How To Clean Antique Bottles Dug Up

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How to clean antique bottles dug up. While the family had rescued the bottles from the earth they had simply put them in the. Heres what I have tried all involving scrubbing with a toothbrush. Heres what you do.

I dont know about you but it seems like every once in a while Ill unearth a particularly nasty glass container from somewhere around the house. Some Ive dug in civil war trash pits and others from a lot of old Nashville dump sites. In fact a colored glass bottle can easily be worth 1000 or more than the same bottle.

Digging up bottles from old rubbish dumps may be an unusual pastime but some of the rarer finds can sell for up to 1000. Old canning jars my other obsession are pretty easy to clean but bottlesnot so much. Yesterday I bought a brown glass blob-top beer bottle.

Soaking in warm room temperature water with dishwashing detergent is a highly effective way to remove most dirt. Years ago Bill Julia and I got on one of the best bottle sites that had ever been found in our area and really got some good. Many old bottles are called dug because they were dug up after having been underground for many years.

As a result vintage bottles tend to be pretty filthy inside and out when you find them. Id like to get them as clean as possible and use them as little vases but Im having trouble getting them clean. I have never been able to get the bottle clean the oil is is caked in there and is actually a brightshiny gold color.

I look for relics and bottles with Tom Williams who is one of the best that you have ever seen. The insides have become etched from lying in the dirt for 100 years and the dirt that is in the etched part just wont let go. Cleaning Antique Bottles Glass.