Wine Labels

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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.

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