On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:28:38 -0400, Kate Connally >
wrote:

>Mack A. Damia wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Well, duh. Why didn't I think of that? ;-) Done that many times.
>Doesn't work.
>
>But thanks anyway.
>Kate

Well then muriatic acid.
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