Most metal coffee cans the labels are vinyl and peel off. Plastic coffee cans the labels are printed on with ink dyes and can't be removed but can be painted.
Hi Mary, you can remove the strip of "gunk/glue" by scraping it with a piece of metal and then soaking the remaining glue off with goo gone or even a kitchen oil. After that's removed wash well in hot soapy water and then decorate however you wish. Spray paint or decoupage works well. Add a stencil with lettering and you can label each canister to suit what's inside.
Is this question for metal or plastic coffee cans? Concerning plastic cans some of those labels are actually applied in the "Blow Mold" machine when the container is formed. The materiel is hot and it somewhat embeds itself into to plastic. You will have to label over it.
If you don't want the cans to retain their coffee smell trying filling them with water and vanilla and letting them sit overnight.
ou can use washing soda to remove labels from bottles (or any sticker from something that's safe to submerge in water.) Just fill your sink with warm water and add around 1/2 cup of washing soda. Stir the water a bit, then soak the item in the water for 30 minutes. The sticker or label should slide right off!
After soaking most of the label off in hot soapy water, I often use baking soda/Dawn dishwashing liquid made into a paste. Rub onto the sticky leftover glue residue then rinse well with very hot water.
If they are plastic, chances are the label is into the plastic by a heating process, I would cover them with paint and seal them with polyurethane. If metal, then soak them in hot water and dish detergent.
I purchased from small plastic scapers from Amazon that are great for removing stickers. Then rub a bit of cooking oil on the surface if there's any left over residue. After that, wipe with soapy water (I like using blue Dawn).
Hi Mary hope this helps you. For both plastic and metal you can use acetone and a cotton ball, take your cotton ball, and douse it with 100% acetone nail polish remover. In a circular motion, work it over the print on the container. It will take a few seconds to get going, but it will start to come off. Keep working, applying pressure and working your way around.
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Most metal coffee cans the labels are vinyl and peel off. Plastic coffee cans the labels are printed on with ink dyes and can't be removed but can be painted.
Hi Mary, you can remove the strip of "gunk/glue" by scraping it with a piece of metal and then soaking the remaining glue off with goo gone or even a kitchen oil. After that's removed wash well in hot soapy water and then decorate however you wish. Spray paint or decoupage works well. Add a stencil with lettering and you can label each canister to suit what's inside.
Is this question for metal or plastic coffee cans? Concerning plastic cans some of those labels are actually applied in the "Blow Mold" machine when the container is formed. The materiel is hot and it somewhat embeds itself into to plastic. You will have to label over it.
If you don't want the cans to retain their coffee smell trying filling them with water and vanilla and letting them sit overnight.
Hi Mary, here is how to get labels off plastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAGunOLpjNs
Hopefully this works for the metal containers
ou can use washing soda to remove labels from bottles (or any sticker from something that's safe to submerge in water.) Just fill your sink with warm water and add around 1/2 cup of washing soda. Stir the water a bit, then soak the item in the water for 30 minutes. The sticker or label should slide right off!
Hairdryer or heat gun will soften the adhesive and it will lift off.
I just soak in Dawn and very hot water. Then you can use a plastic scraper to get the labels off.
Mary....Try Goo Gone.
Soak in hot water with Dawn dish soap. You should be able to wipe right off after being soaked for 10 minutes.
After soaking most of the label off in hot soapy water, I often use baking soda/Dawn dishwashing liquid made into a paste. Rub onto the sticky leftover glue residue then rinse well with very hot water.
Soak them!
If they are plastic, chances are the label is into the plastic by a heating process, I would cover them with paint and seal them with polyurethane. If metal, then soak them in hot water and dish detergent.
I purchased from small plastic scapers from Amazon that are great for removing stickers. Then rub a bit of cooking oil on the surface if there's any left over residue. After that, wipe with soapy water (I like using blue Dawn).
I use peanut butter to remove sticky residue left behind on items from price tags and labels. https://www.exquisitelyunremarkable.com/2021/03/remove-sticker-residue-naturally.html
You can use Goof Off or WD 40 on metal cans. Plastic cans do not have removable labels. But Chalk paint will work on them
Hi Mary: WD40 is great for removing labels. Pull off as much as you can and then spray on the WD40 and let it sit for about a minute and scrape off.
Hi Mary hope this helps you. For both plastic and metal you can use acetone and a cotton ball, take your cotton ball, and douse it with 100% acetone nail polish remover. In a circular motion, work it over the print on the container. It will take a few seconds to get going, but it will start to come off. Keep working, applying pressure and working your way around.
Soak them off!