Success with old labels

[bijoy]

I tried soaking the bottles in a plastic bin with hot water to which I added a dash of bleach. I let it soak for about a half hour and I could peel off many of the labels from the bottles. The persistant ones I scratched a bit to expose the glue and resoaked to get them off the bottles. I used a souring pad to clean off the traces of glue.

 

[Hippie]

Welcome to the forum, bijoy.


If you insist on using bleach, make sure you can rinse the bottles or whatever else completely free of any chlorine residue. Just a trace can ruin an entire batch of hard work and pride. Bleach is hard to rinse. Get a little on your hand and then rinse and rinse some more. Betcha you can still smell it, I know I always can. Dawn dishwashing soap is very good for soaking bottles in hot water. Be sure and squirt a little dab into each bottle.

 

[Angell Wine]

I use acetone on the labels that are hardto get off. put a little on a rag and wipe . acetoneevaporates quickly. you can get it any hardware store

 

[bilbo-in-maine]

After experimenting with several things, including acetone with limited
success, the kitchen cleaner Citra-Solv (sp?) right out of the bottle on a
scrubbing pad seems to do a good job of removing the remnants of glue
once the paper is mostly gone.