Hi everybody. I just scored a number of Corona Extra bottles and would like to take off the painted labels before reusing them. Does anybody know how to "unpaint" them without damaging the bottles (somebody already recommended sand blasting!!)?
I bottle on brown bottles but I like to have three or four clear bottles on every batch to be able check how they evolve (color, transparency, etc)
Hi everybody. I just scored a number of Corona Extra bottles and would like to take off the painted labels before reusing them. Does anybody know how to "unpaint" them without damaging the bottles (somebody already recommended sand blasting!!)?
Sounds like a plan, thank you!! I was hoping for something that simple before looking at Naval Jelly and the like. That's scary stuff!!I recently did this and it worked very well... submerge them in straight undiluted vinegar for 24 hrs then gently rub off the logo with a kitchen scrubbie. Wash inside and out with fresh water, sanitize, and you’re ready to bottle.
I have a few samples on bottles with the labels still on them...and I hate the look!! (That's my OCD speaking ;-) )Then I wouldn't bother trying to remove the paint. You might try to scrape it of with a razor blade???
It makes sense, StarSan is basically another acid.I was surprised at how well it worked with something as cheap as vinegar. I think the Starsan method works too, but you have to mix the solution much stronger than we typically use for brewing sanitizing. Vinegar is a lot cheaper than Starsan.
I know the issue of skunked beer in clear and green bottles, but I have a pilsner that I brew and I kind of like showing it off when I give bottles away (I bottle from my keg). I know that the people I give them to usually drink them right away.
I was surprised at how well it worked with something as cheap as vinegar. I think the Starsan method works too, but you have to mix the solution much stronger than we typically use for brewing sanitizing. Vinegar is a lot cheaper than Starsan.
I know the issue of skunked beer in clear and green bottles, but I have a pilsner that I brew and I kind of like showing it off when I give bottles away (I bottle from my keg). I know that the people I give them to usually drink them right away.
I do believe that a clear bottle in bright sunlight will skunk in a matter of minutes!!
The bottles he’s using didn’t originally have grape nehi in them. Just saying....
As part of my process before I started kegging, I always bottled one in every batch in a clear bottle and one in a plastic bottle. I never took a clear bottle “out on the town”, but they were surely exposed to UV to a small degree at least and I don’t recall ever having a “skunked” beer because of it. I’m not saying it can’t happen, but I am saying it’s not as immediate or possibly as imminent as I’ve heard claims.
I do believe that a clear bottle in bright sunlight will skunk in a matter of minutes!!
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