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Applying labels-best way?

Discussion in 'Beginners Beer Brewing Forum' started by JMU_Alumn08, Jan 4, 2009.

 

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    JMU_Alumn08

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    I printed off some labels on my printer and applied a waterproofing/proctectant spray and am trying to figure a way to get em on the bottles. What's the best way? Glue? I read somewhere something about dipping the labels in milk? Anyone else heard of that? Any suggestions would be a big help. Thanks.
     
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    Revvy

    Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc  

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    Milk is the favored way by many.
     
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    JMU_Alumn08

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    haha so i just dip them in milk and voila they stay on? seems magical/odd
     
  4. #4
    BigKahuna

    Senior Member  

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    Including THE BIGKAHUNA!
     
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    winzerz

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    I used a brush to paint the milk on

    worked great and did not get the paper too wet
     
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    Thumper

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    You do know that there is a whole section on lableing here right? You can read in there for some ideas.

    Cheers
     
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    fratermus

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    It's a branch of the fermento-esoteric arts covered in some depth in the Lactonomicon and referred to obliquely in the historical fragment The White Tablet of Elsie the Greater.
    Both of these are available at the top of the forum in a sticky.

    My understanding is that the adherence of the label to the bottle occurs due to the Doctrine of Correspondences; the label and bottle in the microcosm are attracted/adhered by the same mechanism that binds the moon and Neptune in the Macrocosm.

    A side note: It is widely thought that the labeled bottles should never be placed near or in Uranus.

    FM,
    RDWSASWC
    (Relax, Don't Worry, Sacrifice a Small White Chicken)
     
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    fishnfever

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    I use an elmers glue sitck. Cheap, easy and no mess. The labels come off easy after you empty the bottle aswell.
     
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    BlackDogBrewing

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    A barbecue basting brush and some milk, it works great.
     
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    kram

    Well-Known Member

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    That's two for elmers glue sticks. I use them all the time now. I guess milk would work just fine, but glue sticks seem like the least messy, driest option.
     
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    Yuri_Rage

    Gritty.  

    Posted Jan 4, 2009
    Dunk a sponge in milk, shake off the excess, set it on the countertop, and slide your labels across it.
     
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