Cleaning the outside of ACLs

[bamabottles]

I have tumbled a dozen or so ACLs of my own… all came out nice and clean, but would never accept one for payment from someone else, as it can be very risky and just not worth the bad publicity if it ruined the label. Depending on the stain, I tumble outside and inside for between 12 and 24 hours with aluminum oxide only. Never had one that lost any of the label, but you could say I was lucky. This one looks like it would survive it fine, but still risky.

 

[AlexD]

Bar Keeper's Friend and a toothbrush does wonders[]

 

[splante]

agree with barkeepers friend make it a paste and wipe very gently, had a early whistle bottle that started to lose some paint (might of wiped a little to hard)but I think the earlier acls were not as strong as the ones after the mid 40's. Only one out of 100 that i had a issue with.