Spray Bottle Battle....

Does anyone have a good and professional looking method of labeling their spray bottles. I have tried everything. I am so type 'A' with that sort of thing. :crasy: I use my bottles a whole hell of alot and I like them to look neat/tidy as they hang on the cart or wall. They eventually get shabby looking after three weeks or so. I think nothing looks worst than an old spray bottle that should be considered a second grade art project with 7 different chemical/product names written all over it. Just plain craptastic!!

Here are some examples of what I have tried:

-Sharpie on the bottle just fades away and looks like poopie.

-Tape wrapped around the bottle and then labled with a sharpie most likely gets wet and really looks like poopie.

-P-Touch labels just fall off.

-P-Touch labels placed on the top of the trigger to keep them out of harms way. Problem is....the trigger usally goes bad, then the bottle has no label.

-Spray painting colored bands on the bottles with plastic bonding paint. (Way too time consuming)

-A printed label secured to the bottle with clear packing tape. This so far has been the best solution, however if fluid gets behind the tape, game over.




.........Anybody have ideas??? :shead:

 

My ptouch labels have yet to come off. How are you getting them so wet?

 

The usual ways...filling then and spilling some.....handling them with sweaty hands....I have a bad habit of wiping a bottle with a rag when I pick it up and put it back down. ( an OCD curse.) I also rinse and wipe my bottles down at the end of the day before I stow them.

What kind of P-Touch Tape are you using? I know there is some with different types of adheasives.

 

I had my own labels made at a sign shop. Yes I'm a little OCD. But only just a little!

 

i just have good memory and know what is in each bottle, plus the color helps me remember also.
some of my bottles are the meguiars ones with the product name on them already.

 

I'm going to have a buddy of mine make up some labels at his graphic shop.

 

Hey Ken can you post some pics?

 

So far I've picked up some Avery labels @ OfficeDepot, that work with Microsoft Excel. Draft up the label, apply it to the bottle with it's self-adhesive backing, and then cover it with clear packaging tape for safe measure. So far this has been holding up.

 

Look on ebay or maybe find them local but look for waterproof labels. I have used them for many things and they work great. I think you can also find foil waterproof labels which may work even better. Use a laser printer to print the labels.

 

+2^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Labels....I don't need no stinking labels :giggle:

 

I use the industrial P-touch labels. They hold up well. The adhesive is much stronger since its designed to be used in industrial settings.

 

Telepathy.

 

I don't really mark up my bottles anymore. I used to, but realized I always remember what's what anyways so why bother. The only time ill mark bottles is if two different products are similar in color or if I have the same product mixed at different dilution ratios.

 

Same here, for dilutions I have different colored bottle tops to remember which is the higher of the two etc. To remember the dilutions I write it on the label of the main bottle

 

U need to use the P touch labels with *industrial glue* on them. They cost slightly more than the regular ones.....

 

I just write on the sides with a marker. Usually last a long time. I really don't care what it looks like because I'm the only one that sees it.

 

haha, thats my problem I like them to be neat and clean even if I am the only one that uses or sees them. :doh:

 

I've got a label maker, but I still write stuff on the side of the bottle with a Sharpie, and scratch out the old text when I change the contents of the bottle. Getting out the label maker, replacing the batteries that are inevitably dead, and typing out the info on that small little keyboard is too much of a pain in the arse. :

 

Megs bottles ftw!

 

^^^ Yikes, that's a LOT of Meg's stuff. Do they sponsor you? If not, they should.