[PLUG-TALK] Amazon shipping envelope sleeping bags

[Tomas Kuchta]

The labels are printed by thermal process - candle light is excellent at
turning it black/ unreadable for privacy.

Now when I think of it, I have never tried hot water instead of a candle or
gas burner...

-T

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 9:40 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> On 2/14/19 8:46 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> > Besides spying on me and destroying local retailing, the
> > most immediate annoyance of Amazon is that they ship
> > individual items in those indestructable white and blue
> > bubble wrap bags.  Amazon puts 5-minutes-to-peel paper
> > labels on them, which must be removed before recycling,
> > then shlepped in bunches to the overflowing plastic bin
> > at Fred Meyer.  Fooey.
>
> If the label is paper, then maybe some water (or other liquid) based
> approach would ease the label removal, especially if you save batches of
> them. WD-40 is an excellent adhesive remover, as is an air freshener
> called Pure Citrus (available at Home Depot).
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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