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Let us know how they turn out. I never thought what would happen if I put my labeled bottles on ice. How much would it cost to use those labels to label a 5 gallon batch (48-52 labels)?
I just got them today actually, and the sample pages that they gave me smell like vinyl. The labels are 4 x 3.33, and come 6 to a page. For 600 of the waterproof ones, it's 60 dollars, so we'll see if it works. The site says that when the ink from an injet printer is applied to the label, it becomes encapsulated by a vinyl top coat, and becomes water proof itself. The samples and the shipping for the samples was free, so I got 18 free labels to try out.
I just remember going to a cookout last summer, and having to keep the beer bottles blank, and write with a sharpie marker on the bottle cap, it really drove me crazy, hope this works, might be just the thing.
You could always try making you labels out of thick grade printing paper, 4 or 6 to a page, cut them out, , put a punch hole in corner and tie labels to neck of bottles, with beer style explanation or even recipe of the beer in the bottle on the back of card . Put a signiture logo on front with beer name on bottom. You can reuse them if you want and no delabeling.
I'll be doing that with the irish red I'm going to brew this week,
DC
With my first batch of beer, it labeled them by cutting them out from regular paper, and gluing them on the bottle, it took way to much time. The thing I like about the self adhesive labels, is that you just stick them on. To remove them, I soak them, and use a potato peeler,(yes, a potato peeler), They come right off, and then I soak them in oxyclean to get the adhesive off.
Another thing about the waterproof labels, they seem thicker, and I think they would come off whole in one pull
bruguru wrote:
To remove them, I soak them, and use a potato peeler,(yes, a potato peeler), They come right off, and then I soak them in oxyclean to get the adhesive off.
Just tried your potato peeler idea and it worked pretty good. I've got little pieces of label everywhere now so I think I'd only use it as a last resort. I had to though because I had some Harpoon and Smuttynose labels fighting me (There is way too much glue on those labels).
I didn't have any oxy-clean to use but I ended up using very fine stainless steel pads after I let the bottles soak in warm water for a bit. With a couple scrubs the glue came right off. I definitely recommend to anyone with stubborn labels. The water made the steel wool kinda messy afterwards. Maybe I'll try a real fine 3M scuff pad next time. Those stand up to being used with water real well. I've used them to wet sand doing body work on cars.
Yea, somtimes the labels can be tough to get off, but I don't mind, it's kinda therapeutic. Plus i'm married, and anything that lets you spend more time by yourself is a good thing. Ha Ha Ha.(i'm crying on the inside).
i've used the brillo pads too, they work well for the adhesive, but letting them soak for a couple of days works the best, sometimes you just get a real stubborn one, like the bottle just doesn't want to be used again, so I throw it out.
I give most of my beers away, so I like using bottles, there cheap, they look good, and you don't have to ask for them back. If I gave a keg to a friend, i'd have to follow him around for three months before I got it back.
I usually put as many bottles in my buckets as possible, add a small drop of dish detergent, and fill with hot water. I make sure each bottle is full as well, and put the lid on. I let it sit over night. Next morning, the labels pretty much fall off, and the glue is simply rinsed away with hot water in the sink.
Dear FirePitBrew, when I use to print my own labels out I had many troubles and in the end I found myself thinking there must be an easier solution. I did some research on the internet to find easier ways to get my labels printed. I found a company called http://www.selfadhesivelabels.com who now do all my label printing for me at such a low cost, I would never go back to printing my own labels.
does this label company only deliver to the UK?
bruguru wrote:
does this label company only deliver to the UK?
I don't think so. If you go to the "Contact" tab and then click on the "Sample Pack Request" link, USA is one of the countries under the Country field where you enter your address.