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RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 3/30/2004 1:17:37 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Here's a close-up of the guy who swallowed it. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 21

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/1/2004 7:37:32 PM    maineahh62   Posts: 108 Joined: 3/13/2004 From: Maine Status: offline Eucalyptus is the active ingredient in Listerine _____________________________ Timothy McKinnon (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 22

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/1/2004 11:32:33 PM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 23

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/3/2004 4:16:39 AM    David E Dearden   Posts: 196 Joined: 7/16/2003 Status: offline Listerine, well it's powerful as it has been sitting around since 1879 and named after a SIR Joseph lister. Its the 1879 batch they sell to Target and Wal Mart. Dave _____________________________ David E Dearden (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 24

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/3/2004 8:30:22 PM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Okay! Considering I never pesent my bottles clean and tidy I am going to try this stuff out, I have some in the cuboard and I have decided to cease using it, will post a before and after. This bottle has been soaking for weeks and I still cannot get it clean. BEFORE Attachment (1) (in reply to David E Dearden) Post #: 25

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/3/2004 8:37:33 PM    BottleDig1   Posts: 55 Joined: 3/10/2004 From: North Alabama Status: offline Kim: I always scrub my bottles with an old toothbrush when the crud is caked on like the one in your pic. But I always spray them inside and out with a garden hose before I try to clean them. Listerine is not powerful enough to clean away stuff like that all by itself. If it was, the FDA would probably ban it. (They need to anyway ) Hope this helps ___________ BottleDig1 (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 26

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/4/2004 8:26:42 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Hi Kim, Can't be sure by your picture,but are the encrustations on your bottle coraline?They look like they could be and if they are,no,listerine would definately NOT effect them.A dilute muriatic acid dip(4:1 water to acid) will dissolve coral inside and out.Or a 4:1 bleach solution soak for about a week will soften it for easy manual removal.(Just give the bottle an 'indian burn',ie.twist in your hands in opposite directions simutaneously) Then I use an 'eggbeater' for the inside.(Mine is a lenth of fairly soft plastic with the last inch or two split,used as a bit in my dremel tool.The centrifugal force spreads the 'wings' after the bit is in the bottle to clean the stubborn stuff.Like those wire paint stripper drill attachments or plastic rod heads for a garden string trimmer.Works pretty good on sediment and contents stains too!Try it,I think it should work for you as it does for me. KAT < Message edited by bigkitty53 -- 4/4/2004 8:29:27 AM > (in reply to Kim) Post #: 27

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/4/2004 10:49:45 AM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Hi Kat, What a great idea using the Dremel that way. I have quite a selection of 'tools' in my cleaning arsenal and now you've presented another thanks _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 28

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/4/2004 11:25:29 AM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1155 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hey Norm, a word of caution with the dremel. If you use a wire brush, (I don't know about plastic) make sure you do it in SHORT intervals, or run a trickle stream of water on the area you are cleaning as the heat generated from the speed of the Dremel will surely crack the glass. Happy diggin, Kelley (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 29

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/4/2004 4:37:28 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Thanks Kat, I figure I'll experiment first on some commons. I'm thinking I may make my own 'brush' using 18 - 22ga copper wire. I used it successfully this way by hand, can't wait to fire up my router-rooter! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 30

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/5/2004 6:21:31 AM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Hi All Wow! You guys are really surprising me with the way you clean bottles, very productively I would imagine. You come up with the best ideas, thanks for sharing them. I am not sure what is cake on in the bottle I have shown but I have had it soaking for weeks, as you can see nothing happening. Does anybody know what this bottle is by the way? I thought it could be an oyster bottle with an old oyster stuck in there, lol. What ever it is it is not budging. Thanks Kim (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 31

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/5/2004 10:32:21 AM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline I dont need to read to far in all the replies to see that some people like using or trying other methods of cleaning. Well if it works for you thats good, But acid dipping, do you realize that the vapors are released into the air, and if you have it around metals it will rust them, even if they are in the next room. your computor has metal inside it. I have muratic acid and it's in the next room. I only use it with a mixture of water and soap to clean bottles when they come out of the tumbler. and my comp, inside has rust from it. My son the computor guro, kinda told me this is the reason for the rust. anything metal with in 20 feet has rust, and it is from the vapors only... I keep it caped and up and out of the way, and it still causes this. SO acid?? why?? Vinegar is a acid. When your all done trying all the different ways and find out you still have stain,scratches and overall sickness, Give me a call or drop me a line. check out my home page for the results of a good tumbling.. rick kern (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 32

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/5/2004 2:24:42 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Hey Rick, I'm one of those DYI guys as well But from the results I saw at the show in Portland yesterday, when I have a bottle that needs tumbling I'll send it your way. Something tells me if I went forward with my own make-up, the bottle would probably splinter and become imbedded in my basement ceiling. I'm reposting the picture of before and after tumbling. As the center bottle shows, even after an acid bath, the bottle doesn't compare to the tumbled example to the right. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 33

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 4/6/2004 3:43:56 PM    Bottle tumbler   Posts: 370 Joined: 4/5/2004 From: Noxen pa Status: offline The picture is a little to dark to show much so I added some light to it. Now maybe people can see the difference between acid and tumbling, sure acid will eat off junk and dirt, but it will n ot remove the stain all the way. rick Attachment (1) (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 34

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 12/25/2004 8:07:55 AM    idigjars Posts: 1284 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Nice Pics (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 35

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 12/26/2004 1:20:17 AM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2102 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi all after reading all the post about listerine. i want and got mine , i also had two sample bottles of scope. i wonder if it will work also. i will find out, i put it a bottle of california fig syrup that look pretty rough. i guess i will let it set over night and see what it looks like in the morning. besides alcohol, it has benzoic acid? anything that will make cleaning easier i will try. glad it work for you. trying not break it. (in reply to Maine Digger) Post #: 36

RE: BottleDig1's Bottle Cleaner - 12/29/2004 10:08:50 AM    spot34   Posts: 36 Joined: 12/29/2004 Status: offline Bottledig, What a helpful, great, and fun forum this is. We've had a few old bottles that we love just because they are beautiful and capture a different time, but this week my husband hit paydirt on his jobsite and brought home a bunch of old, pretty badly stained but very cool bottles! I have been wondering about how to clean them. Listerine! Once their all prettied up, why I'm gonna take their picture and send them here. Janet (in reply to BottleDig1) Post #: 37

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