the CHUCKLES CLEANING METHOD

Picklejar · Dec 5, 2011

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I say go for it but use a small amount of copper, an tight swirling motion rather than any shaking. Just be careful and take yr time, don't stress the old glass, just be like it, "mellow". Good luck brother man. Also good luck on digging those inks, you just love to show 'em off!--Joe

writeguy47 · Dec 7, 2011

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All the posts on bottle cleaning are very interesting. I haven't tried to clean a bottle in decades, but back in the 1960s I used regular mason's sand, diluted ammonia, and lots of shaking. I no longer remember just what the dilution was for the ammonia, but I remember having to be very careful around that stuff. I'm going to try the Barkeepers Friend as we have lots of that on hand.

suzanne · Dec 10, 2011

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Wheelah, nice bottle. If you want to try something that absolutely won't hurt the bottle in any way you should soak it overnite in undiluted bleach. This will dissolve any organically based stains and patinas at least. If you don't have any bleach, vinegar is pretty good too especially red vinegar. Then you have to wash it out with dish soap and warm water because bleach leaves a residue.

miztx · Feb 15, 2012

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Ammonia bottles have several dilution recommendations depending on what you're cleaning. I'm currently trying the 'recipe' of ammonia, vinegar, bleach, baking soda, and hot water. Still soaking ... Just vinegar and baking soda might work as well. If I'm not satisfied after these attempts, I'll try BKF and aquarium 'gravel' to see how that works.

cyberdigger · Feb 15, 2012

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Uhh.. I hope you're kidding about mixing ammonia and bleach... very bad...!!!

Ronjcoke · Feb 15, 2012

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You can get Bar Keepers friend on E-Bay.

RED Matthews · Feb 15, 2012

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I know there are people that don't like it, but I often put some WORKS toilet bowl cleaner in the bottles that have inside dirt. Over night and rinced out the next day - has done a lot for me. RED Matthews

AntiqueMeds · Feb 15, 2012

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Bar keepers friend contains Oxalic acid which is a relatively safe oxydizer.
I have found it to work pretty well on rust and mineral stains.
Much safer than working with muriatic acid. I use it on the glass shower doors in the house.

Wheelah23 · Feb 15, 2012

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Cleaning steps for me...

1. Water/sponge
2. Bar Keeper's friend/sponge
3. Chuckles Cleaning Method
4. Muriatic acid
5. Chuckle it up some more if necessary
6. ?????

Acid will dissolve rust like nobody's business, as well as most any kind of stain that's on the glass. Bar Keeper's works for some stains, but it usually doesn't do much to rust. Lime-Away sometimes works on rust, although I'm sure there's other products out there that work better as a pre-acid step.

Wheelah23 · Apr 24, 2012

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Chuckles Cleaning it up...

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