DJ,
The Straight A, Easy Clean, or One Step (oxygen based cleansers)that have had so much discussion lately as to whetherthey aresanitizers, all do a wonderful job of removing labels. I make the solution as per instructions.Place the bottles in a bucketandfill all the bottlesto keep them sumerged, then fill thebucket to cover the bottles. Most bottle labels will be floating in a couple of days, and the insides of the bottles are very clean as well. The glue residue on the bottles, if any,can be rubbed off with your hand in most cases. I have run into a few bottles that use a fine plastic overlay on their labels. I have had to scrape that off with a knife and then submerge them. The glue on these came right off as well.
Before trying this method, I used a sharp knife and Soft Scrub with bleachand a plastic scrubby pad. Although very effective, required much more elbow grease.Edited by: pkcook