How To Clean Old Glass Coke Bottles

A rare Coca-Cola glass bottle from 1915 was recently put up for auction for a minimum bid of 50000.

How to clean old glass coke bottles. According to the auction house Morphy Auctions some vintage Coca-Cola bottles from the early 1910s can be worth around 100000-150000. If the bottles are old and oxidized most people would discard them rather than clean them. I also heard that this method is actually an old bartenders trick.

Soda bottles are thick walled and will take pressure wellThin walled medicines may break if they have vinegar and baking soda put in them and stopperedeven with a thumbCut copper seems to work the bestwhich is why people who tumble bottles use it among other mediumsRegular size house wiringstripped and cut up small works greatThere is a post on here where someone made a jig to do. August 19 2012 at 814. Considering Cola-Cola around that time.

Here are some general guidelines based on years of experience. Many bottle diggers antique professionals and serious collectors have there own special ways to clean old bottles. Most Coke bottles although not all bear a glass manufacturer mark logo emblem trademark or initials somewhere on the bottle that will help to identify what glass company made it.

If the item is too narrow to reach into place a handful of uncooked rice in the bottle swirling it around with the vinegar. No more broken bottles. A few glass companies made bottles using the incorrect color glass etc.

- Cleaning the reflective plates behind the Coca-Cola logo the logo itself and getting a new light bulb and starter for the light-Cleaning and painting little details like the bottle opener. Fill the glass item with equal parts white vinegar and water using enough liquid to cover the cloudy area. An old bottle with glass that is cloudy with white stains is called sick glass.

Bartenders are pretty much the authority on keeping glass clean so if its good enough for them it must be good enough for the rest of us. It takes some babysitting to clean them. Ive got a Coca-Cola bottle a hobbleskirt bottled in Cincinnati in case youre interested a Sprite bottle and a stubbie ale bottle from Louisville Kentucky.