Gravel Cleaning with Alligator

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springhead

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It's hard to find sand here near Scranton Pa. So I cleaned these two with some fine gravel from the driveway and dish soap. It worked pretty well. The Smuck & Co. had a lot of black inside.


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and... I dusted off the Venetian glass alligator bottle. They put some horrible wine in some wicked cool bottles!

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Nice lookin' blobs! I especially like that Red Bank one. I'm pretty sure you can buy sand from a lot of stores, though... Hardware stores maybe?
 

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i usually use fine gravel mixed with a few bb's,if the mouthes big enough,i get a piece of kintchen sponge and tape it to a slightly curved stick and scrub the inside good[;)]
 

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Just buy yourself a bag of aquarium gravel. Its made from resin and cleans bottles with no side affects. Last just about for ever too. I've been using it for decades.
 

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