How do you get glow stars off your ceiling ?

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21 Jan 2011, 4:43 pm

I've had them there for over 15 years .. They don't even glow anymore. They're so stuck I can only average getting 3 off in one minute with a screw driver. Any idea's ?

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21 Jan 2011, 5:45 pm

actually, yes. You could try a blow dryer with an extension cord to soften the glue/backing. That would help make them more pliable. I'd be careful doing it from such heights, though.

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22 Jan 2011, 12:39 am

smear some googone on them then let them sit you can get it autoparts stores and some super markets. Nail polish remover might work as well. Also go to a store that sells wallpaper they might have something to remove old wallpaper or stickers I forgot its name but it it blue I think. Also liquid dish soap might soften it up if you put a lot of it on then scrape it with a wide putty knife. If all these fail go to your local hardware store and ask them I garantee they have had other customers stumble in with the same problem.

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23 Jan 2011, 11:44 pm

Todesking wrote:

Nail polish remover might work as well.

was going to say that, although it might also dissolve any paint that might be on your sealing

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24 Jan 2011, 10:42 am

Use Glow Star remover.

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24 Jan 2011, 1:50 pm

glow stars rule!

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24 Jan 2011, 5:23 pm

I would like to have glow stars on my ceiling but mother wouldn't ever agree for me having such a decoration for it is for children Even twenty years ago she'd have said I'd damage the ceiling in this way.

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24 Jan 2011, 5:32 pm

I NEED TO KNOW TOO.

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24 Jan 2011, 6:02 pm

I saw this thread and read it out to my husband who burst out laughing because he had exactly the same problem. He jokingly said "find a new place to live". He had them on his ceiling at home [i]forever/i]. I think his parents eventually just had the whole ceiling redone because it was such a hassle.

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13 Feb 2011, 3:51 pm

Raymond_Fawkes wrote:

I've had them there for over 15 years .. They don't even glow anymore. ?

Can they really stop glowing? I thought once they glow, they don't run out of glow ever.

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13 Feb 2011, 4:56 pm

i miss glow stars

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13 Feb 2011, 5:46 pm

Vegetable oil on a cloth should dislodge them. I had a girlfriend that put those on my ceiling, but I think I left them there when I moved.

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17 Feb 2011, 7:32 am

When they stopped glowing put a light to the star and it gets its shine back.

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17 Feb 2011, 9:01 pm

After 15 years you are going to have to repaint the ceiling anyway so it doesn't really matter what you do.

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26 Jan 2013, 2:21 pm

Hey I just wanted to give an update!! It's been a few years, but finally they're all off ! !! I'm ecstatic. One thing that must happen though, is vaccuming right after otherwise you'll have them all over your house. I ended up using a pocket knife and it took around 3 or 4 hours. Now I can paint ! !!

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