Help with suggestions on removing glue from jars!

[red]

perm marker comes off very smooth surfaces like glass with a scrub of the green scrubby cloth

[contadina]

A little dab of essential oil gets stubborn gluey gunk off too.

[thefriarandme]

I think I'll be trying some of these ideas.

[Silver Ether]

I use white spirit for the glue that won't dissolve in water.

Annoyingly the labels which I buy to label my own jams and chutneys are really hard to remove too!

I've stopped sticking labels on. Instead I tie a label on with string around the neck (luggage label style). I cut the "label" from an old plastic milk carton and write on with permanent pen.

It looks really novel when giving as a gift as well.

It's easier with bottles than jars but if you tie it tight at the bottom of the screw thread it's usually OK.

Zoe

I use silver perment marker it look good on the store shelves and it just comes of with the washing up and a scouring pad. If you want to give it as a gift write on a nice ribbon and tie it round the jar/bottle

[Oldpagan]

Zippo lighter fluid (naphtha) –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtha

Works like a charm, and a little bit will do it.

Blessings
Oldpagan

[Sassinak]

We have used the 'sticky stuff remover' for years and it gets so many things off.
You can get it from the cleaning product catalogues that sometimes pop through the door in the UK (Can't remember whether its Kleeneze or Betterware) Its just about the only thing I ever do buy from them and it lasts a long time, so they will never get rich from me

[hoomin_erra]

Milly, an easy idea for Labels.

Normal paper, with either your writing, or printed off, and just use normal Pritt-stick. Holds wondersfully, and comes off in about a minute in hot water. Bottle cleans easily, and if you dry the label, you can re-use them next year.

[thefriarandme]

dynamite?

[QuakerBear]

Nailvarnish remover works really well on glass, but don't use it on plastic as it will often disolve the plastic.