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Vicki Baylus
 
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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.

Vicki


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Ed Marks
 
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Goo Gone works great.

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> bottles. Soap and water does well for some, but some of that glue is
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A trash compacter or a hammer work well for me. Any bottle that doesn't want
to give up its label is not a welcome addition to my family.

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"Vicki Baylus" > wrote in message >...
> 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.
>
> Vicki


Vicki -
There have been several extensive discussions of this topic on the
newsgroup in the past couple of months - well worth doing a Google
search on.

Here are two tips that I have found to be particularly helpful.

For labels that don't seem to be affected much by hot, soapy water
(especially many Australian labels, for some reason), try heating the
bottles to 250F in the oven for 5 or 10 minutes. At this temp, many
labels will peel off very nicely.

For labels that just don't react well to anything else, scrape off
most of the label with a sharp knife. Remove what's left with "Goo
Gone". This stuff is pretty widely available in the US (I've heard
Walmart carries it, though I don't shop there). Other things may work
as well, but I that's what works for me.


Doug
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Rick Vanderwal
 
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another alternative to Goo B Gone is
DeSolve It -
it's available at WalMart...
but I'm sure also other places.
a large squirt-bottle with a trigger sprayer - can stream or mist.

$4.00...cheaper than the Goobey

works like a charm!

Rick

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> Thank you. I will try goo gone.
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> Vicki
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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.
> > >
> > > Vicki

> >
> > Vicki -
> > There have been several extensive discussions of this topic on the
> > newsgroup in the past couple of months - well worth doing a Google
> > search on.
> >
> > Here are two tips that I have found to be particularly helpful.
> >
> > For labels that don't seem to be affected much by hot, soapy water
> > (especially many Australian labels, for some reason), try heating the
> > bottles to 250F in the oven for 5 or 10 minutes. At this temp, many
> > labels will peel off very nicely.
> >
> > For labels that just don't react well to anything else, scrape off
> > most of the label with a sharp knife. Remove what's left with "Goo
> > Gone". This stuff is pretty widely available in the US (I've heard
> > Walmart carries it, though I don't shop there). Other things may work
> > as well, but I that's what works for me.
> >
> >
> > Doug

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Vicki Baylus > wrote:
> 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.


Eucalyptus oil works, and is easier to deal with than some of the more toxic
alternatives.

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Hot water and liquid soap and for those stubborn bits a pane scrubber.
Stephen SG

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"Vicki Baylus" > wrote:

>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.
>
>Vicki


This was discussed fairly thoroughly with the subject "Label removal?" this
last week.

LG

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Doug > wrote:
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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.



>Here are two tips that I have found to be particularly helpful.


Bah. Just cover it with a new label

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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,
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Try filling your bottle with very hot water and let sit for a minute or so.
Then try peeling the label off very slowly. Sometimes the heat will soften
the glue. I've found this works well for the standard 3 x 4 mailing labels
that I use to label my wines with.

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> >> bottles. Soap and water does well for some, but some of that glue is
> >> tenacious.

>
>
> >Here are two tips that I have found to be particularly helpful.

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