Bottle Labels

[Bakernat]

Not sure if I am preaching something that everyone knows here but I have been struck by the huge number of websites charging a foirtune for wine bottle labels.

If you are after a cheap and simple way of doing it how about a combo of powerpoint and milk?

On a poweroint slide you can get two labels. If you print them as handouts with two per page (i.e. four labels on one side of A4) they come out round about the right size.

I found a link a while back suggesting using milk as an adhesive and, bugger me it works really well on glass. Put the label on a side plate and baste generously with the milk using a paint brush. Just stick it to the bottle, blot with tissue paper and leave to dry.

They fix well, don't smell at all and come off with a half decent peel saving having to scrub the bottles again.

More importantly it is cheap!

:thumb:

 

[Eric_S]

Doesn't the Milk dissolve the ink on the label? Otherwise sounds like a great idea!

I've been using Avery labels and whilst they come off with a bit of persuasion anything to make life easier is a good thing.

 

[Marrsy86]

Doesn't the Milk dissolve the ink on the label? Otherwise sounds like a great idea!

I've been using Avery labels and whilst they come off with a bit of persuasion anything to make life easier is a good thing.

Im using Avery Labels too, think I will give the milk method a try though.

For anyone whos interested this is what my wine bottles are looking like with Avery Labels on them.

 

[Bakernat]

There were all sorts of questions on the origional website (which I can't remember) about the typr of paper/type of printer. I may have struck lucky but the printer I already had and the paper worked too.

I have a fairly bog standard Kodak printer and the cheapest paper I can find! There is no need to pay out on expensive sticky paper, I think that my current lot is tesco value paper. I have no idea why but the ink doesn't bleed at all!

 

[Bakernat]

Proof of no bleeding!

 

[Marrsy86]

Proof of no bleeding!

Im impressed with the quality of your labels :)

Royal Signals by anychance :lol: ?

You still in ?

 

[Bakernat]

Hell yes. No real jobs out there!

 

[Peapodmaster]

They look amazing! i will definatly be doing this to my batch of Rosehip wine (as it will take a year to mature) haha :)

Cheers

 

[Marrsy86]

Hell yes. No real jobs out there!

What unit ? I'm in the RAF's equivalent, I was at Cawdor barracks earlier in the year and got to see how the army treat your lot compared to us :p

 

[Bakernat]

Trade group 4 is not an equivalent. It is a mere imitation. A four month tour is not a tour, it's a break!

 

[Marrsy86]

Trade group 4 is not an equivalent. It is a mere imitation. A four month tour is not a tour, it's a break!

Haha can't argue much with that in all fairness, been trying to get out the past year or so but having no luck, tried applying to 18 sigs but my eye sight let me down and tried to transfer to the marines but I need to do 4 years first before I can transfer.

 

[Bakernat]

Anyway, thats my work, this is my fun!
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[Marrsy86]

What did you use on your heat shrink caps by the way ? I used a kettle and they are uneven and don't look very good but yours seem pretty smooth all the way around.

 

[Bakernat]

I have an electric heat gun I use to burn down and beeswax boots. It also has a lower setting which is a little hotter than a hairdryer which does the job perfectly.

 

[Peapodmaster]

could i use a hairdryer? i mean mine goes pretty hot, even i cant have it to my head! my would submurging the caps on the bottles in boiling water be just as good? is there any way of removing these caps easily when you've finished with the bottles ?

 

[Cussword]

Hair dryer does work, just takes a little longer. To remove I slice upwards with a sharp knife :thumb:

 

[Marrsy86]

could i use a hairdryer? i mean mine goes pretty hot, even i cant have it to my head! my would submurging the caps on the bottles in boiling water be just as good? is there any way of removing these caps easily when you've finished with the bottles ?

I was thinking of trying a hair dryer out tonight when I get home. I will give some feedback tomorrow with how it goes if you dont get an answer before then.

The heatshrink caps I got off ebay have a little built in ripper tab to open them and if done right you can take the whole thing off with it if you tear downward towards the base on an angle.

Cheers

Marrsy

 

[Banksy]

For labels, use powerpoint. Split the screen into 4, and another into 9 (4 for main label, 9 for back).

I stick them on with pritstick. This sticks them on well, and comes off easily when cleaning the bottles.

When shrinking caps over a kettle, use a wooden spoon to hold them on whilst rotating the bottle. This should give an even shrink, and prevent them slipping up causing the annoying think on the top.

I am looking for better ways of doing this, and am about to try a hair dryer.

Good luck...

 

[Marrsy86]

When shrinking caps over a kettle, use a wooden spoon to hold them on whilst rotating the bottle. This should give an even shrink, and prevent them slipping up causing the annoying think on the top.

I will give this a bash to see how it turns out.

Cheers

Marrsy

 

[Banksy]

Keep the lid open so it keeps boiling. Once it has started to shrink, stop holding the cap with the wooden spoon and lower the bottle deeper into the kettle.