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You don't need the dawn in the bottle, just on the glue. Alcohol will let you rub off the glue.Nope. tried both before resorting to other means.
Soaked in hot water with Dawn for half hour.
Peeled label off without problem, glue stayed.
Letitia, the Dawn WAS on the glue.
The alcohol was on the glue. Neither would remove the glue. The label was already off of the bottle. I was trying to find something to remove the glue residue. As any chemist will tell you, it's all about the solvent! If it isn't soluble in your solvent, you use another! Petro based or napthalene or whatever (goof off/goo gone or kerosene/lighter fluid). I tried both isopropanol(rubbing) and ethanol (hooch). At the time I didn't think of cooking oil, but I had the lighter fluid. And clean bottles!
Use gas station ejuice, 50w-20.[emoji6]Hah! If you're really cheap, you won't use any "virgin" oil. Instead, you'll re-purpose some used motor oil for this.
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yeah, usually dawn and a little scrub gets off most stuff. This glue just smeared. I don't have patience for that crap. Out comes the big guns!
I have another just about empty, I am gonna try the oil trick on.
Nobody has a label maker? Edge of a razor blade and they peel good. That is for DIY in glass bottles, though.
I just write on a piece of paper, cover it in transparent sticky tape, and stick it on the bottle. It always peels right off when i want to change it.
Knowing what sticky labels are like, i really don't have the patience for them.
Knowing what sticky labels are like, i really don't have the patience for them.
Ahhh, I don't really remember buying larger glass bottles when I used store-bought. Blue Halo bottles, I just never got around to.
But, I do like having the extra room in the bottles for shaking. I haven't ever really mentioned it, but, we go on rides to belly-dancer/bottle shaking contests in the wooded mountains.
Now, isn't that a good visual...
But, I do like having the extra room in the bottles for shaking. I haven't ever really mentioned it, but, we go on rides to belly-dancer/bottle shaking contests in the wooded mountains.
Now, isn't that a good visual...
I agree, but if I want to be able to read it, or someone else to (like poison label for nic) my handwriting will not suffice.
Anyone needing removable labels should look into Postit labeling tape. My hand writing isn't all that good, either, but the stuff is useful for all kinds of thing.
Yep. A Sharpie plus white electrical tape, which you can buy at Home Depot or Loews. It peels off easily and leaves almost no residue.my label maker
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You are not a cheapskate, you are being inconvenient
All the time put into messing around cleaning bottles, peeling stickers... time is money too, at least for me. It actually may be more valuable than money. #perspective
All the time put into messing around cleaning bottles, peeling stickers... time is money too, at least for me. It actually may be more valuable than money. #perspective
Blue painters tape and a sharpie work just fine for me and it's easy to remove and replace.
I guess I do waste some money on goo be gone, so the vinegar trick might be worth a shot.
I guess I do waste some money on goo be gone, so the vinegar trick might be worth a shot.
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