Okay, so many of us on here have talked about using Goo Gone to remove stickers from game cases/etc. I've used the stuff for several years for all sorts of stuff. However, I found something you DO NOT want to use it on...game discs (probably DVDs too).
I purchased a couple of XBOX games on ebay recently. They came in today and it turns out the person had purchased them from a video store which used those clear protective sticker covers on the discs (paint side). I don't usually use these, and decided to remove them from the discs (testing the edge of one first to make sure it wasn't TOO stuck and might hurt the disc to pull it off). Also, I didn't want the movie store logo on the discs. Anywho, both of the sticker covers came off pretty easy with no problem. One of them left some sticky residue on the game disc thou.
As I've done with stuff many times before, I decided to use Goo Gone to soften the sticky glue and wipe it off the disc (just like it works on XBOX cases with stickers/residue all the time). I put the Goo Gone on the disc and let it sit to losen the glue. I came back to wipe it off and was able to get some of it off. There was still some of it stuck on. So, I put some more Goo Gone on the disc, let it sit for a while and came back to check it. This time, the residue was coming of very easily by using my finger to wipe it off.
HOWEVER, apparently the Goo Gone had weaked the plastic of the dics. I picked up the disc (too look for the final amounts of glue left), and wiped some last spots of glue toward the outer edge of the disc. I suddenly heard several slight cracking sounds. The INSIDE hole of the disc was splitting with cracks. Now, I wasn't pushing hard or anything else like that, the Goo Gone had made the plastic soft/brittle? and caused the disc layers to actually start to separate. I know it was delaminating because, since the disc was ruined, I decided to see how bad it was damage was and found I could actually peel the top (paint) and bottom (clear) layers of the disc apart.
So, be warned, Goo Gone can damage game dics.
While it was a bummer to lose the game, it was one I was planning on getting rid of on ebay as it was the other disc in the auction I really wanted. Luckily, it had no glue residue on it when I removed the protective sticker, so I had not put put any Goo Gone on it (whew).
I purchased a couple of XBOX games on ebay recently. They came in today and it turns out the person had purchased them from a video store which used those clear protective sticker covers on the discs (paint side). I don't usually use these, and decided to remove them from the discs (testing the edge of one first to make sure it wasn't TOO stuck and might hurt the disc to pull it off). Also, I didn't want the movie store logo on the discs. Anywho, both of the sticker covers came off pretty easy with no problem. One of them left some sticky residue on the game disc thou.
As I've done with stuff many times before, I decided to use Goo Gone to soften the sticky glue and wipe it off the disc (just like it works on XBOX cases with stickers/residue all the time). I put the Goo Gone on the disc and let it sit to losen the glue. I came back to wipe it off and was able to get some of it off. There was still some of it stuck on. So, I put some more Goo Gone on the disc, let it sit for a while and came back to check it. This time, the residue was coming of very easily by using my finger to wipe it off.
HOWEVER, apparently the Goo Gone had weaked the plastic of the dics. I picked up the disc (too look for the final amounts of glue left), and wiped some last spots of glue toward the outer edge of the disc. I suddenly heard several slight cracking sounds. The INSIDE hole of the disc was splitting with cracks. Now, I wasn't pushing hard or anything else like that, the Goo Gone had made the plastic soft/brittle? and caused the disc layers to actually start to separate. I know it was delaminating because, since the disc was ruined, I decided to see how bad it was damage was and found I could actually peel the top (paint) and bottom (clear) layers of the disc apart.
So, be warned, Goo Gone can damage game dics.
While it was a bummer to lose the game, it was one I was planning on getting rid of on ebay as it was the other disc in the auction I really wanted. Luckily, it had no glue residue on it when I removed the protective sticker, so I had not put put any Goo Gone on it (whew).
