Help removing spigot top from soda bottle

[donalddarneille]

Thanks, that does help. I'll give the pliers and towel a try! Great close up and detailed photos chosi, thanks again.

 

[Slaneyview]

Hello Everybody - My first post on this forum - only discovered it tonight! I've been collecting everything for more years than I care to remember. I have a problem similar but worse than that discussed above by donalddarneille - my soda siphon is extremely rare possible the only one from the producer to survive and it has river water in it. It was discovered years ago in a local river that was being dredged in Enniscorthy, County Wexford in the Republic of Ireland - it passed through several hands before I was given it about 8 years ago. It is especially precious to me as the business named on the siphon belongs to a relation of mine but I can't get the top off to clean it properly. Twisting it off would be out of the questioN as there is the remains of a lead (?) seal in place - see photograph. Any help would be greatly appreciated!




Thanks.

 

[blobbottlebob]

Welcome Slaney,
It looks to me like the two metal pieces at the bottom of the top siphon part just corroded badly. You still may be able to unscrew the top but there is a risk that you will break the corroded pieces. Even the spigot removing tool may wreck that corroded metal. If you don't want to risk any damage, I'd leave it as found.

 

[Slaneyview]

Thanks blobbottlebob, that's why I have left it so long and done nothing but it really needs a good clean to bring it back to its former glory. I have learnt through experience with anything old to do nothing unless absolutely certain of the outcome.

 

[cyberdigger]

Does the writing on the bottle match the writing on the spigot?? I mean the same company? If not, it might be better to replace the spigot with a nicer one.
You get it off by holding the ring at the bottom with a wrench while twisting the spigot to unscrew.. might need a squirt of WD40 on it first..
If the spigot and bottle are from the same company, try soaking in a calcium lime and rust remover, it might improve the spigot's condition..

 

[donalddarneille]

Tried every thing suggested, still cant get the spigot to budge! Guess I'll have to live with it as is. Here is another shot of the "Balm of Thousand Flowers" I posted in the same thread:

 

[donalddarneille]

And a picture of the green bottle before tumbling.....

 

[radiorich]

hello donalddarneille,
you use a tumbler to clean your bottles.
I'm know to this forum .
normaly I just use the deep sank and clean the bottles .

I've got eveything from pop bottle to med bottles even milk ones to.

most of mine are like later then 1900 .

Rich
P.S. I do have a few like your flowers bottle but not that same one thou.