How do you clean plant labels?

I’ve heard that if you go over the writing with a indelible pen, (eg a Sharpee) it will sort of ‘melt’ the original writing, and you can wipe off all of the ink.

I use nail varnish remover pads on mine, which must be about 20 years old. As long as the pads have acetone in, it’s very quick.

Thank you both - I'll give them a go.

Magic sponge?

Cif works

A good old fashioned Brillo pad and elbow grease.

With you merlotgran did a load like that a few weeks ago.

I use The Pink Stuff and a scouring pad.

Fine sand paper.

DH writes on his labels with indelible pens and they fade rapidly, we have a couple of trays of seedlings with ‘either/or’ identities. He’s even tried lolly sticks.

I have very few plastic ones now, but write over mine with a sharpie, seems to work.
Now I only buy wooden lollipop sticks, from the craft section, very cheap. This year I’ve found giant wooden spatulas from The Works. These are great, writing on them can be large and easily read. They are large enough to be broken into two parts, so economical.
I was surprised to see Monty using plastic plant labels.

Trisha57

I use The Pink Stuff and a scouring pad.

Pink stuff is good!

I use lollipop sticks too J52 and find they last well enough even in the garden.
The plastic ones were a gift so I'd like to reuse them. I'll have fun trying out the suggestions above; it's just a question of what I already have as I don't really want to buy something especially for this. I'll write on them in pencil once they're clean so it shouldn't arise again!
Thank you everyone.

LadyGracie

DH writes on his labels with indelible pens and they fade rapidly, we have a couple of trays of seedlings with ‘either/or’ identities. He’s even tried lolly sticks.

I use a carpenter’s pencil but any pencil will do. Better than any marker pen and easier to clean off.

Thank you merlotgran, DH says he used to have a 'special pencil' but mislaid it, nothing unusual. But he does have a carpenters pencil, somewhere.

I find even with permanent pens they come off in the weather and I usually have lot# of unknowns but a bit of vim or the cream equivalent should get it off

J52 Monty probably reuses them, I’ve had some of mine for 8/9 years.

Nail polish remover works very well - it is a solvent which dissolves the permanent marker. I grow a LOT of cactus plants, and always have lots of outdated old labels, so this is what I use.

Never do.