On Jun 3, 11:35*am, 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

Baking soda and hot water. I had a ponzu bottle with a narrow neck
that would not come clean. Slid about a teaspoon of baking soda in,
added hot water from the kettle, and shook. Magic. Clean as a
whistle.

maxine in ri