Seamist Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 My helper wicked about 20 cases of jars with the wrong wicks and I do not use this jar and wick combination for any of my candles.I tried to heat gun the jar and pull off the wick/stickum, but of course this time the stickums are sticking like cement on the bottom of my jar. Any tips or tricks out there to get these off? Is there liquid I can pour in the bottom of the jar so they can soak and come off.They are in a jar that I really can't get my hand in to pick them off either!Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella1952 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) You could try heating the containers to soften the stickums... Any residue after removing can be cleaned off with GooGone. Edited November 14, 2011 by Stella1952 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deb426 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Use a pair of plyers. Grip the neck of the wick tab with the nose of the plyers, twist and pull. They should come right out. Edited November 14, 2011 by deb426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamist Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 OK.. After I posted this in a panic and calmed down I bit..... I pulled out some witch hazel and rubbing alcohol. I put enough in the bottom of the jars to cover the stickum and base. I let it soak a few minutes then took a scredriver and pried it off the bottom of the jar. WHEW..Now will let it dry and hit it with the heat gun to get any moisture out of the jar.I would suggest to anyone else that finds themselves with the same problem to use the rubbing alcohol. I forgot about the funky odor that hazel has.. YUCK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamist Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 (edited) Stella - tried that - Stickum stuck to jar, could not peel off even after heating.. 20 Cases of picking at the stickem would have driven me to drink!! LOLDeb- I tried that first.. Usually pulls right off, but not this time. I swear they used cement as the glue on the stickums this time!! Never had an issue like this before!!Thanks for the help!Rubbing alcohol removes it nice and easy. I let it soak, the glue dissolves and easy to lift stickum off bottom of jar!! ! Edited November 14, 2011 by Seamist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantItgreen Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Sounds like you have some awesome wick stick-ums. Where you get them from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamist Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Bitter Creek North...Yes. This time they really stuck good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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