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how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 2:15:42 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline i hope someone can give me some advise on how to get the remains of a cork out whit out messing up the bottle. this might be a good one if i can get it cleaned. embossed W.C.G. co. on base. all help appreicated. rhona Post #: 1

RE: how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 2:22:06 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline for got the pic. Attachment (1) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 2

RE: how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 4:02:56 PM    Pontiled   Posts: 411 Joined: 8/27/2003 Status: offline Just put ammonia in the bottle, wait until it dissolves most of it, and gently shake the rest out of the bottle. The ammonia will also clean out a lot of the crud. _____________________________ Mike Russell Author of: The Collector's Guide to Civil War Period Bottles and Jars -- Third Edition (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 3

RE: how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 7:20:08 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi mike, the cork is in the neck and has the bottle sealed. i forgot to say where the cork is. the bottle has a lot of liquid in it. any advise? rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 4

RE: how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 9:17:45 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Wellllll. If the cork is still in the neck....how about using a cork screw? _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 5

RE: how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 9:18:24 PM    Pontiled   Posts: 411 Joined: 8/27/2003 Status: offline Okay, you might try soaking the entire bottle in ammonia for awhile. The cork will be affected by the ammonia and will eventually just pop out. Since the contents of the bottle may still be trapped in the bottle, any contents will begin to go away, depending on what they are. When I say "soak," I don't mean soak the bottle for a few hours, soak it for several days. Let us know how things go! _____________________________ Mike Russell Author of: The Collector's Guide to Civil War Period Bottles and Jars -- Third Edition (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 6

RE: how to get cork out - 1/2/2005 9:38:08 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi norm, thanks for the reply, the neck is a small opening and the remains of the cork are about 3/4" down the neck. i dont have a cork screw at this time. hi mike i guess i try the amonia. but that's going in the basement, the smell does me in . keep your fingers crossed . thanks rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 7

RE: how to get cork out - 1/5/2005 11:53:06 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3809 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online Howdy! Just use a small thin blade knife (penknife) Gently push the blade through the length of the cord and slice through. Make several slices like a pizza then simply push the cork into the bottle. I've done this a few times without a problem. The broken pieces simply fall through. The simplest way is usuall the best. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 8

RE: how to get cork out - 1/5/2005 11:58:05 AM    lobeycat Posts: 3809 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: online Almost forgot, (i'm good for that) W C G Co. stands for; "West Coast Glass Co." They where in business from 1908 to 1930 (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 9

RE: how to get cork out - 1/5/2005 2:40:15 PM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline I'm with Lobeycat with this-not knowing what that bottle contains...-MUCH safer to cut out the cork.Ammonia reacts with certain chemicals to produce poisonous gas!On an EMPTY bottle though... -Never heard of this trick Mike,I WILL try it next possible! KAT _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 10

RE: how to get cork out - 1/5/2005 10:47:37 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi all, i took the bottle out of amonia after reading the other post. its been in there several days any whey . the cork is still very stuck, and the fuild level didn't change. i was trying to pick at it with a exato (sp.) knife around the edges with little luck, i guess i try going into the center. i had read in bottle marks.com "WCG CO west coast glass co. los angeles, cal. (1908-1930) reporteley this co made only milk bottles but a hand-blown clear prescription bottle found in the east , exist with this mark on the base possibley wightman co, pa. 1916." that's why i though this bottle is a good one. any information on other bottle's with this mark would be helpful. well i guess i start trying to cut the cork out. thanks for help and interest. rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 11

RE: how to get cork out - 1/16/2005 12:49:29 PM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline Dont take the cork out!!!!!!!! bottles with contents bring big bucks embossed/labled or not,I have a bottle of Cocoooooocaine "nudge nudge",big bucks......but not for sale..... (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 12

RE: how to get cork out in reply to whitelighing - 1/16/2005 10:11:33 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2311 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline the cork came out on jan. 5th. now just trying to get the stains out. i do have a bottle of groves tasteless chill tonic with some contents in it. the oder is over welming(sp) i don't know how it could be tasteless. not sure what to do with this one yet. the contents is something like tar. rhona Attachment (1) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 13

RE: how to get cork out - 1/16/2005 11:18:04 PM    TheDiggerBoy91   Posts: 609 Joined: 10/11/2004 Status: offline too late, Ritchie. Nice bottle, Rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 14

RE: how to get cork out - 1/17/2005 9:05:32 AM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...lol.... well never know what it could have contained unless i overlooked it on this post what it held.... if you ever find a corked bottle with syurpy liquid in it never open,...........could be cooooocaine,opium extract,hashish extrat,Herooooin and so on ........,I collect those kind of bottles not for the drugs,but the wy they sold them to the public,kinda like how it is today with medication!,,,,,,quackery!snake oil......lol _____________________________ It's time for another TEA PARTY!!!! (in reply to TheDiggerBoy91) Post #: 15

RE: how to get cork out - 1/17/2005 4:56:17 PM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Rich, check the picture on the initial post.Looks like a healthy crop of algae in there!Whatever the original contents,I don't think that it would have added any value to this particular bottle!"Yes Sir!A bottle of Spirulina algae/cocaine/Mississippi River Mud?Coming right up Sir!" (Shouldn't joke-that combination IS probably available in health stores all over!) KAT < Message edited by bigkitty53 -- 1/17/2005 4:58:12 PM > _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 16

RE: how to get cork out - 1/17/2005 5:22:14 PM    ronvae Posts: 253 Joined: 8/14/2004 Status: offline Hmm...that product could really sell, Kat: Vitamins from the algae, minerals from the mud, and a little pick-me-up... (in reply to bigkitty53) Post #: 17

RE: how to get cork out - 1/18/2005 3:21:01 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Too late!,Rhona already cleaned the bottle! _____________________________ "...Just don't let me mistake you for a mouse." (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 18

RE: how to get cork out - 1/18/2005 10:16:28 AM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline LOL-----could of been some fine Peruvian Gold Powder........hehheh,but cool that it cleaned out for ya..... _____________________________ It's time for another TEA PARTY!!!! (in reply to bigkitty53) Post #: 19

RE: how to get cork out - 1/22/2005 11:45:36 AM    WhiteLighting Posts: 485 Joined: 1/21/2004 From: The Electric City,Upstate NY Status: offline bah......well its cleaned---what can ya do.....,but dont clean anymore if its corked!...... _____________________________ It's time for another TEA PARTY!!!! (in reply to WhiteLighting) Post #: 20

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