monk420
Well-Known Member
Trying to get my labels off my old bottles. what is the best way to go about this. Right now i have them soaking in hot water and i'm going to take a razor blade to them. Any better methods of removing them thanks
I have a team of 3 monkeys that take the labels off of my bottles for me.
I've found that that OxyFree works great for normal bottles / labels. However I'm trying to soak a bunch of 22oz bottles that have what appear to be plastic like stickers. Examples include Southern Tier bottles and Hop Stoopid. After 24 hours in a hot soak of OxyFree, they're a little easier to at least get the peel started, but they are by no means falling off. Any suggestions other than get my nubby fingers in there and get working?
SN labels are a pain in the butt. The labels slip off after soaking, but a ton of glue sticks to the bottle. I soaked in Oxyclean overnight and still had to scrub the SN bottles to get the residue off. Most other bottles don't need any scrubbing as the label and glue is gone by morning.
Too bad I like SN so much because cleaning their bottles is a chore.
i cant remember where i heard it but some one told me to soak them in TSP overnight. I haven't tried it yet. has anyone else used TSP?
Ammonia is the cheapest way. I used to use a couple cups in a five gallon bucket of hot water, and the labels would just fall right off.
Nowadays I use various oxygen cleaners, and they work just as well - but they are more expensive. I use these cleaners just because they work so well on cleaning gunk from the inside of bottles, also.
As far as labels go - ammonia is the cheapest way to do it.
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