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tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 5:51:09 PM    padigger12983   Posts: 111 Joined: 1/14/2012 Status: offline which is most prefered a non tumbled piece or a tumbled piece Post #: 1

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 5:55:38 PM    buzzkutt033 Posts: 1387 Joined: 12/17/2007 From: East Penn Township Pennsylvania Status: offline you had to go ahead and start this again............. there are opinions all over the place... i personally tumble the majority of the stuff i dig and want to keep..... of course an " attic mint " non tumbled bottle would be the most preferred.... jim (in reply to padigger12983) Post #: 2

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 6:02:13 PM    AntiqueMeds   Posts: 2023 Joined: 3/6/2009 From: Frederick, MD. Status: offline attic mint _____________________________ My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/ Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/ Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to buzzkutt033) Post #: 3

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 6:20:27 PM    chosi Posts: 106 Joined: 2/25/2008 From: Northern Virginia Status: offline If two bottles are in the same condition, and you know that one has been tumbled and the other hasn't, then many people would prefer the non-tumbled one, although there are a few of us who wouldn't care one way or the other. I think the disagreements start when people compare a sick bottle that's non-tumbled vs. a clear bottle that has been tumbled. _____________________________ - Chosi ( See my website at www.chosi.org ) (in reply to padigger12983) Post #: 4

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 6:51:35 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 11839 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: online Not tumbling ! _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures. Also dig story's I had published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine and Western & Eastern Treasure's www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to chosi) Post #: 5

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 7:01:21 PM    padigger12983   Posts: 111 Joined: 1/14/2012 Status: offline alot of the bottles im finding have alot of rust on the inside of them and alot of lime on them what would be the best way to clean these bottles (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 7:09:50 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12197 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online Try soaking them in a solution of CLR (in reply to padigger12983) Post #: 7

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 7:19:19 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4271 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: RICKJJ59W Not tumbling ! Well, I'm with Rick on this one... But for different reasons. I collect bottles for their history, and I think tumbling alters that history. I figure if we wait long enough, someone will figure out a way to clean sick bottles effectively without tumbling. Until that day, I don't want to do anything irreversible, and ultimately destructive, to my bottles. _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 8

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/3/2012 7:55:04 PM    padigger12983   Posts: 111 Joined: 1/14/2012 Status: offline that makes sense i still learnin on how to get the bottles clean without damaging them ive tried several chemicals but i still dont have away of cleaning the inside of them yet ive got several ideas to try but not the cash to invest in them yet (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 9

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/4/2012 3:04:07 AM    surfaceone Posts: 7118 Joined: 12/9/2008 Status: offline quote: i still dont have away of cleaning the inside of them yet ive got several ideas to try but not the cash to invest in them yet Hey Richard, Chuckles don't hardly cost nothin. (in reply to padigger12983) Post #: 10

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/4/2012 7:31:50 AM    Poison_Us Posts: 2954 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline Not this again Attachment (1) _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to surfaceone) Post #: 11

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/4/2012 9:22:46 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 11839 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: online quote: ORIGINAL: Poison_Us Not this again It will go around and around and around we are animals of habit. It is like a game of musical chairs,who will have the last word. _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures. Also dig story's I had published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine and Western & Eastern Treasure's www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to Poison_Us) Post #: 12

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/4/2012 2:57:48 PM    wolffbp   Posts: 250 Joined: 7/28/2009 From: Central NY Status: offline We should debate something more meaningful like SCA vs. Irradiating [trouble maker] Am not [Are too] Not [Too] (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 13

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/4/2012 4:00:53 PM    AntiqueMeds   Posts: 2023 Joined: 3/6/2009 From: Frederick, MD. Status: offline red vs blue ... I love red , hate blue. _____________________________ My web site - http://www.AntiqueMedicines.com/ Medicine BLOG : http://antiquemedicines.com/blog/ Email me : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to wolffbp) Post #: 14

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/4/2012 5:11:52 PM    rockbot Posts: 3477 Joined: 6/17/2009 From: Hilo, Hawaii Status: offline I prefer soiled mint with a dash of sun light! Attachment (1) _____________________________ " Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason" Samuel Clemens (in reply to AntiqueMeds) Post #: 15

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/6/2012 12:55:41 AM    appliedlips Posts: 3506 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline To each their own. I prefer both, depending on the bottle. Conner, there will not be a method come about that will ever clean sick and etched glass, without removing the damaged glass. They are not dirty, they are damaged from the environment. There are ways of doing this with other abrasives and methods of polishing but will give the same result only less efficiently.Used in conjunction they can limit overtumbling by treating trouble areas first. Tumbling when done responsibly can greatly enhance a bottle. Some bottle types never respond well and I would say most tumbled bottles look like crap. If someone is good at what they do, they can work wonders. _____________________________ LOOKING FOR PONTILLED OR EARLY SQUAT SODAS FROM HIGHLAND,ILLNOIS.. (in reply to rockbot) Post #: 16

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/6/2012 7:32:25 AM    epackage Posts: 9796 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online Some of my bottles can't be enjoyed without a light cleaning so I'm all for tumbling that's not overdone... _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 17

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/10/2012 12:45:49 PM    MINNESOTA DIGGER   Posts: 408 Joined: 1/20/2008 From: minneapolis minn Status: offline tumbled bottles look much better , check out the glass artesian site on mr bottles a wisconsin bottle site , this guy has been tumbling bottles for years he does not over tumble any bottles , he is meticoulos at this , he has done several sick bottles over the years for me _____________________________ looking for minnesota dose glasses and any bottle from minnesota wisconsin , disney bottles milk bottles . red wing bean pots . butter boxes wanted , minnesota shot glasses , embossed wisconsin milks . embossed coffin whiskies (in reply to epackage) Post #: 18

RE: tumbling or notumbling - 2/10/2012 5:06:54 PM    mf150   Posts: 161 Joined: 11/14/2011 From: San Francisco Status: offline I'm very new to bottle collecting, but I have a profound respect for the original state of a particular bottle. I collect old San Francisco Gold Rush sodas. Many of these were dug during the "manhattanization" of the San Francisco waterfront, which took place in the 1960-70s (before I was born). I can show you under which building(e.g. transamerica pyramid, embarcadero buildings, etc.) my bottles were found. Luckily many of the people who dug these bottles left them in an uncleaned and original state. The stain and ground marks are a product of the particular soil makeup. these marks make these bottles uniquely "San Franciscan." San Francisco sodas found in the San Francisco ground. Very sacred. It makes the bottle unique. So, long story short, these bottles will stay uncleaned. I have bought a few sodas off ebay. I don't necessarily know the history behind them. One was a Chase &Co from the 1850s. I sent it to Lou Lambert to have cleaned. He did an excellent job of preserving the uniqueness of the original finish of the bottle while cleaning up some of the stain. He is an artist when it comes to cleaning. So, there are those bottles which will stay uncleaned and those that will be cleaned by Lou Lambert. < Message edited by mf150 -- 2/10/2012 5:07:33 PM > (in reply to padigger12983) Post #: 19

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