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alex_duf | 3 months ago

I used to put stickers on my work laptop. Then one day I upgraded my laptop, which meant handing over my old one with stickers.

Which meant scrubbing it (there's no reason I'll let whoever receives it to scrub it for me)

Which was an absolute pain.

I don't put stickers on my laptops anymore.

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blueflow|3 months ago

I had good success using isopropyl alcohol as a solvent and a drill with a plastic brush attachment, using less than 300 rpm.

cozzyd|3 months ago

Some choice stickers (McMurdo Station and South Pole Station stickers) have inhabited 3 of my laptops already.

seszett|3 months ago

Same (French polar institute and Kerguelen in my case) and I use double-sided tape to place them so I can remove them in the future.

SiempreViernes|3 months ago

A real McMurdo sticker does seem incredibly cool!

Cthulhu_|3 months ago

Are those heat insulating by chance?

ibic|3 months ago

I never put on stickers (except the Stain Javelin) on my laptop. It may be just me, but if feels messy to me.

jones89176|3 months ago

There's a big difference between the materials that's used for the sticker itself (paper, plastic) and the glue they used. By now I have a good feeling about the "removability" of a sticker once i have it in my hand.

jrockway|3 months ago

I sandwich them between my phone and a clear case now. Don't even have to take the stickum protector part off, so when you get a new phone, you can take your favorite stickers easily. Disadvantage: you get like 2 stickers total.

nniroclax|3 months ago

I buy a hard case, then put the stickers on that. Then I can pop it off if I need to be in a more "professional" environment or if I want to upgrade/sell it.

FinnKuhn|3 months ago

For me it was having to replace my MacBook's screen and loosing all the stickers in the process that made me realize I would loose any sticker used on a Laptop eventually.

ctm92|3 months ago

did you manage to clean it up? Sometimes stickers leave permanent discoloration of the case, especially on aluminium Macbooks