Basic bottle cleaning

[Just Dig it]

I use these http://www.tanisinc.com/tb_construction.php#details
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some come with just a giant wire handle. and sturdy bristles..

 

[blobbottlebob]

Sweet Morbious. I'm glad it worked. Hopefully, your copper came through cleanly as well. The copper can be used for a very long time.

 

[glass man]

WILL BB"S WORK? MAY BE TWO ABRASIVE AND NOT AS SOFT. THE DENTURE CURE DID NOTHING AS FAR AS I COULD TELL AND PUT TWO TABS AND LEFT IT OVER NIGHT.

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: blobbottlebob

Sweet Morbious. I'm glad it worked. Hopefully, your copper came through cleanly as well. The copper can be used for a very long time.

Amazingly enough they appear to have come through it ok. The Pocahonta, va Spur didn't come completely clean; however, that white stain line is very much muted, which is better by far.

 

[beendiggin]

I've always had pretty good luck with BB's and Cascade or some other granulated detergent, but I recently cut up some copper wire and it does work well. One piece of advice, I have broken the thin shoulders out of some bottles....so be careful with the weight of the copper mixture and the shaking action. Generally it is a really effective and simple method to clean the inside of almost any bottle. Great post! This forum is a great resource .

 

[Stardust]

Thank you kindly f[]r sharing!
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[ncbred]

Thanks very much for sharing this!!!

 

[CreekWalker]

Thanks very much!, that's the kind of pertinent info , we newby bottle cleaners need. I have a thirty year accumalation of bottles. The collection is as clean a condition as a good soaking in soapy water ,plus bleach can get, still many of them are hopelessly inside stained , although outwardly very clean. Some of the bottles are in need of this kind of cleaning. Rick

 

[blobbottlebob]

Hey Rick (and everyone else that has replied),
Nice to see that this is helping at least some collectors get their glass sparkling. Somebody should post another before / after shot. Maybe I will when I get the chance.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

I shake cat litter or salt inside bottles that arnt to badly stained in side,But thats a once and done method.I am going to have to try the copper bits.Its like a poor mans tumbler []