How Do You Clean Glass Bottles

Glass is easier to clean than plastic which reduces your water and soap consumption and doesnt wash any BPA or phthalates down.

How do you clean glass bottles. If you dig up an old bottle or find a special treasure at a flea market or garage sale the first thing to do when you get it home is soak it in room temperature water and dish washing liquid. Shake up the mix well dump out the water and repeat several times. Ill also share a couple of bonus tips that will help you clean glass bottleseven the really grungy ones.

How to Clean Antique Glass Bottles Soak em. The jars may look clean and it may even come in a plastic shrink-wrap but sterilize them with boiling water anyway to ensure cleanliness. Many old bottles are called dug because they were dug up after having been underground for many years.

Rinse the bottles as clean as possible before you begin. Add baking soda until it foams. Once youve let the bottles soak for a while dump the vinegar out and then fill the bottle with enough salt to cover around 12 inch of the bottom of the bottle.

I have the tall glass oilvinegar cruets. Many bottle diggers antique professionals and serious collectors have there own special ways to clean old bottles. To clean glass bottles you can use vinegar lemon and rice against wine residues.

Sterilising wine bottles and glass bottles in the oven is easy just remember to handle the hot bottles very carefully with clean oven gloves so you dont burn your hands. The ones that I fill with oil I have a devil of a time cleaning them. Place water vinegar lemon juice and a handful of uncooked rice inside the bottle and stir well.

Heres what you do. Use soft bristled bottles brushes for cleaning the inside of bottles. Bottles are worth more when they are clean and in at least near mint condition.