Goo Gone or Goof Off?

[Wild Hare]

I wonder if we often confuse Goo Gone with Goof Off… their names being so similar?

Never have had a problem using Goo Gone here as it’s never interacted with plastic, acrylic or polycarbonates. Always use a good glass cleaner after cleaning with Goo Gone to remove any oily residue left by the Goo Gone... and buff with a clean towel.

Goof Off (on the other hand) will quickly interact with, melt and often penetrate plastic and polycarbonates. Don’t confuse it with Goo Gone.

Cleaned a G3 iMac and this ADC monitor with Goo Gone this morning and experienced no fogging, clouding or melting on any of the surfaces. *And of course, always test on a small area first.

 

[weckart]

May we have a non-branded explanation of what goes into either product? Neither is sold outside of the US, as far as I can tell, so it would be helpful if we had an idea of what the active ingredient is in these liquids.

 

[Wild Hare]

Good point.

I only use the “Surface Safe” Goo Gone shown in the image above.
The Goof Off (also shown in that image) clouds and melts plastic.

Both Goo Gone AND Goof Off offer various types of cleaners.
Ingredients vary. So, best to review both product types before use.

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[PowerPCFan]

To clean my ADC displays, I use the following process:

Damp paper towel on all plastic areas
Goo Gone to remove any sticker residue
LCD Screen Cleaner with a microfiber cloth

If your adc display is yellowed, try doing a retrobright process using one of the methods at 13:34 in this video:

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

On YT there's a guy in Australia who uses Eucalyptus oil to remove sticky icky gunk, so a similar situation I think where the US branded stuff might not exist in those markets so alternatives are sourced. I can't think of the name of his channel (hes a blond guy lol) but all of his reto mac refirbs start with a good clean with this stuff. I myself use goo gone as I also made the slip up years ago on the back of a ACD and marred a spot on the leg using goof off. OOPS

 

[micahgartman]

WD-40 is a great sticky-stuff remover, too. It can be used on plastic, metal, glass, LCDs, etc.

 

[weckart]

On YT there's a guy in Australia who uses Eucalyptus oil to remove sticky icky gunk, so a similar situation I think where the US branded stuff might not exist in those markets so alternatives are sourced. I can't think of the name of his channel (hes a blond guy lol) but all of his reto mac refirbs start with a good clean with this stuff. I myself use goo gone as I also made the slip up years ago on the back of a ACD and marred a spot on the leg using goof off. OOPS

His moniker is Psivewri

 

[DOS:]

Kerosene. aka Tiki light fuel. Then it leaves a little oily film. Then Use Glass Cleaner. Takes sticker residue shipping tape, bottle labels etc. Saw it on Youtube worked for me.

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