I am aquiring alot of used wine bottles and want to know if there is any
easy way to remove labels from the bottles. I dont want to keep the labels
just want clean bottles. any suggestions?
Stephen

Easy...well that depends on the glue which the winery used to put the labels
on. I start with filling the sink with hot soapy water and filling the
bottles with hot water. I let them sit and soak. Some labels will just
float off after 5-10 minutes, others require a bit more work. Like scraping
the label off with a knife which doesn't scrape the glass, using goo-gone to
get the glue off or any part of the label which doesn't come off after
soaking or scrapping. If you finally get the label off, then clean the
bottles again with hot soapy water. For those really tough labels, there's
always the final option of breaking the bottle and scrapping the label off
from the inside, but I have yet to try that. ;o)
Darlene

Stephen" > wrote in message
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> I am aquiring alot of used wine bottles and want to know if there is any
> easy way to remove labels from the bottles. I dont want to keep the labels
> just want clean bottles. any suggestions?
> Stephen
>
>

On 12/7/03 3:32 PM, in article W%MAb.259502$Dw6.894235@attbi_s02, "Stephen"
> wrote:

> I am aquiring alot of used wine bottles and want to know if there is any
> easy way to remove labels from the bottles. I dont want to keep the labels
> just want clean bottles. any suggestions?
> Stephen
>
>

Bottles are easy to come by. Many people will save them for you and you can
even ask your local restaurants and bars for them. Or, you can buy them
relatively inexpensively. Thus, I tend to use only those bottles where the
labels will come right off after a soak in hot soapy water. Bottles with
stubborn labels go right into my recycling box. I have observed certain
types of labels tend to come off easier. These include European wines
(Italy, Spain, France particularly). Papery type labels as opposed to more
glossy labels also tend to come off easier. US wines are hit or miss. Most
Australian labels won't come off with a blow torch.

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine

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I have to agree about US wines. Another I've noticed that's pretty
easy to remove are the wines from small local wineries. All these
seem to float right off the bottle.

As for difficult ones, I've seen some where you can actually feel the
glue under the label. These either fall right off when you fill the
bottle with hot water, or take a chisel to take it off.

Greg

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:31:28 -0600, Greg Cook
> wrote:
>Bottles are easy to come by. Many people will save them for you and you can
>even ask your local restaurants and bars for them. Or, you can buy them
>relatively inexpensively. Thus, I tend to use only those bottles where the
>labels will come right off after a soak in hot soapy water. Bottles with
>stubborn labels go right into my recycling box. I have observed certain
>types of labels tend to come off easier. These include European wines
>(Italy, Spain, France particularly). Papery type labels as opposed to more
>glossy labels also tend to come off easier. US wines are hit or miss. Most
>Australian labels won't come off with a blow torch.
>
>--
>Greg Cook
>http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
>
>(remove spamblocker from my email)
>

I have had better luck with the Australian labels peeling them dry.
Lehman & Lindeman and yellowtail...peeling them without any water or
immersion. Sometimes if you slowly just start peeling in from the
corner you oftern get the whole thing to roll up in one piece and most
of the adhesive clings to it and is removed also.

Heat and Water just seem to make most these things(AUS) tougher to take off to me. wrote in message news:<3fd3ef02.2238480@localhost>...
> I have to agree about US wines. Another I've noticed that's pretty
> easy to remove are the wines from small local wineries. All these
> seem to float right off the bottle.
>
> As for difficult ones, I've seen some where you can actually feel the
> glue under the label. These either fall right off when you fill the
> bottle with hot water, or take a chisel to take it off.
>
> Greg
>
> On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:31:28 -0600, Greg Cook
> > wrote:
> >Bottles are easy to come by. Many people will save them for you and you can
> >even ask your local restaurants and bars for them. Or, you can buy them
> >relatively inexpensively. Thus, I tend to use only those bottles where the
> >labels will come right off after a soak in hot soapy water. Bottles with
> >stubborn labels go right into my recycling box. I have observed certain
> >types of labels tend to come off easier. These include European wines
> >(Italy, Spain, France particularly). Papery type labels as opposed to more
> >glossy labels also tend to come off easier. US wines are hit or miss. Most
> >Australian labels won't come off with a blow torch.
> >
> >--
> >Greg Cook
> >http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
> >
> >(remove spamblocker from my email)
> >

I recently purchased a couple of riesling bottles from Hernder Estates. The
labels are somehow etched into the glass. It is a shame to waste such
beautifull bottles. I'll have to recylce them or change my name to Hernder.

"Michael" > wrote in message
om...
> I have had better luck with the Australian labels peeling them dry.
> Lehman & Lindeman and yellowtail...peeling them without any water or
> immersion. Sometimes if you slowly just start peeling in from the
> corner you oftern get the whole thing to roll up in one piece and most
> of the adhesive clings to it and is removed also.
>
> Heat and Water just seem to make most these things(AUS) tougher to take
off to me. wrote in message
news:<3fd3ef02.2238480@localhost>...
> > I have to agree about US wines. Another I've noticed that's pretty
> > easy to remove are the wines from small local wineries. All these
> > seem to float right off the bottle.
> >
> > As for difficult ones, I've seen some where you can actually feel the
> > glue under the label. These either fall right off when you fill the
> > bottle with hot water, or take a chisel to take it off.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 16:31:28 -0600, Greg Cook
> > > wrote:
> > >Bottles are easy to come by. Many people will save them for you and you
can
> > >even ask your local restaurants and bars for them. Or, you can buy them
> > >relatively inexpensively. Thus, I tend to use only those bottles where
the
> > >labels will come right off after a soak in hot soapy water. Bottles
with
> > >stubborn labels go right into my recycling box. I have observed certain
> > >types of labels tend to come off easier. These include European wines
> > >(Italy, Spain, France particularly). Papery type labels as opposed to
more
> > >glossy labels also tend to come off easier. US wines are hit or miss.
Most
> > >Australian labels won't come off with a blow torch.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Greg Cook
> > >http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
> > >
> > >(remove spamblocker from my email)
> > >

On 12/8/03 5:29 AM, in article
, "Michael"
> wrote:

> I have had better luck with the Australian labels peeling them dry.
> Lehman & Lindeman and yellowtail...peeling them without any water or
> immersion. Sometimes if you slowly just start peeling in from the
> corner you oftern get the whole thing to roll up in one piece and most
> of the adhesive clings to it and is removed also.

You know, I have noticed that some (not a majority) of them also peel of
easily. Interestingly, I find myself trying to peel the labels off of all
the wine I sit down with! If I get it off at the table then I'll keep the
bottle.

--
Greg Cook
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine

(remove spamblocker from my email)

Two types of glue are used, the one that goes off easily in hot water and
the other one. For this other one there is a trick. Heat the bottle in the
oven at 150 F for about 5 minutes. The glue will melt a little and the label
can easily be peeled. The hic is that the glue will remain on the bottle.
You can take it off with a thinner.

Personnaly, I prefer hot water and scratch with a knife, and finish it with
a thinner. The oven trick is wonderful if you like to collect your wine
labels.


"Stephen" > wrote in message
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> I am aquiring alot of used wine bottles and want to know if there is any
> easy way to remove labels from the bottles. I dont want to keep the labels
> just want clean bottles. any suggestions?
> Stephen
>
>

Thanks for all the info, it seems the bottles im getting are 1.5 l
Australian bottles and peeling them dry is very easy.
Stephen
"Greg Cook" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/8/03 5:29 AM, in article
> , "Michael"
> > wrote:
>
> > I have had better luck with the Australian labels peeling them dry.
> > Lehman & Lindeman and yellowtail...peeling them without any water or
> > immersion. Sometimes if you slowly just start peeling in from the
> > corner you oftern get the whole thing to roll up in one piece and most
> > of the adhesive clings to it and is removed also.
>
> You know, I have noticed that some (not a majority) of them also peel of
> easily. Interestingly, I find myself trying to peel the labels off of all
> the wine I sit down with! If I get it off at the table then I'll keep the
> bottle.
>
> --
> Greg Cook
> http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
>
> (remove spamblocker from my email)
>

"Stephen" > wrote in message news:<W%MAb.259502$Dw6.894235@attbi_s02>...
> I am aquiring alot of used wine bottles and want to know if there is any
> easy way to remove labels from the bottles. I dont want to keep the labels
> just want clean bottles. any suggestions?
> Stephen

There is simply two kinds of glue, synthetics and not. The not will
float off very nicely within a day of two being submerged in water.
The other comes in two degree. One that will NEVER kind of wanting to
leave the bottle. Remember who these where and make sure you NEVER by
them again. Even send them a letter telling them about your problem.
Do anything you can to get them to change the glue for their labels.
It is really up to you, the more fuzz you make ... The other will
scrape away.

Best tool is a one sided razorblade. And remember to take this problem
in account for when you decide to make a label in the first place. If
it is for your own wine, how big of a label do you really need? I mean
how big is your ego in the first place? The bigger the label, the
bigger...

I use Avery 8167

SG Brix