removing label glue
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How to remove P-touch labels
Comments (5)the problem is getting under the chemical resistant plastic .. to get to the glue .. i used a heat gun .. from my old paint removal days... and heated it just enough.. to grab and peel a corner ... then the goo gone.. or some variation ... just enough heat.. is when the label starts to bubble a bit.. today i was wondering if a hair dryer would generate enough heat ... i might trust don with a flaming torch.. but i am not sure about the rest of you ... lol ... you will not have to worry about the labels.. should you burn down the garage in the meantime.. lol ... especially if you mix high powered chemical removers with the flaming part .... BTW.. i did this on some heavy duty stainless steel labels i had.. i dont know if i would bother on replaceable zinc coated plates .... ken...See MoreWilsonart Red Label - Installer didn't glue ends
Comments (7)Thanks, Jerry. I really don't understand what's happening with this floor. I watched the guys glue everything and tap in their those rubber hammers. I didn't even use a recommendation from the flooring place, but used my own independent installer. We never got the baseboard up, so we pointed all all of the places that the outer edge spacing has disappeared. I'm really thinking we got some defective stuff. It is happening in all of the areas. We put down around 2,000 square feet. One place it split on the long direction was only 6" from a transition place and the flooring guy could feel under that baseboard heat that the edge spacing was correct. One nice thing is that we are a small isolated town (less than 300,000 people) and it's the kind of place where word of mouth is still an important part of doing business. Gloria...See MoreHow to remove labels from glass bottles
Comments (22)Best way I've found is oxiclean - add a scoop or two to really hot water in a bowl, add bottles, and let set. I usually forget about it and wind up leaving for a day or two, but the labels usually float to the surface at some point. If not, they always peel off nicely. If there's any residue, it scrubs off easily. Just don't let the bottles dry before removing labels, or you're back in the same spot you were originally... As a bonus, I had burned something in a stainless steel bowl and the resulting soot or whatever wasn't scrubbing off, and figuring the bowl was already ugly, I used it for the first oxyclean-label-removing experiment and it cleaned the bowl too! Also, the solution seems to be more-or-less reusable; if you have a bunch of bottles, you can put a few in the bowl, remove labels, and put a few more into the same bowl and solution....See MoreOT: Removing Brother Label Tape
Comments (19)They don't boil off. You pull it out and peel it off. Thus, no pot full of glue. It just softens it and when you pull the label off, the glue goes w/ the label rather than staying on the metal. I did have a handful that still had some residue. They were the p-touch bulletproof labels that I put on in the spring that sat in cooking sun all summer. I think they were the most cemented. I just used 70% alcohol to swipe away what was left. Easy....See Moregw:craftylady-2006
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