?

>> No.7073114

>>7073016
Also the fact that Bloom has a full fucking beard and is evidently in semiformal evening attire save for the hat. Also they both look fucking stoned. What is it with the Wordsworth covers and having the dopiest possible facial expressions for the characters?

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7073134

>>7073103
That one ... just goes too far for me to believe is real.
If Tutis put that title out, on the other hand, I think they would use something like this: