On Thu, 09 May 2013 17:32:01 +0000, Danny D wrote:

Just curious, as my current 'magic solution' is water - but maybe there
is a better medium for dissolving glued paper labels on glass and
plastic bottles for kitchen reuse?

LESSONS LEARNED:

In summary, the lesson learned is that the paper labels easily
fell off the glass bottles after an overnight soak in water and
dish detergent.

However, on the plastic vitamin bottles, the paper labels came
off only with an overnight soak, where the mix of dish detergent
was necessary, and, even so, required a bit of fingernail scrubbing.
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12899721.jpg

The real problem was the pervasive gummy glue, which, only the
lower volatility petroleum distillates did a good job on (because
the higher-volatility petroleum distillates evaporated too soon).
http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/12899890.jpg

BTW, the green one at the right was discolored by the acetone;
so of all the fluids chosen, acetone is the most deprecated.