>>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 15:41:35
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>>From: "Pam Lewiston, PAR Environmental Services, Inc."
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>>Subject: Label cleaning techniques
>>
>>Hello all:
>>
>>An associate recovered a number of bottles from a water-saturated trench
>recently and brought them to the lab for me to clean. Some of these bottles
>have partial paper labels on the exterior and I am at a loss as to how to
>clean these bottles without destroying the paper. I fear that if I wait for
>the mud on them to dry, the paper will dissolve upon brushing, even lightly.
>Suggestions?
>>
>>Many thanks in advance;
>>
>>Pam Lewiston
>>
>
>
Bottles left to soak in water (mild soap) and it due time these label should
peel of.