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oinyo 01-16-2009 03:24 AM

anyone have any tricks to removing bottle markings?
 
Hi all. I have a bunch of the huge carona bottles and I am trying to remove the carona label from them.

Anyone have any advice on how to do this?

Thank you

Yuri_Rage 01-16-2009 03:33 AM

Give 'em an overnight soak in a batch of Star San solution. The paint gets soft.

oinyo 01-16-2009 03:38 AM

sweet thx. I think i have a little bottle of that stuff in my room :)

wild 01-16-2009 05:32 AM

+1
I leave any painted bottles in some leftover StarSan for a week and the paint just wipes off.

Flattop 01-16-2009 06:39 AM

I soak mine for a week in diluted bleach, kills the germs, loosens the labels....

RyanT 01-16-2009 03:52 PM

I did this, and also used a little razor blade that I bought at the drug store that removes stickers from car windows and other flat surfaces. It is just a normal razor blade with a good plastic holder so your hand doesn't slip and the blade stays locked in.

After I did a 1 hour soak, I used the razor blade to remove the labels and they came off super clean and easy with one try. I was using bottles from 3 different brands too.

I was pulling the razor across the bottle, from left to right, not from top to bottom.

oinyo 01-16-2009 04:13 PM

Worked like a charm :D
Now I just need to go to a hobby store to get that glass stainer so that I can personalise all my bottles :)

homebrewer_99 01-16-2009 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wild (Post 1068038)
+1
I leave any painted bottles in some leftover StarSan for a week and the paint just wipes off.

I tried that for several weeks and it didn't work for me. They weren't Corona bottles, just painted ones.

oinyo 01-16-2009 04:28 PM

I boiled some water with the starsan in it and let the bottles sit in there and enjoy.
with a little SOS pad i was able to get the paint off the bottles :)

Wish i knew where i could get some of that paint for myself lol


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