organikbrewer

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I used to buy a chlorine tablet at wal-mart for 95 cents and put it into a tote of cold water and let the bottles sit for a day or two, and all the labels would all fall off easily and there would be no glue residue. And I was able to use the water a few times before I dumped it.

ChillWill

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What is PBW? Is it chlorine based?

I've got cleaner/sanitiser powder called dwp and I think it's chlorine based. Is it the same stuff?

DHUKILL

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I use Sun (oxyclean knockoff) that I pick up at the dollar store. Works like a dream.

iaefebs

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Put them in a cooler with some ice, let it sit for an hour, and as you crack one open pull the label off. If you need to do more than 12 a day invite some friends over.

rico567

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Easiest: Michelob crafts, any flavor. Soak a while, they float off.

Most Deceptive: Two Brothers- you'll never soak them off. (Tip: it's a peel-off label, easy as pie.)

My favorite: Tall Guinness Draft bottles with the plastic torpedo in inside (not short Special Export bottles). Label is shrink-on, takes two seconds to slit with a knife and it falls off. Plastic torpedo inside is easily removed with needle-nose pliers. Great bottle.

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Recluse

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Having a heck of time with some Brooklyn Oktoberfest labels. Soaked in hot water/Oxyclean. Other labels came off fine..but the Brooklyn are still resistant. Might have to try boiling them.

I rinse several times with water to get rid of any Oxyclean residue. Sometimes I do an additional soak/rinse with acidic water (water + white vinegar). Not sure if it is necessary, and then I have to rinse with water again... Is general consensus that water is enough to get rid of any Oxyclean residue?

camiller

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No, it is not chlorine based. Active ingredients are sodium metasilicate and sodium carbonate. Similar to oxyclean, with some chelating agents to work better in hard water.

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/media/downloads/311/PBW%20Tech%20Sheet.pdf

http://www.midwestsupplies.com/media/downloads/312/PBW%20MSDS%20Sheet.pdf

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I am so tired of scrubbing off labels! I had almost gotten to the point where I would just buy new bottles so I didn't have to hassle with it. Until I read the thread here about Oxy-Clean! I soaked these stubborn bottles with ultra sticky labels in the Oxy-Clean and left them over night. And THAT's IT!!! All done. No scrubbing or scraping. No more hassles! Thank you!

PollardsVision

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It's not as hard as I thought it would be. I don't find the need for any cleaners or chemicals.

I soak 24 bottles at a time in a bucket of hot water. In about an hour, the label peels off easily.
Then I use a razor blade to get the glue off.

90% of my bottles are Sierra Nevada and they are pretty easy.

I love all of their beers and they also happen to be the cheapest, most sensible way I can buy 12 bottles in a nice sturdy cardboard carrying case for storing/stacking homebrew. (Other than SA or Fat Tire, but I don't like those nearly as much).

Highland and Blue Mountain labels also come very easily.

I stopped buying Loose Cannon Hop3 because the labels are such a pain to get off, even though the beer itself is fantastic.

tmanno1

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My first post and I can give some great advice here: Guinness bottles! Razor the plastic label and needle-nose out the widget and you're done.

There is one terrible flaw to this though, as the bottles are only 11.2oz. Sigh.