I have 2.5 cases of 22 oz bottles that have the labels screen printed on? Does anyone know a way of removing that easily? Thanks

I remember seeing something about this over at AHA forum... I know razor blades were involved in some cases, but some folks recommended something to soak them in too...

"I remember seeing something about this over at AHA forum..."

Didn't you Mom ever talk to you about hanging out in undesirable places with undesirable people?

Its not worth the effort to get those off. I spent hours trying to clean 2 of them off. Soaked them in everything I could find, PBW, Muriatic Acid, the works. Nothing worked. It would be worth the $2.50 to just go buy some. Or use them as is.... even though I hate doing that too.

Just leave em on. They dont hurt a thing.

yea yea yea... I've been known to hang at a few dive bars... I'm guilty of not always listening to my mom either...

I read somewhere that soaking them in Starsan overnight softens them so you can finish the job with steel wool.

Hydrofluoric acid would probably remove the lettering, but it eats glass too.

I think I remember seeing that paint thinner will get that off... although I would personally keep that away from my bottles...

If you soak your labels in pbw or one-step cleaner with hot or warm water, they should be able to peel off pretty easily. I like to use german or belgian bottles for my bottling, simply because the labels come off so easily. You'll find that certain breweries use more glue or tougher glue than others. Ive had good success with odell bottles, but I remember having a tough time with sam adams. Some of the german and belgian labels fall right off without you even touching them in the hot water.

He's not talking about labels...he's got the bottles like Stone prints...

I think it will take more than paint thinner. I'd try lacquer thinner or acetone and I truly doubt these will remove baked on paint.

I actually avoid buying Stone bombers for that very reason. If I buy a bomber it has to have paper labels so I can remove them. I want my money's worth. Screen printed bottles are not worth the effort to remove the print.

Oh right right, sorry Didnt' realize what type we were talking about. I've scrubbed some stone bottles clean before, but it took way too much time and I don't know of a way to expedite that process much at all. I would question if those bottles would be worth the time and trouble.

Ok so these bottles sound like they will be good for experimental brews. Does not sound worth the hassle to remove the screen print....Thanks everyone