How To Clean Old Dirty Glass Bottles
Its pretty much a set and forget method.
How to clean old dirty glass bottles. You might think a simple glass. Cleaning the inside of a glass bottle can be problematic especially if the neck is narrow or the bottle quite small. Apparently they had built on land that previously had been the old farmhouse dumping ground.
How do you clean hazy glass. Many bottle diggers antique professionals and serious collectors have there own special ways to clean old bottles. Bartenders are pretty much the authority on keeping glass clean so if its good enough for them it must be good enough for the rest of us.
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. Soaking in warm room temperature water with dishwashing detergent is a highly effective. 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.
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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. 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 your old antique bottles the easy way.
Thats an impressive list of. The first task is to rinse them out. The reason for the bicarb is to neutralize the acid so I can move the bottle around without dripping acid onto the ground or my feet when I hold up the bottle to the light to see if its clean enough.