It is well known that kitchen labels are extremely useful, not just in the kitchen, but in most rooms of a home to help keep things organised and more easily located if they are in drawers, containers or on shelves.
Often, a kitchen label will be stuck onto a jar or container and will remain there forever, or at least until the container or jar is thrown away.
However, in scenarios where you wish to change the use of a jar, container, shelve, or drawer and need to change the kitchen label, it can create one or two problems.
The main problem is getting the kitchen label off what it is stuck on so that you can replace it with a new kitchen label, which is often easier said than done, mainly due to the strong adhesive on the back of the label.
Trying to remove kitchen labels without care can mean only removing half of it, or worse, damaging what it is attached to as you scrape the label to remove it.
None of this needs to happen as there are ways in which you can make removing a sticky kitchen label less problematic.
As such we have brought together seven ways in which kitchen labels can be removed easily.
#1 – Essential Oils: Essential oils such as tea tree oil, eucalyptus oil, lemon oil, and orange oil, if rubbed gently onto sticky kitchen label adhesive with a cloth, can help remove any residue which remains.
#2 – Alcohol: No, not a label removing party but, instead, using any liquid with high levels of alcohol such as nail polish remover or methylated spirits.
Soak them into a rag and rub on the label or residue to remove them.
#3 – Vinegar: Yet another use for vinegar which remains one of the most useful and versatile liquids in existence.
To remove kitchen labels and any adhesive which remains, pour the vinegar onto them and gently scrape them away using a flat edge, such as a plastic knife.
#4 – Baby Oil: Pouring baby oil onto a paper towel or a dishcloth, allowing them to soak in, and then placing them onto the label or sticky residue for a few minutes, should allow you to remove the label and adhesive by rubbing them thereafter.
#5 – Masking Tape: This will create less mess as there are no liquids involved. Wrap the masking tape around your index finger with the sticky side facing outwards.
Taking your finger and then rubbing it on the label should lift it away.
#6 – Use Heat: If you can direct heat towards a sticky kitchen label it should loosen the adhesive and allow you to remove the label.
A hairdryer can be used, or if the label is on a glass jar or microwave-proof container, place it in the microwave for several minutes.
#7 – Razor Blade: Where you have some adhesive that is left behind after removing a kitchen label, using a razor blade to gently ease off that residue is effective, provided you take care with the sharp edges of the blade not to cut yourself.
Bonus Cheat – Just Leave It On: If you fear damaging what the kitchen label is stuck to or do not want to use any of the ways we have listed, you could simply place a new label over the existing one.
Unless you tell anyone, only you will know the old label was there or what it said.
