Professional-Looking Labels with Spray Lacquer

It is a PITA!!!!!!!! Ol "glue stick" is my choice for attaching labels. Dick

I read somewhere that milk was great for putting on labels. They come off really easy with water and leave no glue residue.

Just a thought.

Rob

My method is rather simple, print labels on a laser printer, cut and attach with a glue stick. Skim milk also makes a good adhesive. Colour labels can printed at kinko's rather cheaply I imagine.

I think the OP is referring to the glossy finish of the lacquered labels. I am actually tempted to try this myself...

Cheers, Alec

Another approach for water resistance is to use a recent Epson printer

- their "Durabrite" inks are waterproof from the get-go. You can also use some of the photo papers if you like the shiny look.

- Mark W.

Milk contains casein, which is a gluey protein your body digests rather slowly. Whey is the other protein. Casein is one of the ingredients you can use to make natural glue. It makes for a good science project, or attaching beer labels it would seem! ;)

I just use a photocopier to print my lables on "water-mark" paper (usually gold, but I've tried other colors). It works quite well if you hit it with a single coat of cheap polyurethane spray. It will not only soak into the paper(water proofing)and make the watermark color really stand out, but it won't soak into the ink; instead it sits on top and raises the lines. It looks pretty cool, too.

Let it dry _before_ you cut it out. The large sheet of paper is a lot easier to spray than a lot of little pieces.

`Can't beat glue stick for attaching to the bottles, either.

Jim L.

Well yea, but how much does it cost per print out of a durabrite ink versus a regular color ink jet and a can of spray lacquer?

I imagine the ink jet costs less.

My bottles never stay full long enough to bother labeling them. I just write a number or letter on the cap. Disappears fast at my house. ;)

BEER!!!!!

I don't think Epson ink costs are hugely different from any other ink jet on a per-page basis. Of course, I wasn't suggesting that somebody who already has a printer should rush out and buy Epson - a spray can is obviously much cheaper than a new printer. But if you're in the market for a new printer anyway, this is one advantage Epson has over the others.

I am most happy with my Epson C82 printer. I do find their cartridges a bit over priced. You can in fact buy "copy" ink cartridges which still have the waterproofness ( sic) of the Epson Ink cartridges at about 1/2 the cost. There is of course likely to be a distinct change in colour reproduction but even that can be got round