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cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 7:52:34 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline is there any way besides tumbling to clean sick glass?HELP Post #: 1

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 8:08:27 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12319 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Put them in the aquarium.. (in reply to carobran) Post #: 2

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 8:23:40 PM    Bottles r LEET   Posts: 985 Joined: 2/12/2011 From: Plainfield, New Hampshire Status: offline I hear you can clean the sickness on the outside of the bottle with steel wool. It would take a couple hours, though... _____________________________ Ryan MacLeay Looking for 'Vehicles in the Bush' pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Old-Truck/m-476657/tm.htm Also looking for Abandoned House pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Abandoned-House/m-495368/tm.htm (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 3

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 8:35:59 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline I put a wire brush into a drill press, and added a little oil....kinda worked.... Kinda hurt too.... _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to Bottles r LEET) Post #: 4

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 8:40:23 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12319 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online There's a few ways to mask the sickness that are easy but it's cheating, so I won't reveal them here.. things like burning the sickness out with hydroflouric acid, coating it with olive oil, mineral oil, even nail polish.. just keeping them filled with water and corked .. (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 5

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 8:45:45 PM    surfaceone Posts: 7141 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline Celebrate the sickness! (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 6

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/14/2011 9:14:50 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I have used a grinder with cloth buffing wheel to clean areas on the outside of a sick bottles. You need to apply a cutting or polishing compound. Works best on cylindrical bottles. If you get the glass to hot it will crack. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 7

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 1:19:24 AM    pikewaynepabottles   Posts: 75 Joined: 8/1/2010 Status: offline Matt , keep the bottle filled with water when buffing to dissapate the heat ! _____________________________ Pike Co Pa-Milford Matamoras Shohola Lords Valley Lackawaxen Rowlands Bushkill Dingmans Ferry . Wayne Co Pa-Hawley Honesdale Atco White Mills So. Sterling So. Canaan Hawley Glass Co Honesdale Glass Works A.Hartung Brewery WW/H Weston Honesdale Stoneware (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 8

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 7:35:46 AM    suzanne   Posts: 689 Joined: 3/29/2009 Status: offline There are lots of ways.  No magic formula though. < Message edited by suzanne -- 7/15/2011 7:37:19 AM > (in reply to carobran) Post #: 9

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 8:14:42 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: Matt , keep the bottle filled with water when buffing to dissapate the heat ! good idea. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to pikewaynepabottles) Post #: 10

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 9:53:42 AM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline What about CLR? _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 11

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 11:15:56 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: What about CLR? "The main ingredients in CLR are water, gluconic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, surfactants, glycolic acid and sulfamic acid." It may clean deposits on the glass but I see nothing in it that will help repair the eroded (sick) glass surface. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 12

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 12:07:38 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline so does muriatic acid work or not,some people have said it does,some said it doesnt,id like to know before i waste money on it and use something that might burn my fingers off,but if it works ill definitely try it,and does copper wire work,and if so how? (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 13

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 12:42:18 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: does muriatic acid work it will not repair eroded(sick) glass. It can clean calcium stains. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to carobran) Post #: 14

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 1:07:18 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline how do i tell if its calcium stains or sick glass (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 15

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/15/2011 1:42:59 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: how do i tell if its calcium stains or sick glass its not always easy to tell just by looking with mildly sick bottles. maybe someone else has a test method. heavy etching, opalescence, and oxidation will be pretty obvious. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to carobran) Post #: 16

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/16/2011 5:44:36 AM    suzanne   Posts: 689 Joined: 3/29/2009 Status: offline What kind of bottle do you have?   (in reply to carobran) Post #: 17

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/17/2011 9:01:26 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline i have several that are sick,the one id most like to get clean is a milk (in reply to suzanne) Post #: 18

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/17/2011 9:14:58 PM    pikewaynepabottles   Posts: 75 Joined: 8/1/2010 Status: offline Matt , it was good seeing you at Shupp's ... sorry I didn't really get to talk with you ! The guy I set up with tipped me off on filling it with water & sealing/taping off the bottle filled with water . He learned many years ago that the bottle will get too hot when just empty ! _____________________________ Pike Co Pa-Milford Matamoras Shohola Lords Valley Lackawaxen Rowlands Bushkill Dingmans Ferry . Wayne Co Pa-Hawley Honesdale Atco White Mills So. Sterling So. Canaan Hawley Glass Co Honesdale Glass Works A.Hartung Brewery WW/H Weston Honesdale Stoneware (in reply to carobran) Post #: 19

RE: cleaning sick glass? - 7/18/2011 5:35:14 PM    T   Posts: 21 Joined: 10/10/2008 From: stokes co. nc Status: offline i have tried bout everything you can think of, hundreds of dollars, many hours, nothing has ever took the stain off, they look good till they dry, you think they look better because you have worked so hard, i f you dont want to get it cleaned just put baby oil in and out, that will help it look better,the hardest bottle to clean is one that has been cleaned and is fogged up on the inside , that will test your nevers, there is no quick fix that i no of, thanks glenn _____________________________ GLENN www.gunnellsbottlecleaning.com (in reply to carobran) Post #: 20

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