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By chemicals i assume you mean the glycerine. Don't know where you are, but in Austraila you can get glycerine in the supermarket and chemist. (think it's used as a skin care product, it's just one of those things that has always been in the cupboard) also known as "Glycerol, glycerine...

Room temperature is fine. I naturally carb my beer. Labels go on then they sit around at room temp for weeks/months/years in some cases. The glue has to get pretty hot before it starts to soften (a lot hotter than I’d be comfortable storing by beer at) and even then it should re-set once...

sealing it up in a jar and keeping it in the fridge works fine, it sets to a jelly when cold just put it in the microwave for a couple seconds or fill a bowl with boiling water a set the jar in the bowl (great way to stop it going gluggy while your working as well). as for how long it will...

I have used a clear spray paint or hair spray on some labels. Didn't really notice any difference, the printed paper seems to be pretty water resistant by its self as long as there aren't any blank spots.

have a look at this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/ cheap and easy

milk works great if your bottles are staying in the fridge if you want to be able to chill them in an ice bath/esky check out this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/

definitively have a look at this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/

you could use the milk trick but i've heard it doesn't work so well with plastic bottles or you could give this a go https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/

milk works great if your bottles are staying in the fridge if you want to be able to chill them in an ice bath/esky check out this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/

+1 on milk if it's staying in the fridge. If you want something that can be put on ice and still clean up easily check out https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/

check out this thread for something water resistant but still easily cleaned up. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/

milk works well if your just keeping your beers in the fridge. If your after a glue that can means you can use an esky for parties/bbqs etc check out https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f46/esky-ice-water-proof-labels-224476/ i spent quite a bit of time testing with all the glues i could get my hands...

I've done 2 chestnut brews. both using fresh picked chestnuts that I've chipped and oven roasted. i've just bottled the second brew a couple weeks ago and it still looks like water from the Murry. for my second brew i used gelatin fining and cold crashed for 2 weeks at -2C (28F) and it still...

this is basically the opposite of what you're looking for. The idea behind these labels is that they're very easy to remove under any conditions, but serving. the glue is water soluble at anything above a couple degrees C and the paper isn't water proof, so even if you sanitize in a water cold...

I would suggest a minimum of 72hrs drying time. I try and label my beers around bottling day so they end up having a month or so drying time before they get anywhere near an esky. a second thought is that you could test one a day and see if the hold improves from day 1 to day 6. I did my...