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bottles removing labels
After trying various methods, making much mess and wastage of hot water.
I have found a good method to remove labels.
If you have an electric steamer, put the empty bottle in and after a few minutes they peel off the lables!
** note use a clean tea towel when you pick bottle up**
Its very effective and makes me thirsty.
It also winds the wife up!
Do you know what WIFE stand for?
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Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Oh yeahhh! but I cant print the answer or I will get beaten!
Wash***, Iro****, F******, etc!
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Have you noticed British breweries use industrial strength glue whereas the German brewery labels come off quite easily after a bit of a soak.
The hardest label to remove was from a bottle of Double Maxim, seemed to be almost welded to the glass it just would not come off, ended up slinging it. Nice pint though.
Fermenting: Wheat beer
Maturing/Conditioning:
Drinking: Pseudo-Lager, Oatmeal stout & Shop bought stuff
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Does anyone know a website where you can buy lables? I've bottles my Way to Amarillo beer and it tastes bloody lovely simply the best ale i've brewed so far!
I just want some lables to finish things off....
Neil
Posted 1 year ago by Member
I just go to the local printer/copiers. He can usually do me a batch of 50 full colour and cut out for about £5. Not the cheapest but they look really good - everyone assumed i'd started my own brewery!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
With some beers, getting the label off is damn near impossible, which is why I never put any on myself. I've got to the stage now where if it doesn't come off after 5 mins soaking in a sink of hot water, the bottle goes in the recycling.
I did hear though .. a good way of 'gluing' your own labels onto bottles is to soak the labels in milk and place them on the bottle. They stick well and come off easily - so they say!
Note - do not do this if you use an inkjet printer - you need to laser print them!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Neil I got hold of some gummed laser paper from an online store, I'll dig out the link if you're interested. I knock up a template for each of my beers in Illustrator, and print at work... I get 24 labels per sheet so its pretty economical.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Stu,
That would be great if you could do that? I've bottled Way to Amarillo so just need a label.
Neil
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Stu - Link would be good. Gummed labels sounds fun. Brendan
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
As per Tony - I would just dab the back of paper with a bit o' milk. I have tried this with an inject printer and as long as you dont use much all is fine. Give it a go - if it don't work then try another!
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
If anyone is still interested this is they.
http://rps.gn.apc.org/cat0705.htm
Posted 1 year ago by Member
great I'll try this for wine bottles. I've had a steamer for 2 years and never used it for anything yet
I may have just found a use for an unwanted christmas present
Conditioning - Woodfords Great eastern ale, Parsnip wine, Rhubarb wine.
Brewing - nothing at the minute
Planing - Coopers ginger beer, 5L turbo peach thanks to bmsleight, maybe beetroot wine if there enough spare on the alotment,
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Those labels look good .. how easy are they to remove?
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Quick rinse under the tap and they're gone. They absorb water really quickly, so to apply I don't soak them I just give them a quick spray with a water spraythingy (technical name)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
http://www.beerlabelizer.com/
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Love that beerlabel dsigner jharper thanks for that link
Fermenting:
Conditioning: Elderflower wine,Dandelion wine,Ribena wine,summer ale
Drinking: Turbo Cider/summer ale/way to amarillo/funked up wherry
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