I use it for lighter jobs like removing labels from food wraps, boxes and plastic bottles. It works very well and is very well designed. The long handle offers better control and power than mini razor blade scrapers. I've used this with Scotty Peeler and tested them against each other. I prefer this one for 3 reasons: 1) the blade is replaceable 2) the blade is over 2x wider so it works faster and 3) I found very little glue on this scraper because the surface that the label touches is very light in comparison small is to a scotty peeler knife which lays flat on the surface and ends up coated in glue on both the top and bottom of the blade which slows things down and also needs cleaning. This blade requires little or no cleaning after use.