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[falcon269]

From the manufacturers:

Dear [Consumer],

Ref: 002266784A

Thank you for your recent email regarding our Compeed® Blister Plasters.

I am very sorry that you have had difficulty removing the residue from the plaster adhesive from your socks. We have checked with our Research & Development Department as to how to remove this and they have advised a couple of things for you to try. You could try soaking them in hot, soapy water and if this is not successful they recommend that you try white spirit. However, please do be careful as we cannot determine how white spirit would affect your socks.

Please contact me again on 0845 6031127 should you require any further information.

Assuring you of our best attention.

Yours sincerely,

Louise Winther
Senior Consumer Support Associate
Johnson & Johnson® Consumer Support Team

White spirit, also known as Stoddard solvent, is a paraffin-derived clear, transparent liquid which is a common organic solvent used in painting and decorating. In 1924, an Atlanta dry cleaner named W. J. Stoddard worked with Lloyd E. Jackson of the Mellon Research Institute to develop specifications for a less volatile dry cleaning solvent as an alternative to more volatile petroleum solvents. Dry cleaners began using it in 1928 and it was the predominant dry cleaning solvent in the United States from the late 1920s until the late 1950s.

Wikipedia

Low odor mineral turpentine is 100% low aromatic white spirit.

[JohnnieWalker]

From the manufacturers:

Dear [Consumer],

Ref: 002266784A

Thank you for your recent email regarding our Compeed® Blister Plasters.

I am very sorry that you have had difficulty removing the residue from the plaster adhesive from your socks. We have checked with our Research & Development Department as to how to remove this and they have advised a couple of things for you to try. You could try soaking them in hot, soapy water and if this is not successful they recommend that you try white spirit. However, please do be careful as we cannot determine how white spirit would affect your socks.

Please contact me again on 0845 6031127 should you require any further information.

Assuring you of our best attention.

Yours sincerely,

Louise Winther
Senior Consumer Support Associate
Johnson & Johnson® Consumer Support Team

Gosh ... washing dirty hiking socks in hot soapy water...now there's a novel idea! They have a whole Research and Development Department to give this advice. I'm impressed.

[mikevasey]

Another method for getting compeed out of your socks, 100% reliable.

http://youtu.be/huBHe5FCFqo

[Anniesantiago]

Haha Mike!
Now THAT is a method I like!

Actually, I found the hot soapy water to work fine.

[falcon269]

They have a whole Research and Development Department to give this advice. I'm impressed.

They have lawyers who have told them they will be sued if someone melts their socks with turpentine on the advice of Compeed!

R&D probably changed the adhesive for U.S. FDA approval of the product. The BandAid product does not stick nearly as well as the European Compeed.

The adhesive has almost nothing to do with the "goo" that blister moisture and the wet-wound absorbent material deposits on socks. I have found isopropyl alcohol removes the adhesive pretty well.

I am reluctant to burn my wool/synthetic blend socks. The pollutants are much more toxic than burning a cotton T-shirt. Ditto synthetic shirts and pants. Celebration can be too gleeful, and not thoughtful enough, at least for me.

[Anniesantiago]

You're right.. burning them probably isn't the best way.
But it sure made me laugh

It's funny about the Bandaid product. It is definitely not as well-sticking as Compeed and you're probably right about the FDA. We've become such a sue-happy community in the USA - burn yourself on HOT coffee and sue - break a fingernail opening a jar and sue... they should just re-name the USA the SUE!

[falcon269]

Lawsuits are out of hand in the U.S., but the McDonald's hot coffee did cause third degree burns right out of the cup:

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Skin grafts were required to repair the damage.