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reusable (wipeable) food labels

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  • 28-07-2016 11:44am
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    Registered Users Posts: 170 ✭✭


    Not sure if this is the right forum?!
    I'm decanting bulk seeds/nuts/rice etc into glass jars/food containers and would love to be able to find labels where I could write contents/date etc and then instead of trying to pull them off and use a new sticker..get ones that are wipeable?!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    use a whiteboard marker on the glass?
    It dries after a few weeks and is hard to rub off, without wetting it


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    Or use a regular permanent marker on the glass, they're not as permanent as you'd like, and a brief soak in sudsy water takes it right off (even the fancy permanent pens I use in the lab are no match for fairy liquid)


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    You could buy a roll of sticky blackboard paper in the €2 shop, cut it to desired shape/size and write with chalk :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭Sapphire


    Use a thin permanent marker directly on the glass. Then when you want to remove the marker, use nail polish remover- it removes it instantly, followed by a hot soapy scrub.

    I do this with all my herbs and spice jars.


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Sapphire wrote: »
    Use a thin permanent marker directly on the glass. Then when you want to remove the marker, use nail polish remover.
    alcohol also takes it off, as does a scouring pad.

    If you do have white wipeable labels I have read that green coloured sharpies clean off better than any other colours. If on glass the colour does not matter as it comes off totally.


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