OxyClean, OxyClean, OxyClean

[MNBugeater]

Ok, i read it here first but I dont know who to credit it to. But i feel it deserves repeating.

Here is the question...

"How do I remove lables from old bottles?"

Answer:

Dissolve 2 big scoops of OxyClean in a 5 gallon bucket of hot water, place bottles in bucket so they sink, come back in 15 minutes. No Lables. Rinse, Wash, Sanatize.

I am sure there are many methods proven effective and everyone has their own secret. But I tried this for the first time today, and need to give whomever suggested in a thread earlier the credit. Amazing... Thanks again



MNBugeater

 

[jldesign]

I wish I knew that 8 cases ago

 

[Mindflux]

Indeed, works great. Not so much for wine bottles, though.

 

[El Pistolero]

It does do an incredible job on the labels...but boy do you have to rinse the crapola out of it.

 

[Caplan]

Strangely i've never struggled to remove labels from beer/wine bottles. Soak them in hot water/liquid detergent for 20 min, rub over with a green kitchen scourer pad - Done!
The last batch i did was a mix of McEwan's No.1 Champion and Theakstons Old Peculier bottles - paper labels of course. I've never tried to remove the 'plastic see through' labels but only because most of those bottles have the brewery/trademarks embossed into the glass itself.

Edit - No.7?

 

[libs]

I've also found that the $1.00 tub offbrand works very well. Its cheap, so I add half a tub to my 10 or 12 gallon laundry room sink with as many bottles I can fit. A copper scrubby thing works really well to get the ramaining glue off store bought bottles with very little effort.

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[IowaStateFan]

You guys are using too much Oxyclean. I use 1 tablespoon in my kitchen sink. Last time I cleaned bottles I used 2 tablespoons (a bit less than a scoop?) in my 36 qt cooler/mash tun. A little bit goes a long way. I've heard of people having problems with residue, but I suspect it's because they're using too much. I've certainly never had a problem with residue and the labels are just sitting at the bottom of my sink within 15 minutes.

 

[DeadYetiBrew]

You guys are using too much Oxyclean. I use 1 tablespoon in my kitchen sink. Last time I cleaned bottles I used 2 tablespoons (a bit less than a scoop?) in my 36 qt cooler/mash tun. A little bit goes a long way. I've heard of people having problems with residue, but I suspect it's because they're using too much. I've certainly never had a problem with residue and the labels are just sitting at the bottom of my sink within 15 minutes.

I used 2 1/2 almost 3 scoops in a bathtub and didn't have any residue... if you're rinsing them you should have residue...

 

[rdwj]

For those of you that have a Sam's Club membership, you can buy a pretty big box of Oxy clean for about the same price as the little tubs in the regular stores

 

[IowaStateFan]

I used 2 1/2 almost 3 scoops in a bathtub and didn't have any residue... if you're rinsing them you should have residue...

That sounds about right to me. I commented because one of the earlier posters said he had to rinse the crapola out of it and someone else posted about using 1/2 a tub of oxyclean in a laundry sink. A little oxyclean is great, but more is probably not better.