On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:35:19 -0400, Kate Connally >
wrote:

>Does anyone have any good methods for cleaning
>bottles. Here's the deal. I have this great old-fashioned
>glass milk bottle that i got at a local dairy when they
>had a festival. I came with chocolate milk in it but I
>have saved it and use it frequently for storing things
>like lemonade or freshly squeezed oj. It has developed
>a cloudy deposit on the bottom. It's not a problem as
>far as usage goes but it bugs the heck out of me and I
>want to make it all crystal-clear and shiny bright.
>
>Now if it were large enough for me to get my hand in there
>I would just take a Brillo pad or SOS pad and scour it.
>However I can't do that so how do I clean it. In the past
>I have had occasion to use bottle brushes of various sorts
>and they are okay for some things but they would not work
>for this. You can't apply enough force.
>
>I thought of using coffee pot cleaner and checked into that
>on the internet. There are many commercial cleaners but
>many sites recommended things like vinegar, Alkaseltzer,
>Polident, baking soda, and bleach. Do those things really
>work?
>
>Also, I have another bottle which is a tall think bottle
>with a bale top. A friend gave it to me as a gift with
>homemade flavored olive oil (some sort of herbs in it
>as I recall). She painted stuff on the outside of the bottle
>and I would really like to be able to keep it and possible
>re-use it for something. The trouble is that I didn't use
>up the olive oil fast enough and it got moldy (due no doubt
>to the herbs not having been "sterilized" somehow). So I
>have the same problem as with the milk bottle only worse
>because the opening is even tinier.
>
>So what do y'all think?
>
>Thanks,
>Kate

I'd fill it with hot water, some bleach and soap liquid, and soak it
overnight. I've always had good results.
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mad