Keeping track...

[Barbara21]

Ran into a problem with my first batch of experiments (luckily only five bottles of five ml each). I marked what was in each bottle using permanent marker on plastic bottles. Epic fail - ended up wiping out the writing with my fingers and now have five mystery bottles.

So I got the bright idea of using the yard sale tags you can buy at Walmarts or most office supply stores. The ones with a brightly colored tag on a looped string. They work great for me - you can write on them and not worry about it rubbing off.

Just wanted to throw the idea out there in case in comes in handy for anyone else.

 

[dannyv45]

Try different colored rubber bands you know the kind you tie your hair back with. Also found these different colored doughnut bundgees (Again a hair product. Put a different color around each bottle and log it all on paper or PC eg: red= m tobacco, blue=coffee etc...

 

[Barbara21]

That would definitely work too, I just find the convenience of having the tag 'right there' (and attached to the bottle) extremely helpful.

This isn't meant to debate the benefits of one method over another, just a thought that some might find handy.

 

[Rin13]

UNless you have several tobaccos or fruits, lol. I give my juices a hot bath after mixing, so I run into a LOT of problems marking them. I use sticker labels but those can get soggy and come off. If you cover w/ clear tape, it helps but is still not 'sog' proof

 

[dannyv45]

UNless you have several tobaccos or fruits, lol. I give my juices a hot bath after mixing, so I run into a LOT of problems marking them. I use sticker labels but those can get soggy and come off. If you cover w/ clear tape, it helps but is still not 'sog' proof

+1 Thats the reason I resorted to the rubber band method. I do use labels after steeping.

 

[Abe_Katz]

Personally after giving my DIY creations their hot bath I dry them with a towel and find that a sticker label works great. The large square ones I cut into quarters and find they work better than the small round ones. I'm only using the small round ones now because the wife bought a couple thousand of them when we had a yard sale, so I'm using what I got before I go to buy new.