Gotta respectfully disagree - I've actually had way better luck with a tiny glob than trying to use less, since too little putty and the poster just falls off overnight and makes a mess.

People get way too worked up over this stuff. It's a TV show, not a meditation class. Some of those old shows were slow because they had to fill 22 episodes a season with not enough story. The Wire is great but let's not pretend there aren't stretches where nothing happens for three episodes. I watch slower stuff sometimes but I don't act like it makes me better than people who like faster shows. Different strokes for different folks, it's not that deep.

Right, thanks childhood brain for that useless fear.

. . .and that's exactly why I never trust those YouTube fixer guys who act like they know everything. They never show the part where stuff goes wrong. So what kind of shape was the label in before you dunked it? Was it already flaking a little or did it look perfect? I'm trying to figure out if any alcohol is safe at all for old discs or if it's always a gamble.

My snake plant was looking pretty sad until I tried that trick with a wooden skewer. I live in Arizona where it's dry as a bone, so I always thought I wasn't watering enough. Turns out the dirt was staying wet way too long at the bottom and I was drowning the roots. It's amazing how something so simple can save a plant. I check all my pots now before I even look at the watering can.