Teach Soap

Does anyone have any tips on how to get the paper cigar type lables to stay on tight? I pretty much wait to wrap the soaps until I need them so that the lable is not on any sooner than possible to let the soap dry more. And it's dried atleast 6 to 8 weeks. I always use the reccomended amount of water in the recipe. But loose lables look bad.

I use transparent tape to put mine on. Every now and then one does become loose. I take a sharp knife and cut the tape and stick another piece on there after I tighten the label. You can't tell it was done that way.

Bruce

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I've been using the "permanent" double-sided tape. I mistakenly bought the "removable" tape which didn't hold up well, but the permanent type seems to be doing the trick.

I was tying them on for a while and that does work but you need to leave a tad of tye so that when they shrink at the end you have enough to do one more wrap around and knot. Does that make any sense? LOL

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Scrap booking supply places have those adhesive dots of glue on a tape - they hold well and can be moved (though not a lot of times!).

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Good idea Purple Molly thanks for that suggestion!

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I use those sticky dots for scrapbooking -- they hold very well for me.

I was useing glue to hold my lables on. I think you have the right idea about useing glue dots from scrap booking supplies. they could be moved to tighten lables. Thanks everyone.