How To Clean Antique Bottles Dug Up

In fact a colored glass bottle can easily be worth 1000 or more than the same bottle.

How to clean antique bottles dug up. The key to how to clean old glass bottles is to be quite gentle. Cleaning Bottles Recovered While Diving. See Glenn Pochs articles on diggingfinding bottles.

Bottles are worth more when they are clean and in at least near mint condition. Usually I can score some cheap old bottles at the local flea markets. Some Ive dug in civil war trash pits and others from a lot of old Nashville dump sites.

The ice and salt scrub the gunk. I tried these materials to clean. Can also contact Digger Email.

Carl Pratt Bottle Digger article from Antiques Near Me. Rubbing alcohol Bar Keepers Friend Brillo pad turpentine carb choke cleaner rubbing compound and Meguires auto polish. Id like to get them as clean as possible and use them as little vases but Im having trouble getting them clean.

Yesterday I bought a brown glass blob-top beer bottle. Wed like to suggest the simplest thing first just soak your antique bottle in water with some detergent for a few good hours or maybe overnight. Color is one of the easiest features to notice about an antique glass bottle and in many cases it is one of the most important attributes when it comes to determining the value of your bottle explains LoveToKnowColored glass is typically more valuable than clear glass.

Just wondering if anyone else has ever been bottle digging went last summer twice found it fairly interesting dug up mainly old poison bottles and bovrils a couple of ginger beers should have a few pics when i work out how to post them lol just wondering if anyone heres ever been and dug up anything good. I havent found much on this type of oil or this bottle. For many old bottles this will remove the dirt and grim that has built up over the years.