How To Clean Old Antique Bottles

I also heard that this method is actually an old bartenders trick.

How to clean old antique bottles. Collecting amber bottles visiting the national bottle museum and adding vintage labels to old bottles. Antique glassware vases and bottles may be yellowed or cloudy for any number of reasons such as mineral deposits and residue left behind from liquids once inside them. Apparently they had built on land that previously had been the old farmhouse dumping ground.

Its the only way Ive found to get all that nastiness out of those hard to clean glass bottles. Dawn dish soap or your preferred soap Large Pot. Dirt and other stubborn material on the glass surface and inside the bottle.

The tiny neck makes it nearly impossible to really get anything in there to scrub down except for a bottle brush. Some of these bottles had been in the ground for 100 years. Today Im posting some promised tricks on how to clean and care for old bottles.

Joined Mar 6 2009. Im just wrapping up my weekend and wanted to pass along a little tip for cleaning those old dirty bottles that we love. Now these bottles have been sitting in a box for over 10 years and before that in the.

Instead of resorting to harsh chemicals clean your favorite finds with natural glass-cleaning solutions such as. The secret is something you have in your kitchen. Ive found an easy way on how to clean old bottles without wanting to shatter.

Being underground for a long time exposes the bottles to water which stains them on the inside and outside the chemicals in the water do the staining. You may already know this but it was new to me. Vintage bottles can make for some very creative and chic décor options and at the same time not burn a hole through your pocket.