Tell HN: Don't put stickers on your MacBook's back

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27446338

by mthld • 5 years ago

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After 2 years on I decided to peel my MacBook stickers. Obviously they ruined it: https://imgur.com/a/qrPeCKQ

onion2k• 5 years ago

A good solvent-based adhesive remover should be able to take those marks off. I can recommend De-solv-it "sticky stuff remover" but I have no idea if that's available everywhere. It has a silly name but it works very well.

mthld2• 5 years ago

Actually there isn't any residues left on the surface, it's perfectly smooth without any asperities. I wonder if it has been caused by the effect of the sun? Because the marks really looks like decals now...

kstenerud2• 5 years ago

Those markings are caused by uneven sun bleaching due to the stickers blocking U/V radiation to varying degrees of effectiveness.

mthld2• 5 years ago

So they can’t be removed, right?

GekkePrutser• 5 years ago

Anodised aluminium is kinda porous. Penalty some of the solvents have entered the material. Maybe you can get it out with more solvent. Or maybe it'll make it worse...

quantified• 5 years ago

Or, don’t take old stickers off?

LinuxBender• 5 years ago

If it doesn't already exist, I think you just created a product. An easy to remove full laptop sticker that looks like the laptop, and allows you to put on other stickers, then remove the whole thing leaving no traces and protecting from sun bleaching. I bet this is already a thing.

[edit] It somewhat exists. I found "macbook skin's" on amazon.

Tell HN: Don't put stickers on your MacBook's back

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