How To Clean Glass Bottles Outside
If youve already soaked your vase the exterior should also be clean.
How to clean glass bottles outside. Use a scouring pad on the outside and a bottle brush inside. It will save the label u will be able to clean up the outside of the bottle with out damaging the label. Ill still run bottles through the dishwasher to sanitize them but now I feel like I can use the same bottles during food and flower service and keep this cleaning trick in my pocket in between.
First run hot water into the glass bottle and dump it out several times to get out whatever you can get out. Now that you know how to clean a glass vase on the inside the outside is even easier. But itll get rid of hard water stains too ill bet.
Soak the glass bottle in the alkaline solution for about 15 minutes. Rinse your vase or bottle with warm water. Wash the glass bottle with a mild dish detergent.
Its good for removing rust and iron stain. Being underground for a long time exposes the bottles to water which stains them on the inside and outside the chemicals in the water do the staining. One thing I have to say is if a bottle has been sitting out in the weather or undergroundas many of mine were.
In actuality there are numerous methods that can be used. When the inside of the bottle is squeaky clean rinse out the saltwater very very welldont want to leave any residue after all that work. GENTLY scrub the outside of the bottle.
If the bottle only requires some minor cleaning then here are some ways you could do it at home. Degrease your glasswares ground glass joints by wiping them with a paper towel soaked in a small amount of ether acetone or other solvent CAUTION. Bottles are worth more when they are clean and in at least near mint condition.