Some glue - especially on sparkling wines (because the label has to stay on
when the bottle is in an ice bucket!!) are oil-based rather than water
based. To get these labels off, try to take as much of the paper off in the
normal way and dissolve the remaining glue residue with some cotton wool
soaked in lighter fuel - Zippo or Ronson - and watch it disappear in front
of your eyes as though by magic!


and you'll have a job to get them off in the normal way. Try instead,
Vicki Baylus > wrote in message
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> What is a good solvent to get the more obnoxious glue off of old wine
> bottles. Soap and water does well for some, but some of that glue is
> tenacious.
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> Vicki
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