How To Clean Old Glass Soda Bottles

Here are some general guidelines based on years of experience.

How to clean old glass soda bottles. Then have a second tub nearby half full of water and mix in a box of baking soda this nuetralizes the acid. Using a professional bottle cleaner is the best way to restore a bottle. Ignore those men with guns.

The last step in youll need to take to clean glass bottles for reuse is to clean all those hard to reach places like the inside bottom of the bottle the glass dropper and the rubber caps. - Read on to learn how this trick works in just three simple steps. If you dig up an old bottle or find a special treasure at a flea market or garage sale the first thing to do when you get it home is soak it in room temperature water and dish washing liquid.

Most soda bottles made from the mid 1960s to the 1990s have a better quality ACL process and should be OK to soak etc. This bottle is an Owens-Illinois Glass Company produced beer bottle made in 1941 by the Oakland CA. This occurs due to changes in the glass that occur when components of the glass are removed over time from the liquids inside the bottle.

I use the whole tub you may need to step it down a bit if only cleaning a few. Glass is easier to clean than plastic which reduces your water and soap consumption and doesnt wash any BPA or phthalates down. Many have asked us for information on cleaning dirt rust stains and other material from glass and bottles.

Ill also share a couple of bonus tips that will help you clean glass bottleseven the really grungy ones. Can still make the ACL unstable even on these newer bottles If in doubt than dont clean it. 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.

I slowly mix in the acid into the hot water in the tub and slowly mix it in. Many bottle diggers antique professionals and serious collectors have there own special ways to clean old bottles. They make their own syrups and such there see and all those tall narrow-necked bottles are a pain to clean.