how do you label your diy juice bottles

[Buttpickle]

Lol..didn't think of that..the more I look at it I do too now

 

[Dr A]

Coming from a lab background I'm not bothered about what the label is made of, I'd go permanent marker on the bottle if I could afford not to recycle bottles.

The correct way to label a vessel is so that anyone who picks is up can easily understand whats in it and how to remake it. For example, tris buffered saline needs to say:


TBS
31/12/13
50 mM Tris
150 mM NaCl
pH 8.5
Sterile filtered

For juices we don't use concentrations and I can't be asked with dates either. So I go:

15% VC
4% FV
3% EM
3% Sweet
3% DDL
3 mg/ml

That has all the info I need to remake it if I want to.

Dr A

 

[Midnight]

Nail polish remover gets permanent marker off of plastic bottles

 

[devanillagorilla]

I wanted to print some sticky labels off how would I go about it??

 

[antwilk]

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I think I have some in the shed were onto a winner

 

[LilyRed]

I wanted to print some sticky labels off how would I go about it??

Failing the solvite, first go buy some sticky labels from the computer supply aisles in the supermarket/printers/stationers ... Got some? righto...

This is how the envelopes and mailings thingy works on the version of Word I have on my pc, yours may be different and if all else fails, look it up in help, mm’kay? I don’t have a Mac, and my bro-in-law who uses Macs now uses a microsoft emulator, so I don’t know how it works on Macs, Linux or anything else.

Not saying this is the best way by a long shot, but it works for me as I’ve only got an ancient version of Potatoshop (photoshop for the uninitiated) ) to work with an a pc. There’s some good free graphics progs out there if you don’t already have them - Gimp to name but one … Here and lots of tutorials for it online…

If you have Microsoft Word on your pc, click on ‘Tools’ on the top menu, then ‘Letters and Mailings’ on the drop-down menu, then ‘Envelopes and Labels’ on the flyout menu.

This’ll bring up a text box. Click on the ‘Options’ tab and you’ll get a new text box. Select your type of printer, then scroll down the info box next to ‘Label products’ until you find your manufacturer, or ‘custom’ if you’re using one not listed or making your own, etc. You can then select the label ref. number of the pre-cut labels if you’re using them. Once you’re done, click ok.

Now you can either fill in the text box, or click ‘New document’ and this will bring up a page of text boxes the size of your labels – go forth and decorate them to your heart’s content with graphics and text. If you’re using each one for a different mix leave a space so you can hand-write the ingredients. Pop a sheet of labels in your printer and press print (select your settings, etc... I don’t need to tell you this, I’m not yer Mum, grumble, grumble… )

If you simply want a load of labels on paper that you can cut out, do as above, then print on normal paper; you can then just stick each one on with sellotape.

Frankly I only ever get this posh if I'm making jam, normally I write (scribble) something on a bit of paper, sellotape, etc, etc,

 

[antwilk]

Failing the solvite, first go buy some sticky labels from the computer supply aisles in the supermarket/printers/stationers ... Got some? righto...

This is how the envelopes and mailings thingy works on the version of Word I have on my pc, yours may be different and if all else fails, look it up in help, mm’kay? I don’t have a Mac, and my bro-in-law who uses Macs now uses a microsoft emulator, so I don’t know how it works on Macs, Linux or anything else.

Not saying this is the best way by a long shot, but it works for me as I’ve only got an ancient version of Potatoshop (photoshop for the uninitiated) ) to work with an a pc. There’s some good free graphics progs out there if you don’t already have them - Gimp to name but one … Here and lots of tutorials for it online…

If you have Microsoft Word on your pc, click on ‘Tools’ on the top menu, then ‘Letters and Mailings’ on the drop-down menu, then ‘Envelopes and Labels’ on the flyout menu.

This’ll bring up a text box. Click on the ‘Options’ tab and you’ll get a new text box. Select your type of printer, then scroll down the info box next to ‘Label products’ until you find your manufacturer, or ‘custom’ if you’re using one not listed or making your own, etc. You can then select the label ref. number of the pre-cut labels if you’re using them. Once you’re done, click ok.

Now you can either fill in the text box, or click ‘New document’ and this will bring up a page of text boxes the size of your labels – go forth and decorate them to your heart’s content with graphics and text. If you’re using each one for a different mix leave a space so you can hand-write the ingredients. Pop a sheet of labels in your printer and press print (select your settings, etc... I don’t need to tell you this, I’m not yer Mum, grumble, grumble… )

If you simply want a load of labels on paper that you can cut out, do as above, then print on normal paper; you can then just stick each one on with sellotape.

Frankly I only ever get this posh if I'm making jam, normally I write (scribble) something on a bit of paper, sellotape, etc, etc,

Thanks lily I will be shopping for sticky labels later I diy for a few friends so I like to put a proper label on more for the warnings.

 

[LilyRed]

S'allright ant - it's a bit clunky using word and I'm sure there's faster methods - frankly if a printer/signwriter offered printed labels, I'd bite his arm off Sadly no longer have access to that sort of stuff meself... come to think of it the last time I did was back in the 1990's and the systems have come on in leaps and bounds since then. Basically what word does is set up a fancy table - if you're good at that you could do it that way.

Most of the concentrate sellers seem to have the tactile triangle labels & I think I've seen them on fleabay too

 

[michael parker]

The way I do it is print the name and maybe an image on clear laminating sheets, then once the ink's dry put some clear sticky back plastic over and stick on the bottle.

 

[NINman]

Masking tape and marker pen
Name, Strength and D.O.B