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  1. Beer Snobs
    September 12, 2022 @ 2:33 am

    It looks so clean and perfectly done! I know if I did that, no matter how much I tried there would be flaws visible

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  2. Mike Hawkins
    February 9, 2023 @ 8:01 pm

    I fill bottles and cans with the hottest water my tap can produce, then submerge them in the kitchen sink. 1-2 tablespoons of Oxiclean helps to break down adhesive. Its easy to tell when the easy ones are ready to come off. Dabbing them with a clean towel gets water off the label, then laying them on wax paper backing with paper over the front and putting them inside a big fat phone book (remember those) will leech remaining moisture from the label and keep them flat.

    Labels on aluminum are a godsend. I prefer a single-edged razor blade to start on a corner of the label. Its easier to work with and the tension of the portion that has been removed helps to loosen the rest of the label. No tears that way wither.

    I recycle frozen food boxes for label backing. Because I scan my labels in a flatbed scanner, having a mixture of brown and white cardboard food packaging available allows good scans whether labels are edged in white or colored. Serves my hobby and helps to keep the environment a bit cleaner in the process.

    Cheap paper labels are a problem no matter what. Really high-quality glue is still a problem. Google image searches are always a handy backup.

    A warning about Oxiclean: Do not use Oxiclean for labels on foil or on clear backing. Colors will come off those labels, starting with red. I still have one bottle from a brewery that went out of business in 1999. I am keeping it until I figure out how to save all colors during the label removal process.

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