How To Clean Dirty Glass Bottles

Im just wrapping up my weekend and wanted to pass along a little tip for cleaning those old dirty bottles that we love.

How to clean dirty glass bottles. Bottles are worth more when they are clean and in at least near mint condition. Wear gloves and avoid breathing the fumes. I put Dawn in and fill with hot water and let them soak for awhile.

The deionized water rinse should form a smooth sheet when poured through clean glassware. Cant see anything else much. Cover the bottle with 2-3 layers of plastic wrap and secure in place with a rubber band make sure its tight enough to prevent leakage Shake it like a polaroid picture.

Even long after the house was built in the early 1970s the owners would do some gardening and find old glass bottles in the ground. Try filling the bottle about halfway with water. The bottle shown above says Thos Moore.

Many old bottles are called dug because they were dug up after having been underground for many years. Fill the bottle with water and add a false teeth cleaner such as Polident. Fill the bottle with a solution of 1 part bleach to 7 parts water and allow it to set for at least 12 hours.

I have the tall glass oilvinegar cruets. Many have asked us for information on cleaning dirt rust stains and other material from glass and bottles. Remove stoppers and stopcocks when they are not in use.

Let stand to air dry in a strainer or on a rack. Naturally once youve used the bottles and then you rinse them immediately then they will be much cleaner after second use and you dont need the sodium percarbonate soak - a rinse for dust etc and then soak in StarSan is enough. Scrub the bottles inside and out with a bottle brush which is specially designed to get inside bottles.