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Title: How to get the labels on straight
Post by: yes2matt on July 17, 2019, 08:54:14 PM
I got my honey half bottled up in plastic bottles, and a local print shop did labels on peel-and-stick sheets.  I like the way they look but it is so difficult and tedious to get the label on just right. And if I mess it up a little and have to peel it off it takes even longer.

Is there a hack to this? Some sort of labeling jig? How do yall do hundreds of bottles like this?
Title: Re: How to get the labels on straight
Post by: BeeMaster2 on July 17, 2019, 11:13:32 PM
Matt,
The trick is to start the label in the right place and keep them tight and smooth them out a little at a time.
I like the round labels that go on the top. This way when we get the jars back we just put them in the dishwasher and use new tops. This eliminates having to remove labels and the glue.
Jim Altmiller
Title: Re: How to get the labels on straight
Post by: Acebird on July 18, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Oh Matt I wish I saw this post a week ago.  I made a label dispenser to do just that.  You can make one two.  Dang, I gave away three cases of bottles too.
I have a video on utube somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yeCmPKtzM
Title: Re: How to get the labels on straight
Post by: yes2matt on July 20, 2019, 08:41:05 AM
Quote from: Acebird on July 18, 2019, 09:32:48 AM
Oh Matt I wish I saw this post a week ago.  I made a label dispenser to do just that.  You can make one two.  Dang, I gave away three cases of bottles too.
I have a video on utube somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yeCmPKtzM
Look at you! This is brilliant! You could use shims to get the height just right. 

Where do you get your labels done in a roll? Mine are on a sheet.
Title: Re: How to get the labels on straight
Post by: Acebird on July 21, 2019, 09:44:36 AM
There is a shim under the spool.  From Better Bee.