labels

Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:27 pm

I have star san, pbw, and iodiphore. which one will remove bottle lables the best with out ruining them. I just got a beer fridge (For FREE!!!!) and am wanting to try to cover the front and side of it (like wall papper) with beer lables, whats the best way to do this? :bnarmy:
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Re: labels

Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:32 pm

dry heat would probably be best to remove them without ruining them....depends on the labels though some are really hard to remove...
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Re: labels

Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:43 pm

I've had pretty good luck with PBW on labels, but it's gonna depend on the type of label.
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Re: labels

Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:56 pm

if your looking to get them off intact, the best after being stuck on the bottle method i have found is using a spray bottle that you can narrow the spray down to a stream and a razor blade. take the razor and lift up the edge of the label, squirt a bit of pbw or oxyclean under the edge, let it soak for 1-3 seconds, pry some more label up carefully with the razorblade. the best way i have ever found is to get a brewer to give you a label that has not been peeled off the sticky paper and pasted onto a bottle. i have a few kick ass dark of the moon labels from elyisan capital hill :D
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Re: labels

Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:13 am

I have not yet found a label that could outlast a soak in PBW. I does eat up the glue however, you'll probably have to supply your own adhesive.
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Re: labels

Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:20 am

bazookazilla wrote:I does eat up the glue however, you'll probably have to supply your own adhesive.


Do you find that eating all that glue affects your BMs? :D
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Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:58 pm

I would think it would come out a little stickey :shock:
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Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:28 am

I eats up ALL the glue!
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