lrak@ihnp4.UUCP (Richard A. Karhuse) (08/24/84)
How do you preserve wine labels? I'm a neophyte at collecting wine labels. I know that you steam them off the bottle. Any special tricks here? (i.e. tea kettle vs. open large pan, etc.) Then how do you dry out the label? Mounting directly on the paper causes the paper to warp due to the water. Anybody tried a micro-wave oven? Pointers to any special glues, equipment or techniques would be appreciated. Thnkx Richard A. Karhuse ihnp4!lrak
hrs@houxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) (08/24/84)
Wine labels can be soaked off in hot water, and put on a paper towel front down to dry. If curles or wrinkled they can be ironed! Many wineries now use synthetic glues that won't come off in water. Most of these come off if you put some ammonia in the water. Some will never come off, and you will just have to give up, unless you want to save the bottle too, but this makes the album somewhat bulky :-). Herman Silbiger PS An acquintance of mine once had a very fine wine which he had never heard of before in a small, inexpensive restaurant somewhere in rural America. After dinner he asked the waitress if she could take the label off the bottle. She replied "sure", and went back to the kitchen with the empty bottle. Five minutes later she came back with the bottle, now devoid of label. True story!