How To Clean Dirty Old Glass Bottles

Glass is easier to clean than plastic which reduces your water and soap consumption and doesnt wash any BPA or phthalates down the drain from high temperatures like it can do with plastic.

How to clean dirty old glass bottles. That followed by a good scrub should do the trick. 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. 1 of 3 Go to page.

Cleaning the inside of a glass bottle can be problematic especially if the neck is narrow or the bottle quite small. Cleaning Antique Bottles Glass. Were restoring an old house and while pulling down the ceiling in the basement under the kitchen we found several old bottles.

It takes some babysitting to clean them and some TLC but its not like youve got to stand over the sink and scrub for half an hour like youre dealing with a casserole dish after a delicious lasagna dinner. 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. In actuality there are numerous methods that can be used.

I have long skinny brushes but they cant reach the sides because the top. Lightly Wash the Inside Outside. Soaking in warm room temperature water with dishwashing detergent is a highly effective.

Bottles are worth more when they are clean and in at least near mint condition. You may already know this but it was new to me. The first task is to rinse them out.

Cleaning glass oilvinegar bottles. 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. I pulled out all of my trusty tools for cleaning old bottles.