Removing labels from bottlees

[alexe]

I have been quite succesfull with a 2 step process. First fill with boiling water - this helps soften the glue (I usually warm up the bottle slowly to prevent any thermal shock). You can generally pull the lable off after a few minutes. I then use white spirits to clean off any remaining glue. Haven't been beaten by a lable yet...

[escapizm]

I concur, you can also fill dishwasher and when cycle finished and cooling commences get in there whilst still hot!

[tubthumper]

I allways use wd40 after peeling off the glue comes off soft with a plenty towel and then get the wd40 off with washing up liquid but I much prefer the paper lables and only buy the ones like fullers ( good bottles nice shape shame about the emboss) etc

[chivelegs]

Try Ronson or similar lighter fluid. When I worked in a record shop we used to use this for removing stickers, crap from vinyl records and dozens of other uses (including setting fire to fellow staff's trouser turn-ups.)

[Dr. Dextrin]

I find paint brush cleaner works with most label residues. I'm not sure if I've ever tried one of these bottles, though.

[Trefoyl]

Did anyone try soaking overnight in an ammonia solution? The container needs to be closed to keep in the fumes. This worked very well the one time I tried it when I needed the labels off so I could give the homebrew as a gift the next day, but I don't think they were metallic. It still might work.