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itty-bitty bottles - 1/25/2005 3:56:22 PM    aimee   Posts: 1 Joined: 1/25/2005 Status: offline How do you clean extra small bottles or bottles that have a tiny hole? Post #: 1

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 1/25/2005 9:26:01 PM    Ye Olde Prospector   Posts: 614 Joined: 1/23/2005 From: Bath, Maine Status: offline Let them soak in soapy water for a while. Then use a pipe cleaner to work around inside. I have also used thin copper wire with a tiny strip of cloth attached. Sometimes you can get a few bb's inside and shake them around to loosen dirt as well. A straightened paper clip with a little bend at the end will sometimes reach tiny pieces of stubborn dirt. Some things that you can try. (in reply to aimee) Post #: 2

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 1/25/2005 10:32:57 PM    tazmainiendigger Posts: 973 Joined: 11/21/2003 From: State O Maine Status: offline Howdy neighbor and welcome to the forum Cliff! Speaking of small bottles you know that tiny ink you have like the one I have.... I finally found a reference for it!! It is a "My Lady Ink" Carbonine Ink Co.; N.Y. 1 3/8" Pg. 181 fourth edition Carlo Sellari See you soon.... Taz (in reply to aimee) Post #: 3

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 2/2/2005 1:43:07 AM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline I have not tried this yet but for bottles with very tiny openings that the water you washed them out with wont all come out when you drain it, you can add a few drops of rubbing alcohol and that will evaporate fast and take the water out with it. ~~Tom (in reply to aimee) Post #: 4

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 2/2/2005 3:02:24 PM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline This is a hard one to do. I have tumbled very small bottles, and it is important the hole be big enough to get copper inside, or it will not clean. trying some of the other ideas on this site may work, I have tried them and the muratic acid works good on fresh dug bottles, I soak them in just plain water to remove the dirt I can, and then a soaking bath of 2 gallons of water and 1 cup of muratic acid and dawn soap for 2 days or more, This eats all the rust and most of the stain off. then if neded into the tumbler. most end up there. rick (in reply to aimee) Post #: 5

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 2/3/2005 11:57:46 PM    oldshoe4u   Posts: 211 Joined: 2/3/2005 From: Cental NY Status: offline My friend fills his with ammonia for two days then rinses quickly with water and then fills with bleach for a day. The ammonia soaks into the atains and the bleach dissolves it out. I haven't tried it, but he has had success with this trick. I think I'll really give it the test on an old stove polish bottle with contents crusted inside. An old shoe in yer hole is good luck (unless theres a foot still in it) _____________________________ BOB An old shoe in yer hole is good luck (unless theres a foot still in it..) (in reply to aimee) Post #: 6

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 2/5/2005 11:54:19 PM    diggs   Posts: 37 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline You can take the end off of a q-tip and use the stem to clean small bottles,you can bend the stem to get into tiny places. (in reply to aimee) Post #: 7

RE: itty-bitty bottles - 2/8/2005 12:22:28 AM    drjhostetters   Posts: 162 Joined: 3/2/2004 Status: offline Hey Prospec... You need to be careful with the paperclip idea...you can scratch certain bottles with the metal and devalue them in a hurry...caution is the word here..I like the q-tip and wooden spatula ideas...I have an unusual (to me any way) jar/bottle(?) with an applied lip that had dirt embedded between the lip and the jar...I shaved the tip of a corn dog stick as thin as I could and used it to work the dirt loose then used the high pressure spray on our kitchen sink to "blast" the dirt out...worked great even if the wife complained of water all over the floor and the kitchen window...(snicker snicker...). Keep on cleanin'... The Doc... _____________________________ The Doctor...Dr. J (in reply to Ye Olde Prospector) Post #: 8

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