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I bought some fabric off ebay and I am happy with the fabric and price - its very cute :) But the person had a sticker on the fabric and when I pulled it of most of the sticker stayed behind on the fabic

I have Goo Gone but I have never used it on fabric Will Goo Gone stain my fabric?

I have used it on fabric and as soon as I got it all off, I rubbed a small amount of Dawn You could also try rubbing alcohol.

tess is right. Be careful with how hard you rub with it, and immediately put Dawn on it and wash.
Good luck!

Goo Gone stinks and hard to get rid of the smell. I use UnDo. It works better and non toxic. It's safe for photographs stuck to glass, won't harm the photo. In fact it is what professional photo shops used, that kept stuff like this a big secret.

thanks for your responses

Onebyone - I have never heard of Undo. I will have to check it out. :)

You could always try acetone (nail polish remover), and some adhesives dissolve with plain alcohol.

Depending on how big the sticker was, I would be tempted to just cut that area out instead of messing with chemicals.

have you tried to put a bit of muslin over it and then a hot iron to "melt" the sticky stuff? That would be what I'd try first.

didn't think of that.. but I don't think there's much sticky left. Like its an old sticker.. I think I am going to try that tho Thanks

Onebyone - thanks for the link I had never heard of this stuff before

never ever heard of it, now that I have I am getting some to try. thanks

I place duck tape over the residue and press it down firmly with my hand or credit card. When you pull it off the old adhesive residue sticks to the duck tape, wa la!

Those stickers can be so annoying no matter what they put them on.

What about just really hot water with soap (dawn) and scrup with a toothbrush? I always have desolve it on hand but have never used it on fabric and it does have a lingering odor but I think water and soap would be the best to try first.

I might have have to try this UnDo. I really don't care for goo gone. I did notice on Walmart link it says extremely flammable and harmful or fatal if swallowed. I suppose that's not surprising though it is probably similar to chemicals they use in dry cleaning.

I use hand sanitizir to remove the sticky labels on almost every thing.Actually used it on a fat quarter I purchased yesterday.Haven't had any negative results ,and have been doing it over a year now.

I prefer to use peanut butter on stickers, that being said, I always use it on dishes/hard items. I let it set for a couple hours and then the sticker comes right off.

If you work from the back side of the fabric, like Jordan suggests using hot water with soap (dawn) and scrub with a toothbrush. That way you would not be pushing anything 'into' the fibers.

Thanks onebyone. I just ordered it.

I've used Goo-Gone for about 50 years. Love it. Sure it smells; so does gasoline, which does the same thing. They all wash out with soap.
I would never try an iron on it. That would just push the stuff more into the fabric. It's not like wax.

I think Undo would work very well. I worked in a library and we used it to remove stickers off even fragile pages of donated books. Always dried clear with no evidence of sticker or Undo. Worked there 17 years and never saw any problems with it.

I have a hard time using anything with 'smells' so I try a more organic approach first. If it is a small enough piece (or a kid's shirt with stuff on it!), try freezing it. Then it is usually easy to scrape off the hardened glue. If the item has no grease in it and is a wax base, try ironing it with a brown sack on top. As it heats, it should be absorbed into the bag. Neither of these are foolproof and are a bit harder, but they are chemical free.

I have used Goo Gone forever and never heard of Un-Du. I think I may try it next time around. Thanks for the tip, Onebyone.

A few years ago I had a lot of fat quarters from Hancocks with large stickers on them, and I used a hair dryer on the stickers, and they peeled off nicely.
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Thanks for all of your replies.. first thing I tried was the hot iron with a pressing cloth. It didn't stick to the pressing cloth but the glue got goey and I could scrape it off. yay!

Thanks everyone!

Sorry ,but I would return the fabric. this happen with clothes never came off. Goo gone will eat the fabric.

I meant by UnDo being non toxic as to the item you apply it too. It won't hurt delicate paper or cloth. I've never had a problem with it. I know the local museum uses it to remove stuck together papers and pictures.

I used Goo Gone on fabric and it lifted the color out, so I ended up putting an appliqué on it.