Best way to remove beer/wine bottle labels?

[Slickone]

For anyone that's done so...what have you found works best?

 

[mooglekit]

should I assume you want the lable to remain intact?

Linky

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: mooglekit
should I assume you want the lable to remain intact?

If not, I would imagine a razorblade would work well.

 

[leftyman]

Let the bottle sweat, then peel.

 

[JRock]

Soak overnight in soapy water. I do that for beer bottles when i need more for my homebrew.

 

[Quasmo]

I peel my beer bottle labels off. Sexual frustration anyone?

 

[shocksyde]

Google "Label off". We use it at my work to scan wine labels for advertising. Sometimes the label won't cooperate (especially french wines, I think they use super glue, the bastards), but you can use a razor to help it along.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Google "Label off". We use it at my work to scan wine labels for advertising. Sometimes the label won't cooperate (especially french wines, I think they use super glue, the bastards), but you can use a razor to help it along.

mind if I ask, you work for an ad agency or a winery?

 

[bigdog1218]

I know Oxyclean works well for most beer bottles.

 

[Howard]

Soak + steel wool + rubbing alcohol/Goo Gone

 

[joecool]

water

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: JRock
Soak overnight in soapy water. I do that for beer bottles when i need more for my homebrew.

This works best ... start with very hot water & use Dawn for best reults, also note that many labels will slide right off after only an hour or two, while some (especially foil) won't ever soak off & must be scraped.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: JRock
Soak overnight in soapy water. I do that for beer bottles when i need more for my homebrew.

This works best ... start with very hot water & use Dawn for best reults, also note that many labels will slide right off after only an hour or two, while some (especially foil) won't ever soak off & must be scraped.

borax is also good for disolving the glue.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

Originally posted by: Captante

Originally posted by: JRock
Soak overnight in soapy water. I do that for beer bottles when i need more for my homebrew.

This works best ... start with very hot water & use Dawn for best reults, also note that many labels will slide right off after only an hour or two, while some (especially foil) won't ever soak off & must be scraped.

borax is also good for disolving the glue.

Get the detergent with the main ingredient as sodium tripolyphosphate for the soak.

 

[Stiganator]

Steam for the win, put some water in the teapot and crank it up, let the steam shoot onto the label. It should slide right off. Or if you know the glue compound just google a solvent for it. I think many glues contain cyanoacrylates so something that dissolves that?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Fire! Fire!

 

[kitkat22]

WD-40

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Fire! Fire!

Damnit! That's what I was gonna say.

 

[shocksyde]

Originally posted by: andylawcc

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Google "Label off". We use it at my work to scan wine labels for advertising. Sometimes the label won't cooperate (especially french wines, I think they use super glue, the bastards), but you can use a razor to help it along.

mind if I ask, you work for an ad agency or a winery?

I work in the marketing department for a company that runs liquor stores.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
Google "Label off". We use it at my work to scan wine labels for advertising. Sometimes the label won't cooperate (especially french wines, I think they use super glue, the bastards), but you can use a razor to help it along.

This comment made me LOL.

LOL