In article >,
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

If it's a lime deposit, a good vinegar soak should work.
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