Testing Out Homemade Goo Gone

I actually saw this idea a while ago. And I saved it and I went along with my life. At the time I had no reason to try homemade good gone or anything to try it on. But as I've started learning how to really upcycle and how to start looking at things for a way to upcycle them. 

And that's when I started looking at all the containers my food comes in differently. Especially the jelly jars. Normally jelly comes in a glass jar and it really is a perfect size to store whatever little things you need to store in them. (I went with my coconut oil face scrub). The only issue is that you can rip the labels off, but there is still that stubborn glue strip that remains. 

So I was happy when I rediscovered this idea and I knew it would be a great way to try to get rid of that pesky glue strip once and for all.

The Project

Test Out Homemade Goo Gone

instructions from this picture:

(Photo from The Repo Woman

and if you click the link you can find recipes for all sorts of diy household cleaners)

Results

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I guess I should start by saying that I've never actually tried real Goo Gone before, so I don't know how this stuff compares (even though Mike has a bottle of the stuff around here some where). I was just drawn to how two simple ingredients could do the job of a bottle full of them.

So I tried my first batch during Hurricane Matthew. And I just made a little batch and tested it out on one of my jelly jars.

And it worked all right. It definitely removed some of the thinner parts of the glue. But I had trouble getting the thicker glue spots off.

 I tried letting it sit for a while, but that didn't work. I also tried using the scrub back of my sponge to scrub it off, but by the time I used it the scrubbie was worn out.

Since I got some results from the first batch, I decided to give it another go. And this time I came prepared with a scouring pad.

 I also didn't recheck the recipe and went with a one to one ratio of vegetable oil to baking soda. Which work all right, but the baking soda and oil separated after it finally settled.

Here's my jelly jar after the first round of diy goo gone. The slightly yellow spots are the stubborn glue spots.

I found if you put a little goo gone on the glue and give a good scrub (and rinse under water) that it really does get the glue off. Even the really stubborn spots.

And you can see below that the yellow spots are gone.

I also tried it on the label on my pasta sauce jar. And it worked. 

But I tried just the scouring pad and water and it work just as fine. So really goo gone is best used to get rid of tough glue spots.