Wine Labels

[Shane]

Just wondering what people are using to stick homemade wine labels on
bottles.

Thanks

[Bruce]

I print my labels on plain paper and use a Q-tip to brush a little milk
on the outer edges of the label. They stick well and come off in a
flash with warm water. Not fancy but very versatile and quite quick.

[Pavel314]

I use 3-1/3" X 4" pre-glued mailing labels from Avery or the Staples
equivalent.They're 6 to a sheet so I generally print several full
sheets at a time depending on how many bottles I have to label. I let
them dry overnight and then give them a light spray of clear acrylic
to make them waterproof. When that drys, they go on the bottles. When
the bottles are empty, I just soak them in warm soapy water and they
peel right off.

Paul

[Bruce]

Are the labels you buy the regular labels or "easy to remove" types? I
always figured that the normal labels would be difficult to remove.
Also, when you say acrylic - is this something from a craft shop or a
hardware store?

Bruce

[bobdrob]

I use 28# stationery, Print Shop Pro, & Elmer's Kid-friendly glue stick. The
heavy weight paper makes a nice presentation, PSP formats into Avery sized
labels & the Elmer's glue stick is water soluable. We cut & paste old school
style.... regards, bob

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[Tacoma Joe]

On a computer, your can print out (WordPerfect?) six labels per page,
cut them to size and use wallpaper paste to brush the backsides.
Easily applied and easy to remove to reuse the bottle after rinsing.
A quick spurt of SO2, store them away upside down in wine cartons and
they will be ready for your next bottling. Tacoma Joe

[Pavel314]

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I looked them up on the Avery site and they claim to be permanent
adhesive shipping lables. Of course, they may be very permanent when
stuck on a cardboard box or paper envelope but they do come off of
glass bottles without much trouble after a long soak in hot, soapy
water.

I get the acrylic spray at the hardware store; it comes in an aerosol
can. I've also used polyurethane spray. It's probably cheaper when you
buy it at the hardware as opposed to a crafts store.

Paul

Paul

[malc]

Pavel314 wrote:

>
> I looked them up on the Avery site and they claim to be permanent
> adhesive shipping lables. Of course, they may be very permanent when
> stuck on a cardboard box or paper envelope but they do come off of
> glass bottles without much trouble after a long soak in hot, soapy
> water.
>
> I get the acrylic spray at the hardware store; it comes in an aerosol
> can. I've also used polyurethane spray. It's probably cheaper when you
> buy it at the hardware as opposed to a crafts store.
>

That's a good idea. I've used plain Avery stylee labels in the past and I've
found that either the writing (permanent marker too!) has faded to nothing
over 4 or so years in my garage or the label has peeled off. I now have a
collection of wines labelled "Probably Elderberry" and "Maybe Fig"

--
Malc

Rusted and ropy.
Dog-eared old copy.
Vintage and classic,
or just plain Jurassic:
all words to describe me.

[Strongarm]

> Just wondering what people are using to stick homemade wine labels

I use the same avery label as Paul and print them using Corel Draw. I
also us a wine bottle neck hanging-on label from E C Kraus Co.

[tdj...@gmail.com]

go online to Planet Label (cheesy yes, but they have lots of labels)
they too have the 3 1/3 X 4 but they also offer it in glossy
and
it is treated to absorb printer ink
comes in boxes of 100 sheets
6 labels to a page
ted