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| jenne.f |
Posted - Oct 11 2012 : 07:50:05 AM
While driving thru Amish Country yesterday, I found a vintage brown Watkins vanilla bottle at a Thrift Shop! This will be perfect for the vanilla I plan to make for Christmas. Most of the dirt on the bottle cleaned up easy.The inside has a little griminess. How can I get it really clean? The bottle top is narrow, so I will not be able to scrub it out. Also, I will need a cork for the top. I know I have seen them, but where? Craft store, Hardware, Kitchen store? Thanks,
Happy Trails, Jenne
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| jenne.f |
Posted - Oct 16 2012 : 2:19:29 PM
I cleaned out the vintage Watkins Vanilla bottle with the lemon juice and salt. It cleaned up really fast. I hope to find more vintage vanilla bottles for my homemade vanilla extract. Now I will not hesitate to get a less than clean bottle with my new arsenal of lemon juice and denture cleaner.
Thank you Farmgirl sisters.
Jenne
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| Katlady93 |
Posted - Oct 14 2012 : 2:19:52 PM
another thought from our brewing attempts, for cleaning the bottles we use B-Brite on old/used wine bottles. it is a powder that makes a solution that you can soak the bottles (and a LOT of other things) in for minutes or so. works great. or at least we have been very satisfied with it.
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| jenne.f |
Posted - Oct 14 2012 : 06:13:28 AM
More helpful ideas! Thank you. Been under the weather lately, but as as soon as I can get out, I will get the things needed to get started.
Jenne
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| Katlady93 |
Posted - Oct 13 2012 : 6:40:31 PM
trying a brewing supply place for corks, they usually have lots of different sizes.
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| queenmushroom |
Posted - Oct 13 2012 : 04:44:35 AM
You should be able to find different size bottle brushes. Go look in baby sections, craft and automotive sections as well.
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| Melina |
Posted - Oct 12 2012 : 07:13:24 AM
Craft stores (Hobby Lobby) sell corks of various sizes in one package.
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| jenne.f |
Posted - Oct 12 2012 : 05:06:06 AM
Thank you for the great ideas. It will be nice knowing I can get my vintage bottle looking so good and clean enough to use again.
Jenne
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| sjmjgirl |
Posted - Oct 11 2012 : 4:49:44 PM
I have done the denture thing with great results. You can usually find corks in the hardware store.
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| sissarge |
Posted - Oct 11 2012 : 12:29:58 PM
Old timey solution---lemon juice and salt and shake. Tho the denture cleaner sounds good to. The salt gives it some grit to rub and the lemon takes off stain. Good luck. I love old bottles.
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| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Oct 11 2012 : 11:59:00 AM
I also say denture cleaner, i have used it many, many times over the years, with great results...
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| rphelps4 |
Posted - Oct 11 2012 : 08:40:55 AM
Denture cleaner works but I have also heard putting a little sand in the bottle and shaking it works. Roxanna |
| nut4fabric |
Posted - Oct 11 2012 : 08:23:24 AM
I collect old bottles and have found that denture cleaner is good for cleaning the inside. As for the cork not so sure on that one
Kathy |
