Easy way to get blank bottles for competitions

[amoheban]

I recently stumbled upon something by mistake. I need blank bottles to enter into competitions and I had a few bottles soaking in sanitizer solution just to make the labels easier to peel. I guess a bottle from Stone accidentally made it's way into the bucket of starsan and when I noticed it an hour later, the bottle artwork had been completely wiped out. Never wasting my time peeling labels again.

 

[ruger988]

I recently stumbled upon something by mistake. I need blank bottles to enter into competitions and I had a few bottles soaking in sanitizer solution just to make the labels easier to peel. I guess a bottle from Stone accidentally made it's way into the bucket of starsan and when I noticed it an hour later, the bottle artwork had been completely wiped out. Never wasting my time peeling labels again.

Star-san takes the crap off Stone bottles? Awesome, I've thrown away tons of their bombers thinking I'd never be able to use them.

 

[Hello]

Is that with the standard concentration? It didn't work for me.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

Star san will take off some bottle art but not all. I've done it with bottles that have both kinds of paint on them and was left with blank bottles with white barcodes on them that would not come off. I've read that a straight CLR soak will remove the "other kind" of paint but have not tried yet...

 

[amoheban]

Is that with the standard concentration? It didn't work for me.

I don't remember the exact concentration, but I think it was around 1/2 oz to 2 gallons. Try that out.

 

[gcarter]

I tried 1-1/2 oz. in 1 gallon, three bottles: Hockley Dark, 1 liter swing top; Mill Street Tank House, and Steam Whistle. Left for 2 weeks. Didn't touch them at all.

I would be happy to have a real solution.

 

[amoheban]

Only tried it with stone bottles

 

[Hello]

Interesting. I will have to try that concentration. I use an ounce to 5 gallons so you're only mildly more concentrated. I'll also try CLR.

Really, I rarely bottle, but now I'm curious. Also, I could wipe the paint off some growlers. I did it with a very concentrated star san soak and a very fine grit piece of sandpaper. It worked okay, left some light scratches, but it came off.

 

[NathPowe]

I've had regularly concentrated Starsan remove the painted-on labels from Stone bottles. You can sort of still see where the paint was, but you have to be looking for it. I can't speak to any other brands with painted-on labels as I haven't tried them.

If I need bottles I always go with Sierra Nevada products. Great beer, great value, and the labels come off easily. I'll stop the thread drift there though.

Starsan. Stone bottles. If you've got some of each around the house, give it a go.

Cheers.

 

[flars]

Would you like to have a Pyrex measuring cup without those distracting red lines and numbers? Use it for pouring Starsan solution.

 

[IslandLizard]

Would you like to have a Pyrex measuring cup without those distracting red lines and numbers? Use it for pouring Starsan solution.

I have perhaps an older Pyrex cup, and it has been submerged in Starsan for 4 years, except when in use. Lines and numbers are still on.

Now the white marking areas and volume lines on Erlenmeyer flasks have mostly come off after prolonged Starsan soaks.