craftgrrl | Better late than never? (Reply)

Not too long ago someone asked how to remove a label from a wine bottle. I just saw this on "Martha" so I thought I'd throw it out there.

Fill the empty bottle with very hot water. Then, if you have an espresso machine, hold the lable under the steam wand and steam it off. If you don't have an espresso machine you can put the bottle, filled with very hot water, into a pot or large bowl also filled with very hot water with about 6 drops of dish soap added to it. Let it sit until the label comes off. She said this could take from 1 hour to over night but the label comes off perfectly undamaged. You then blot the label and let it dry. She gave one more way to remove the label and that was with label laminating squares that can be purchased on line (one site was wineultra.com, I forget the other). You place the laminate over the label and peal it of, it seperates the label from the glue.