Reactivating Label Adhesive?

Hello Johnnie

Could you at least advise some details.

Hundreds of different types of adhesives are used for labels.

Please advise the following:

A. Label material:

1. Foil
2. Foil with a peel off covering, and stick to surface
   
3. Other - Specify please

B. Type of adhesive (If known)

1. Water based
2. Solvent based
3. "Sponge pad" with a peel off covering, and stick to surface
4. Other - Specify please
   

C. Label Maker (If known):

D. If a commercially made label advise (If known):

1. Size
2. Makers Catalogue Number
3. Give a scan digital picture of one label here, or a few labels here, if there are different ones
4. Other - Specify please

E. Your location (To assist with contacting the label maker and assist with finding what adhesive was used)

Location:

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Kind Regards....

a lot of labels can be made a little stickier with a sprayed touch of the right solvent to the back just prior to use, one at a time. There is no way to do this to whole rolls.

find out from label makers how to extend the life. often a sealed moisture proff bag in a freezer will help the life

I think you should contact Henkel Loctite, they definetly have solutions for your adhesive problems.

You need to know which solvent which when applied to your label will make it sticky.

Then set a container up with two sections open at the top of the separator, put labels in one side and solvent in the other,labels obviously not sitting on each other put the lid on and leave as long as required for the adhesive base to re-absorb the evaporative part of the solvent.

Toluene is a good starting solvent.

I use acetone a lot to reuse adhesive backed products. It all depends on the solvent used in the first place.

I have had much success with average adhesive backed products, as long as there is enough residue left.

You probably don't need heat at all, and the solvent will clean and dissolve enough adhesive to use.

Depending upon what you want to stick them to, just put some new glue on them. Super glue works for most surfaces I have found.....and its cheap...