GLASSHOPPER55
Senior Member
Bottle Master

I have found similar OLD chards in the most unlikely places also...Makes you scratch your head sometimes.

Leon, I still say we need an "Old Cans' thread on this here forum. If only just to see some of your cans anyway.

Leon, I love your perseverence chipping that out. I've found old cans in walls but never bottles encased in cement walls. Maybe there's more to find...

Wow. didn't know that. Thx.

Slang for "hundreds". OP asks "18 Hundos" (hundreds). Get it?

When you immerse the bottle in the mix, fill it inside also and stand it up then pour more mix around it (in a tall container) and cover it. I use a...

That same thing has happened to me also. Lately I load the pic first.

Where I live all the ketchup bottles are plastic. Products in glass are going by the wayside any more. Still see pickles in glass tho.

Somewhere I have one of these JSP bottles but it's the common aqua.

I agree with what others said about NOT coating them. People nowdays want 'em in "as found" condition,and you wouldn't want to do anything to them...

What I have done for over 30 years or more, is mix a 50/50 mix of liquid Drano and (Red Devil) powdered LYE (like soapmakers use). If you've seen...

Guess not.

If you scout the Goodwills and resale stores, these kinds of advertising pieces show up fairly frequently. They make some nice collectibles.

Thank you Harry and Sunrunner. I will pass this info. on.

Congrats Leon on rescuing all that old glass. Also love those pics of the bottles sticking out!