How to clean bottle?
If your goal is to get a clean bottle of wine without a trace of labels and adhesive, for example, to make the original vases, compositions, capacities for storage of liquids or even of a ship in a bottle, then for the safety labels you should not worry. The most famous and popular method is to soak the bottle for a few hours in warm water, after which the label should be easy to separate. However, this option only works if the manufacturer used a water soluble glue. You can also wrap the bottle with a wet cloth. Remnants of glue and labels can be easily removed with a sponge or brush. In a pinch you can use a special scraper for the glass, but be careful not to scratch the surface of the bottle.
In stores you can find special tape for removing labels used by wine tasters to conduct wine tasting albums.
Unfortunately, in recent years more and more manufacturers are used for labelling the so-called nesasanai glue. He is not afraid of water, so even the long soaking will do nothing. However, do not despair, as this glue is sensitive to high temperatures. Pour into a bottle of boiling water, and literally half a minute later the label can be removed without any effort. In addition, you can warm the bottle with a hair dryer or an oil radiator. Of course, the traces of glue still remain but can be rubbed away with a fat cream or vegetable oil, dabbing it on a piece of cloth.
The label is peeled off by heating, it may be glued in album to a "native" of the adhesive layer which remains on the inner side of the sticker.
Is it possible to save label?
If your goal is maximum preservation of the integrity of the label, everything is a bit more complicated. Instead of soaking, which can severely damage the label, it is better to hold the bottle over the steam, pre-wrapping the neck with a towel to avoid burning yourself. Another option is the use of solvents or gasoline, which you need to gently wet the label, until it is saturated. Having waited for evaporation of gasoline, you will likely be able to remove the label without much effort. Of course, this method works only in the case of paper labels. Plastic labels will have to soak with gasoline inside, picked up a sticker for the area. However, such labels are glued to nesasanai glue, as a rule, you can gently peel off without any preparation.
