So, does anyone have experience with removing stickers from the factory seal?

Is it possible to do this without damaging the seal?

If your main concern is preserving the condition of the seal, then I would highly recommend not even attempting to remove any stickers from it. You just never know how much adhesion a sticker might have until you go to remove it.

Plus, if the sticker to be removed identifies the original retail store from which the game came, then the sticker itself has some good historical value to it.

I’m not sure what your end game may be, but I recommend “un-do” for anyone’s sticker removing needs. http://www.un-du.com/video.html

I used to use “goo gone”, and while it worked OK, it smelled, and left an oily residue behind. This stuff is a miracle worker, totally amazing stuff. I’ve never tried it on any warranty labels, but if anything can remove it undamaged, this stuff can.

Have you ever used it to remove stickers that were actually on the seal of a game box, or have you only used it to remove stickers on unsealed game boxes?

I’ve seen several videos of people using such substances to remove stickers on game boxes, cartridges, etc., but game boxes and cartridges are certainly much stronger and able to withstand such better than the plastic seals that originally came on some old game boxes, especially the plastic seals on Virtual Boy games, which are quite fragile compared to plastic seals that are used on some modern games.

I would think that using any kind of substance, even water, on the original Virtual Boy seals would give a risk of warping the seal, etc.

I’ve used it on just about any and everything that was “stick” or “stuck” and needed to be removed from something else. It is a liquid, so if the materials in question are tissue paper thin, you may have a problem. As you can see in the videos, un-du can remove just about anything, from anything.

In regards to gaming uses, I’ve removed price stickers from shrinkwrap, stickers from the game boxes, and just about everything in-between. No issues personally, but you’ll have to gauge usage by your needs, and what may or may not be possible.

I will say, once this stuff hits the adhesive, it becomes undone rather quickly and can be removed with minimal pressure.

Thank you for your input!

Benjamin, yes my main concern is to not damaging the games! But I would really like to get rid of the stickers on 3 of my sealed games if possible w/o damaging them.

jumpman, I would definitely try this out on my cheapest game, but unfortunately this doesn’t seem to be available in my country, Denmark.

I have once removed stickers from N64 cartridges using methylated spirit, but I don’t know if I will have to scrape them off afterwards, possibly messing with the seal.

I investigate if it is in any way possible to get this undu somewhere in Denmark.

Again, thank you.

jumpman wrote:
… As you can see in the videos, un-du can remove just about anything, from anything…

I must say that the duct tape being removed from the toilet paper is by far the most impressive…

I’m not sure if I would actually use toilet paper that had duct tape removed from it… but impressive nonetheless. 😉

I leave the price tags on to further prove its a factory sealed game. You know, because of the scammers. Also its kinda fun to see how much someone paid for it and never opened it.

Benjamin Stevens wrote:

jumpman wrote:
… As you can see in the videos, un-du can remove just about anything, from anything…

I must say that the duct tape being removed from the toilet paper is by far the most impressive…

I’m not sure if I would actually use toilet paper that had duct tape removed from it… but impressive nonetheless. 😉

Yeah, that is one of those head scratching moments for sure. I understand they are trying to show the “extremest” of situations, as the duct tape is about the stickiest tape around, and toilet paper is about the most fragile paper around, but as you have stated, who had a need to fix this problem? LOL

A great demonstration though.