>> So the technical question is, how are users supposed to get them off.
>> Obviously
>> water does not work, fruit are 'wet' all the time and that won't do. So,
>> knowing
>> the breadth of the expertise of this list's members, what in g'd's name
>> does one
>> use to wash the labels off stopping short of a peeling knife ?! Are they
>> meant
>> to be edible ? (I have a doubt, the glue is unbelivably strong - it even
>> sticks
>> to oranges and citrus fruits which have wax and citrus oil - the
>> remove-everything-cleaner - on their rinds). I wish I could buy labels
>> that
>> strong for labelling chips and small parts - but I can't.

The glue is a food grade adhesive and is very much like the
glue on the back of postage stamps (the kind you lick).

As for removal, warm water is recommended by the fruit people.
Alcohol and vegetable oil also work well.
Acetone, WD-40, and ammonia work well for getting them off of
your skin, but I think I'd rather eat the sticker than those
solvents.

For labeling small parts with labels I use a Scotch glue tape
reel. It's usually sold with the scrapbooking craft stuff and
is in a purple dispenser that looks somewhat like a roll of tape.

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College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities
Clemson University
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