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DIY Goo Remover for Sticky Messes

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Cleaning Tips· Essential Oils

4 Feb
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DIY Goo Remover that requires only three natural ingredients and works like magic!

Homemade Goo Remover that works like magic!

This year I took on a challenge created by Lindsey at Hilltown House. The gist of the challenge is to take on 52 small projects around your home, with the goal of accomplishing one project each week for a year. I decided one such project would be organizing my spice drawer. One of the things I wanted to do was create cohesive labels for all my spice jars, but you know what happens when you peel off the old labels, right? A sticky, gooey mess. I didn’t want to use Goo Gone® on my spice jars because they still had spices in them, and I can’t imagine it would be a good idea to get even a little bit in our food, so I decided to try my hand at making my own Goo Remover… and it worked like a charm!

Here is one spice jar with the sticky residue left after I removed its original label.

Sticky residue from removing label on spice jar

What You Need to Make DIY Goo Remover

Ingredients needed to make DIY Goo Remover

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  • Baking Soda
  • Fractionated Coconut Oil– This is coconut oil that is a liquid at room temperature.
  • Citrus Essential Oil- Feel free to use a citrus blend, or single citrus oils such as lemon, orange, tangerine, or grapefruit. Whatever you have on hand is fine. However, please make sure you are using a high-quality essential oil. For information on buying essential oils, check out this post.

The baking soda provides a very mild abrasive to help remove the goo, while the coconut oil will help “dissolve” the stickiness. The addition of the citrus essential oil also aids in the goo removal. (Check out how well citrus essential oil works on greasy messes here.)

How to Make Homemade Goo Remover

This Goo Remover is incredibly easy to make.

Start by adding 2 parts baking soda to a small bowl. I made a smaller batch, using just 2 Tablespoons of baking soda.

Adding Baking Soda to DIY Goo Remover Recipe

Then add in 1 part fractionated coconut oil. In my case, I added 1 Tablespoon.

Adding Fractionated Coconut Oil to DIY Goo Remover Recipe

Give that a stir until combined. Add in a few drops of citrus oil (I used 3 drops) and continue to stir that in.

Adding citrus essential oil to DIY Goo Remover

When ready to use, scoop a small amount and place it on the goo left behind from stickers or labels, and rub it in with your finger.

Rubbing Homemade Goo Remover onto sticky residue

Allow it to sit for a couple minutes. Then, using a dry paper towel, rub the Goo Remover in a circular motion, concentrating on the areas that had the sticky residue. It’s best to do this over a trash can so you don’t get the goo remover all over the place. It should come off easily, with hardly any effort at all. Continue using the paper towel until all the Goo Remover is gone.

Wiping off Homemade Goo Remover with a paper towel

The sticky goo on your item should be completely gone.

Before and After of spice jar after using DIY Goo Remover

It’s that easy! And the best part is, there are no harmful ingredients used.

 

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This DIY Good Remover is AMAZING! Only three ingredients... and no harmful chemicals!


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  1. DONNA HARRISON says

    March 15, 2021 at 10:45 AM

    I have always just used plain lemon essential oil – a few drops usually dies the trick.

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  2. Christina says

    February 11, 2021 at 2:42 PM

    I literally Googled this during the $100 Room Challenge. 😀 I ended up using olive oil and baking soda, but I bet the coconut oil works better and is easier to clean off.

    Reply

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