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is it safe? - 7/19/2007 2:58:01 PM    bigghouse Posts: 800 Joined: 7/15/2007 From: Essex MASS Status: offline sis it safe 2 put 2 bottles with rust staines in the dishwasher (people that are 11 like me dont no these things)? thers also algae in them because i found them in a riverbed in a marsh please rite to me  from anna or bigghouse thank u for writing < Message edited by bigghouse -- 7/20/2007 1:48:40 PM > Post #: 1

RE: is it safe? - 7/19/2007 3:07:51 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2556 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline Not so sure bout a dishwasher. They get pretty hot. I usually leave tehm soak in clr or if you dont have any use warm soapy water and then scrub with an old toothbrush. _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to bigghouse) Post #: 2

RE: is it safe? - 7/19/2007 3:16:44 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline i wouldnt think the dishwasher would hurt them at all, lets face it glasses are way more fragile than bottles and they survive the dishwasher _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 3

RE: is it safe? - 7/19/2007 3:45:02 PM    lobeycat Posts: 4027 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Anna milk glasses aren't 150 yeaqrs old. While you can wash them in there I've heard horror stories on the forum about this practice. Like anything use at your own risk. Lobey. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 4

RE: is it safe? - 7/19/2007 9:30:00 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3880 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Like lobe said HORROR stories...... I n the bottle digging world (SAY NO TO DISHWASHERS) Take your time wash them by hand. Rick _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to bigghouse) Post #: 5

RE: is it safe? - 7/19/2007 10:55:20 PM    tigue710 Posts: 1995 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut Status: online good question...  funny but about 6 months ago I had a woman call me to come see her bottle collection in the interest of a sale.  She has had the bottles for 20 years as they had belonged to her mother.  She had some very nice ones and they all were displayed on top of her kitchen cabinets, which is a very dusty and hard to clean spot.  To remedy the situation she told me that she took them down every 6 months or so and ran then through the dishwasher!  She had been doing it 10 odd years.  And never lost a bottle.  I wouldn't recommend it but if the bottles are thick glass you should be alright... another idea is mentadent.  Put the bottles in a 5 gallon bucket and fill it with water so the bottle are submerged, then throw in a whole pack of mentadent (denture cleaner) it comes in tablets.  Wait 3 days or so and then proceed with a tooth brush.  Most rust or anything else comes right off with ease... < Message edited by tigue710 -- 7/19/2007 10:57:48 PM > (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: is it safe? - 7/20/2007 10:50:03 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5449 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline The rule for dishwashers is its OK to put any bottles you dont like in them. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 7

RE: is it safe? - 7/20/2007 11:52:50 AM    logueb   Posts: 1386 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I'll agree with Matt and others.  I'd say no to a dishwasher due to the high temperature.  I still lose bottles due to those almost invisible fractures that are hardly noticeble until you wash.  Even washing by hand, sometimes the smallest temperature change will send these fractures running everywhere. I try to use water that has reached ambient temperature on dug bottles. These are bottles that have been exposed to extreme conditions and are not your everyday glassware. I'm sure other collectors have had similar experiences with bottles that go "ping" during the washing or drying. < Message edited by logueb -- 7/20/2007 11:56:43 AM > _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 8

RE: is it safe? - 7/20/2007 4:19:13 PM    bigghouse Posts: 800 Joined: 7/15/2007 From: Essex MASS Status: offline i no wat u meen a few went threw the dishwasher and they look like they got dropped a bigillion times thanks for riting to me everyone (in reply to logueb) Post #: 9

RE: is it safe? - 7/20/2007 4:22:07 PM    bigghouse Posts: 800 Joined: 7/15/2007 From: Essex MASS Status: offline i got some kinda denturecleaner and i put to many in i think and alot of the stuff came off so far thx tigue710   anna or bigghouse < Message edited by bigghouse -- 7/20/2007 4:25:07 PM > (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 10

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