As a stop-gap, I just nick some of my wifes hairspray. It works just fine!

"Dave Allison" > wrote in message
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>I also had that experience. I now use ACE hardware brand semi-gloss,
>Polyurethane clear finish. I take outdoors, spray labels, let dry for 30
>minutes and bring them back inside.
> I use Avery label Designer Pro - free download from Avery - to build the
> labels, and put them on to removable labels, so it's easy to remove and
> reuse the bottle when done.
>
> We learn as we go. smile. DAve
>
> Casey Wilson wrote:
>> Well, after five days of outgassing, the bottles no longer smell
>> like high-octane gasoline and I can finally bring my 25 bottles of wine
>> in from the garage.
>> I came across this spray stuff in the art section of a store. It
>> says on the can: " Non-yellowing protection for oil, acrylic and
>> watercolor."
>> After printing up my labels, I taped the sheets of paper to some
>> scrap plywood. I followed the instructions on the can explicitly and gave
>> the labels two coats of Krylon Kamar Varnish. After letting them dry in
>> the work shed for two hours, I brought them into the kitchen.
>> In less than an hour I had trimmed the labels and stuck them on with
>> craft glue sticks, the kindergarten stuff, and put the bottles over in a
>> corner of the kitchen.
>> In less than another hour I was carrying the bottles out of the house
>> to the garage. Good Grief! That stuff stunk up the whole house! On the
>> can it says to use in a well-ventilated area but I thought that was just
>> for the spraying and drying. I took three days for the smell to
>> dissipate.
>>
>> Krylon Kamar Varnish (1312)
>>
>> I'm not condemning the product but if you use it, plan on leaving it
>> outside for a few days before bringing it into the house.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Casey