De-Labelling bottles

[Fin420]

I soak them in water, scrape/peel the label off, then spray some label remover onto a kitchen towel and sit it on the glue for 30 seconds or so, this breaks down the glue to the point where it wipes off. i got a can of the stuff from Maplin for about a fiver, but any citric acid/limonene based solution should do the trick.

 

[donnyos]

All good advice for the most dull of all brewing jobs.
I rinse mine straight after drinking now, fill with hot water and many labels slide off after 5 mins but otherwise agree the warm soak with oxi does the biz. An 81 bottle tree from your local or belgian web homebrewshop makes draining SO much easier and a few milk crates come in incredibly useful too.

 

[junior1]

I swear by oxi clean leave soaking in warm water for at the beginning and sometimes I just leave soaking for 24 hours it's amazing but there are some labels very stubborn to come off. Ie brewdog labels. I get loads of bottles free from my bottle banks in my area so I choose 500 ml bottles.

 

[BeerCat]

Is oxygen stain same as sodium percarbonate?

 

[Notlaw]

Is oxygen stain same as sodium percarbonate?

Yes, same thing I believe.

 

[BeerCat]

Yes, same thing I believe.

Great will give it a go on the bottles. Been using it to clean the gunk out of my air locks. Excellent stuff!