Removing bottle labels

[NickTheGreat]

MY favorites to delabel are Sam Adams and New Belgium. I was delablelling some bottles for a SWMBO craft project the other day, and let the oxyclean soak for nearly an hour. Most of the labels were just floating in the sink!

 

[kjm13]

Maine brewing co. uses the same kind of NASA glue, and of course has the perfect 16.9oz bottle. I will usually dry peel the label off (with difficulty) then run through dishwasher on super hot x2 and still takes some serious elbow grease with a magic eraser to get the glue off. It's a great bottle though so worth the time.

 

[axacrusis]

1. Fill sink with hot water 2. Add some oxygen based cleaner (PBW is my choice) 3. Soak bottles for a few hours 4 . Peel labels off. Most label should come right off. I also have a old toothbrush to scrub off any residual glue and your bottles will be looking sharp and label free.

 

[Scottie61]

I've used ammonia and hot water for the New Glarus bottles that I've settled on, and that works fairly well, but I'll try the Oxy soon.

The Darkhorse bottles are a similar size, and while the ammonia softened the paper, it didn't melt the glue. After scraping, the only thing that I had that worked to get it all off was lacquer thinner. Tough stuff!

Scottie

 

[brucewayne10000]

My.dishwasher does an amazing job of delabeling

 

[tom87h]

For removing ANY labels I suggest using nail polish remover or hairspray. Each glue will remove after this methods. I used it plenty times and know this techniques from my amazing grandma

 

[jmtonkin]

I soaked my Sam Adams bottles for 20 minutes in warm water and baking soda. The labels were floating after 20 minutes, and the glue wiped right off with a rag.

I'm not sure how much the baking soda made a difference, but I'd prefer using that over anything with chemicals. Just a personal preference!


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[Queequeg]

For removing ANY labels I suggest using nail polish remover or hairspray. Each glue will remove after this methods. I used it plenty times and know this techniques from my amazing grandma

I gonna try this. Oxiclean just dosn't cut it on a lot of bottles in the UK. In the paper labels are suck on with cerment it seems.

 

[Paramecium]

My wife does some craft stuff with labels so she likes to get them off cleanly. She heats up water and the with a funnel fills the bottles to jsut above the top of the label and lets them sit for about 20 minutes. Most labels come right off, some she uses a razor blade on. Any residual glue you can just scrub off real quick. Or if you live in So Cal just come get them from my house because I don't need any more damn bottles lol.

 

[unionrdr]

I'd swear some of these labels are stuck on with Gorilla Glue! Definitely need something to get those off easier. I have 4 cases worth of Sam Adams bottles weded out of my stash somebody can have if they come & get them. I have a lot of plain bottles to de-label I wanna use.

 

[kcmobrewer]

I saok mine in a hot oxiclean free mix. After an hour or so they labels are floating and the glue is either already off or wipes off easily with a sponge.

 

[unionrdr]

I'll have to try PBW hot & see of the Gorilla glued labels come off any easier?...

 

[dnomyaR]

I use gas