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Secret solution to removing labels from folders?
- By Alice Bumgarner, Moderator
- 1/30/2009 - 11:30am
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Alice Bumgarner, Moderator
Alice Bumgarner, editor of Administrative Professional Today and contributing writer for Executive Leadership, has been writing about workplace and family issues for 13 years. Her articles have appeared in dozens of publications, including http://Salon.com, http://MSN.com, Continental magazine, Southern Living and Town & Country. She lives in Durham, N.C., with her husband, two daughters and dog Milo.
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16 Responses to "Secret solution to removing labels from folders?"
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:29:41 PM EST
I've never went to the extreme of trying to remove old labels. The most efficient manner, less time and effort, if you have to use the same folders as a cost effective measure, is to just place a new label over the old one.
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:34:22 PM EST
I have taken an exacto knife and lightly cut around the old label, then lift it off. This is a very clean way for removing the old labels. Then I purchased removable labels to replace the old ones. Now it is very easy!
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:37:08 PM EST
I use white out tape and write over the old label or reapply a new labels. I can usually reuse the folder several times until too worn.
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:42:40 PM EST
If the label won't rip off easily, I sometimes witeout the text so it doesn't show through, and place a label over the old one.
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:43:37 PM EST
In most manicure kits there is a tool that pushes back your cuticle. I use an old one of those. I can usually grab a corder and easily lift off the label from there. It is a trick I learned in removing shelf labels when I worked retail. If you have files that require freqent label changes consider the investment in a poly file. The labels are easily removed on those.
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:48:36 PM EST
I just put the new label over the old. Why remove it?
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 12:52:33 PM EST
In my workplace we buy an adhesive remover called "un-du Adhesive Remover." It not only removes the label but you can even re-attach the label to something else. According to the package "The solution instantly neutralizes the adhesive temporarily and then quickly evaporates allowing you to reuse the sticker, label, or tape again." In my experience, this really works!
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 1:37:00 PM EST
As with most labels, they have a glue backing. You can bring your hair dryer from home and heat them up a bit, then they will come right off. At least that is what works on items I purchase at the store with sticky labels or stickers on them...
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 2:44:04 PM EST
Use a piece of packing tape; rub onto label with fingernail, then rip packing tape off. The label will come with it. Works well for removing pricetags from gifts, too.
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said this on 30 Jan 2009 8:29:29 PM EST
If you just need to reuse a file and not for regular filing, I use a piece of colored paper 1/4 page in size and tape it over the whole tab (I call these files "junk files" and use them for my personal use at my desk. I can reuse and reuse these. If I know that I will be reusing a folder for regular filing I use removable file labels
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said this on 02 Feb 2009 8:06:49 AM EST
Ever heard of Avery REMOVABLE labels?!?
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said this on 06 Feb 2009 2:33:34 PM EST
I reuse file folders all the time. I use the Avery removable labels which peel right off leaving no sticky residue. Saves a lot of folders!
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said this on 06 Feb 2009 2:38:45 PM EST
YOU GO ANON! A hairdryer........how ridiculous!
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said this on 09 Feb 2009 11:19:47 AM EST
I just flip the folder inside out, and there I'd have a blank label section. If you choose, you can cover the old label, which will actually be on the backside after you flip it.
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said this on 04 Mar 2009 3:59:49 PM EST
Avery makes removable file folder labels. Avery #8066 should be what you're looking for. I've used them for years & they work really well.
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