How To Clean Antique Soda 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.

How to clean antique soda bottles. How can I clean these up without ruining the original finish. Unfortunately when it comes to flea market finds cheap is usually synonymous with not clean And trying to clean old bottles with bottle brushes is a pain in the you-know-what. What a good idea for cleaning the bottles.

Some methods are more successful than others depending on the age of the bottle and whether it is just dirty or if there is staining or a mineral deposit on the glass. Tried a toothbrush but that didnt do much. If you dig up an old bottle.

Just rinse out and either allow to dry naturally or refill to go again. Heres what you do. Awesome tip on cleaning out old bottles you really are full of helpful information Celi.

When I bought it I knew that all the rubber parts were shot but I assumed that they could be replaced. Most soda bottles made from the mid 1960s to the 1990s have a better quality ACL process and should be OK to soak etc. Use a couple of heaped teaspoons of baking soda and warm water mix together and let soak for a few hours.

Many have asked us for information on cleaning dirt rust stains and other material from glass and bottles. I love to decorate with old antique bottles. Although they may not come out perfect and sparkling in the endthey HAVE spent five decades lying in a field after alltheyll certainly come out loads better and ready for their second life with you.

I am mainly just looking to remove the surface dirt. As for most of my bottle collection this article focuses on the cleaning of Applied Color Label commonly known as ACL bottles. Dirt and other stubborn material on the glass surface and inside the bottle.