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Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 6:53:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		I bought an antique bottle, and the seller or previous owner(s) put white paint on the embossed lettering. I used vinegar and detergent to clean most of it off, but as the glass embossing has tiny bites in it the white paint is embedded in these and its very hard to get the paint out/off.

Any ideas how best to clean the rest off? -- I don't think the paint is enamel, but would turps work? -- or maybe if I soak in vinegar over night this might get it off?

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 8:09:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'd soak it overnite in vinegar and then scrub the letters with toothbrush.

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 8:44:57 AM   
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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 9:21:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok, I'll give it a go

also does vinegar harm or eat into glass?

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 11:30:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		I would doubt vinegar harms glass. Seeing as people already soak bottles in CLR (more acidic than vinegar) which is basically watered down muratic acid.

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 11:58:15 AM   
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or smash it!

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 12:03:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		If nothing else works try carburator cleaner (outside!!) then smash it.

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 1:13:28 PM   
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Well I have always used "Goof-off" then a brush clean-up  RED Matthews


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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 10:00:08 PM   
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I would doubt vinegar harms glass. Seeing as people already soak bottles in CLR (more acidic than vinegar) which is basically watered down muratic acid.


You can soak it in straight muratic acid (I use half and half) and it won't hurt the bottle. It'll hurt your hands like hell (cuts from digging) when you get it out. I tell my wife it's for cleaning 100 plus years of dump crude out of your cuts...

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 10:03:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great question. I hate it when collectors do this and it is a pain to remove. I wish people wouldn't . . .

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 10:03:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		wet your hands, put small amount of sand in your hands and massage the bottle

use 0000 steel wool

gas

paint thinner... correct me if I'm wrong, but any of this washes off, and should get whatever is painted on the embossing- off

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/12/2010 10:11:20 PM   
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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/13/2010 12:51:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for all the ideas everyone

Another forum member emailed me to use nail polish - the only nail polish lying around was non-acetone with vitamin E! LOL, - dipped with q tips and cotton pads, it did get 95% of it off. The other 5% of the paint is embedded in what looks like the tiniest bubbles/bites in the glass. I'm going to hop to the pharmacy and get proper acetone nail polish remover, hopefully this should remove the rest off.

Paint thinner, as mentioned by TD might work also, and don't think it will harm the glass? - anyway, I'm always cautious with antique glass that it might not be that hardy

Whats with the smashing it posts - jokes i guess - but trust me I AIN'T smashing this antique beauty

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/13/2010 2:52:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Paint thinners shouldn't harm most types of glass.  I've heard of some very crudely made pieces reacting to acids and such, but those are usually Mexican.   

For oil-based paint, I've found the gel-type paint stripper works well.  I use a small brush to apply it to the painted areas, wait a bit, then use an old toothbrush to scrub it away. 

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/13/2010 3:23:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Isn't paint thinner and stripper the same thing, or is the later harsher?

Right I tried full-on acetone nail paint remover. I got another 2-3% off. The really stubborn 2% I might have to try with paint thinner (or stripper)

Heck, I hope it doesn't damage ye olde glass!

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/13/2010 5:55:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		The difference between thinner and stripper is that stripper is formulated to dissolve dried paint, whereas thinner is an additive to make paint more workable. I would invest in a small can of Zip Strip, it will make short work of latex or oil based paint and will do no harm to the glass.. just follow the directions on the can. Do not buy any new-fangled "green" substitute strippers, they don't work. And yes, the smashing stuff was a joke.. at least on my part.

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/13/2010 7:49:28 PM   
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Do not buy any new-fangled "green" substitute strippers, they don't work.

This advice came a bit late for me. I couldn't get oil base primer off with the green stuff. Oh well. You live and learn.
Chuck. You sound like a paint expert or someat.

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/14/2010 7:55:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok, i went to the hardware store bought some PolyStrippa PAINT STRIPPER, it looks like seriously aggressive stuff - with skull & bones "TOXIC 6" diamond logo. It contains methylene chloride (dichloromethane).

Under LIMITATIONS it says:

Not suitable for application to fibreglass, P.V.C., acrylics, linoleum, rubber or plastics. -- I assume glass should be safe as its not mentioned and fibreglass is different from 'bottle glass'

Here's the link:

http://www.poly.com.au/

Whatdaya think? -- safe enough?

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/14/2010 9:42:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		That should do the trick... fiberglass is not the same as bottle glass.

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RE: Best way to clean white paint off an antique bottle? - 9/14/2010 10:23:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok thanks. also there's no risk of discolouration to the glass?

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