How To Clean Cloudy Vintage Glass Bottles

Step 1 Add Salt.

How to clean cloudy vintage glass bottles. It also can happen to old bottles that have spent many years underground and were subjected to moisture. Wed like to suggest the simplest thing first just soak your antique bottle in water with some detergent for a few good hours or maybe overnight. Many have asked us for information on cleaning dirt rust stains and other material from glass and bottles.

I think it is etched permanently. Not much fading on the labels but the glass is cloudy. While applying generous squirts of dish soap fill the sink with enough.

We used ice cream salt we happened to have on hand but any kind of coarse salt would work fine too Step 2 Add Vinegar. Theyre in amazing shape for being in the desert dirt for decades. Next pour a splash of white vinegar.

You may have to use a bottle brush to get down through the narrow neck of a bottle to give the bottom a good scrub or opt for a light wipe to avoid taking the gilding off a decorated decanter or platter. How to Clean Cloudy Crystal Glass. Put 4 or 5 of them in a smelly drain at night and it will be fine by morning.

Its short-lived though when your glasses are covered in a cloudy-white film making them look dull. If the dirt seems pretty stubborn you could also use a mixture of one part water and one part vinegar or maybe 1 part bleach and 12 parts. Hot water and a tablespoon of dishwasher detergent.

Place a towel or rubber dish mat in the bottom of the sink of plastic tub to protect delicate glass. Being underground for a long time exposes the bottles to water which stains them on the inside and outside the chemicals in the water do the staining. Found them in the dirt near Palm Springs.