It was only a matter of time.\u00a0 I go to a fair number of events, not as many as others, but enough.\u00a0 And every now and again I will put on a name tag.\u00a0 Since I do not go to that many and I do not always put a paper name tag on, I sometimes forget to take the bloody thing off.\u00a0 Well, it finally happened. Wearing a white shirt I had a white paper name tag, and threw it in the wash.\u00a0 Ug.<\/p>\n
For those of you that have not has this fun experience, aside from having to find little bits of paper on your clothes, there is a really sticky adhesive that is fused onto your shirt.<\/p>\n
I tried pealing it, no good.\u00a0 Then using a finger nail, only get small bits at a time.\u00a0 So how do you remove name tag adhesive from your shirt even AFTER the washer and dryer?<\/p>\n
Duct tape.\u00a0 Yes, that miracle of engineering, duct tape.\u00a0 When I first started looking this stuff up people were recommending store chemical items, vinegar, olive oil, and even peanut butter.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 Peanut butter?\u00a0 Since I still have duct tape around an air intake on my old ’93 325i from 6 years ago, I thought I would start there.\u00a0 And it works.\u00a0 Here is how you do it.<\/p>\n
Take the shirt and put it on a solid surface.\u00a0 In my case, I just pulled it across my leg.\u00a0 Then take a\u00a0 bit of duct tape and put it over the adhesive.\u00a0 Make sure you really press the tape onto the shirt.\u00a0 Use your finger nail and score across the top of the tape.\u00a0 Next, pull the tape off VERY quickly.\u00a0 This is key.\u00a0 You will find that on the first try you will get 40-50% of it off.\u00a0 Repeat till all of the name tag adhesive is off your shirt.\u00a0 Sit back and look at the tape a say; ‘is there anything duct tape cannot do?’<\/p>\n
.. Then never forget to take your name tag off again.<\/p>\n