I bought a pair of little bottles with
french labels at a vintage market. The
labels were printed on a home PC and
glued on the bottles. I love them in the
bathroom but noticed after a bit of
time that the shower steam had started
to make the paper bubble and lift.
What to do?
To protect the labels better in the bathroom I decided to use
some laminating paper. This is an item that I always have on
hand because it is so useful for many projects.
I cut a piece of the laminate a little bigger than the label,
about a quarter inch. As you can see this brand has nice
grid lines on the back to help you cut straight lines.
I carefully pulled the original label off the bottle (above)
then removed the backing/grid paper from my cut piece of
laminate.
then removed the backing/grid paper from my cut piece of
laminate.
And carefully I centered the laminate over the label and stuck
them together. Then I centered the new laminated label over
the bottle and stuck it back in place.
You could laminate right over the original label without
lifting it but for me I wanted to clean off the old glue underneath.
There is not a great deal of difference in the look but the
project only takes a few minutes to protect your personalized
labels from getting damp and possibly damaged.
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