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I have used an x-acto #16 for both applying stickers and removing, and for the most part it always does the trick, and keeps dirt and oils from you skin off of the stickers during application.
Of course you have to be careful not to cut or indent the sticker, and I do not think you want your 5-12 yr old playing with an x-acto knife but I have found it is usually the best way to apply or remove and reapply a sticker, that I have found anyway.
The one bugaboo I have also found is you have to be careful when peeling a sticker off of a part or paper to not allow it to curl on you. That and static resistance to a sticker on a part is a bit tricky at times.
All I can suggest is make as little contact as possible with the back of the sticker (touched only the very very edge),and make sure you get it aligned correctly on your first attempt. You don't get second chances with transparent stickers - not without leaving a mark. Same goes for the mirrored sticker - settle for your first attempt. Your second attempt might be straighter than your first but will almost certainly look worse.
For transparent stickers with coloured print, I have photographed and then photoshopped them to clean them up a bit, then printed on clear waterslide decal paper. Being waterslide, you get much longer to place and adjust them. For AFOL type sets that don't get heavy play, the look great.
@Adzbadboy Thanks for the link to the video. That jig looks awesome. I can't wait to try it. It looks like it will take care of the static jump to the wrong spot problem.
@bobabricks Hey, I'm trying to leave my hippie past behind.
For us this "picker" is as indispensable as the brick separator, because we use it for picking tiny parts out of tiny storage compartments. Pictured at right in photo.