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more cleaned inks - 1/6/2008 12:18:30 PM    idigjars Posts: 1340 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Here are a couple more inks from my collection I recently cleaned.  The lighter colors exhibit the most difference.  Paul Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: more cleaned inks - 1/6/2008 2:10:23 PM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Paul, Those are great inks. Rarely get colors down here. Mostly aqua or clear and alot of those big square 1920s-30s cobalts. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to idigjars) Post #: 2

RE: more cleaned inks - 1/6/2008 2:29:47 PM    idigjars Posts: 1340 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Hi Warren, thanks.  Meant to get back to you on the last two cokes to thank you, so.........thank you!   Paul (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 3

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/12/2008 7:00:55 PM    buzzkutt033   Posts: 404 Joined: 12/17/2007 From: East Penn Township Pennsylvania Status: offline Hey Paul, any suggestions on how to remove 100 year old ink from the inside of a master ink?? I'm wondering if muriatic acid mix would work. thanx in advance (in reply to idigjars) Post #: 4

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/12/2008 8:34:52 PM    annie44 Posts: 1138 Joined: 10/27/2005 Status: offline Nice job on those, Paul.  Beautiful colors! (in reply to buzzkutt033) Post #: 5

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/13/2008 1:33:02 AM    cordilleran   Posts: 174 Joined: 2/13/2008 From: Walla Walla, Washington Status: online Muriatic (hydrochloric) acid is overkill and should be reserved for the most obstinate (iron stained) jobs. It thoroughly removes efflorescence or mineral deposits, but there are safer alternatives just as effective. Ink is not one of them. Should your future excavated bottles have a mineralized white "blush" phosphoric acid is just as effective without all the negative side effects to life and respiratory system. TSP (trisodium phosphate) is still a better alternative since it is readily available and generally used to clean masonry surfaces that will go uncoated. But I don't think your internal ink stains are so recalcitrant. Soaking in warm (room temperature) water with dishwashing detergent is a highly effective way to remove most stains, especially ink, since ink unless it is indelible is water soluable. Be careful not to place a glass object in water that is either much warmer or colder than the object itself. The sudden change in temperature may cause the glass -- which has been hermetically sealed in the earth for generations -- to crack. Let the glass soak overnight. I also understand that using denture cleaning tablets or powders when soaking bottles will yield good results. Still some ink residue after all this intense treatment? Paint stripper works wonders. In the final tally muriatic acid should be your last choice for removing anything but mineralized residue or revealing that sixty-million-year-old fossil from its calcarious nodule.  _____________________________ Deep experience is never peaceful and all wisdom springs forth from it. (in reply to buzzkutt033) Post #: 6

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/13/2008 8:01:13 AM    buzzkutt033   Posts: 404 Joined: 12/17/2007 From: East Penn Township Pennsylvania Status: offline thanx cordilleran. I'll give your suggestions a try. I use denture tabs on a lot of different type problems and they have worked pretty well. I'll post before and after pix when finished. thanx again! p.s.  loved the use of " recalcitrant. Jim (in reply to cordilleran) Post #: 7

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/14/2008 12:10:42 PM    vabottles69   Posts: 89 Joined: 3/12/2008 Status: offline   Thanks for all the great info !!!!!!!!  Will give a couple cleaning sudjestions a try, and let you know.  I use Lime away with some success--- I heard straight amonnia works well also, have you heard that?  Young digger learning and digging....Loving every min of it!! If you don't like it don't do it ...lol Thanks again to all. Jon (in reply to buzzkutt033) Post #: 8

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/14/2008 1:30:31 PM    bunchesofbottles   Posts: 74 Joined: 4/27/2008 Status: offline I don't know if everyone has a Family Dollar in the area, but I get Barkeeper's Friend, it's been around forever. It comes in a can like Comet, nonabrasive but removes everything. Rust, lime, calcium, ink. < Message edited by bunchesofbottles -- 5/14/2008 3:36:28 PM > _____________________________ Hope you're lucky enough to find em' in your own backyard! (in reply to vabottles69) Post #: 9

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/14/2008 1:58:20 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5157 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I've had pretty good luck using bleach for ink and dye stains. Just dont mix it with other chemicals. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to bunchesofbottles) Post #: 10

RE: more cleaned inks - 5/14/2008 8:47:36 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1705 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline     Great job on the cleaning Paul.That one on the top is a killer color. _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 11

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