aeonderdonk
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Someone told me that you can easily remove labels by soaking the bottles in a bucket of water with a few ounces of ammonia.
Anyone ever tried this or had any luck?
Anyone ever tried this or had any luck?
Remove Labels with Ammonia
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Evan!
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no experience myself. Safer version: OxiClean.
Most of us on here soak our labels off with oxyclean and hot water.
I fill a rubbermade tub and leave the bottles for a week (overnight is usually enough) and rinse thoroughly.
I fill a rubbermade tub and leave the bottles for a week (overnight is usually enough) and rinse thoroughly.
dzlater
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I've done it with ammonia, works real well
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aeonderdonk
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What kind of ratio do you use? I've heard a 2 oz to 5 gallons.
star san works great for removing labels. the acidity melts the glue pretty nicely.
bleach solution also works awesome. if you sanitize with bleach make sure you rinse the HELL outta the ammonia covered bottles first. bleach + ammonia = toxic chlorine gas fumes.
bleach solution also works awesome. if you sanitize with bleach make sure you rinse the HELL outta the ammonia covered bottles first. bleach + ammonia = toxic chlorine gas fumes.
DrinksWellWithOthers
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I started using ammonia to delabel bottles. Then I tried Oxyclean and never looked back.
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aeonderdonk
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I've soaked in bleach water for a few hours to sanitize/try to get labels off, the ones that were easy to get off came off no problem. The ones that were glued on pretty well did NOT. I'll try amonia or star san... I don't have oxiclean.
ElDuderino
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I use a little dish detergent and ammonia. I measure ammonia by counting glugs -- a couple per five gallons. Most labels slip off overnight. Stubborn labels can be scraped off easily after a couple days. It works and it's cheap.
edgeofblade
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I just tried ammonia tonight. Most of the labels came off within minutes, though I suspect I mixed the solution a bit strong. But those Ace perry bottles are hard to get off. I resorted to a vegetable peeler after that.
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+1 - Takes about an hour and the labels are falling off. Then a quick wipe with a rag and off comes the glue. Then rinse and I'm done.
BrewThruYou
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When I first joined HBT, I heard about ammonia...bought a jug of it. However, I never used it. Oxyclean free is just so much safer.
