On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:03:31 -0500 (EST), Cris Wilson wrote:

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

Actually that's "gum", which has to be wetted to work (lick it if you like - I've seen it being made so I don't any more! :-)  "Glue" is self-adhesive 
without wetting.

> 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.

I can only assume they use different stuff over there, because I find this puzzling.  Labels on fruit over here peel off *really* easily, without leaving 
any residue.  I just tried it on an apple (an Egremont Russett, as it happens) where after a couple of chips with a thumbnail to lift the edge, it came 
straight off with no problem and even under a magnifying glass there's no sign of glue left on the surface, and no "tack" where the label was.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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