maxine wrote:
> 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

Thanks, Maxine. I'll give that a try.

Kate

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