Cleaning an ACL: Before and after

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ACLbottles

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I just posted this new ACL bottle of mine in the Sodas forum, and I mentioned that I would post pictures before and after cleaning here . Here's how it looked before:
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And here it is after cleaning:
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In case anyone's curious, I used Bar Keepers Friend (the powder, not the spray kind; the powder works much better) and a toothbrush to scrub. I'd already tried a couple of other things, like dish soap, but they had little to no effect. Cleaned up to be really near mint! Thanks for looking!
 

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Great results!! you can hardly beat Bartenders friend for cleanup, I have even mixed it with copper shot and put it into very stained bottles, with water, shook them for as little as five minutes and they come out clean!!
 

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I knew ACLs could be cleaned, but I didn't know that particular type of staining could be removed. Excuse me while I go out and buy some of that stuff.
 

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