This has probably been asked before, but I didn't find the answer.
I live on a farm and as such there are several sheds from previous generations of use. So far I've dug up some 16 oz pepsi bottles (thick as hell, and re-cappable) and will likely be finding more kinds of bottles since my grandmother use to make beer and wine when she was alive & younger. (talking probably 50 years ago or more)
History of acquisition aside, sitting in these falling down shed's hasn't been the most sanitary conditions for storage. The pepsi bottles have ancient dirt stuck to the bottom and seem a little bit discolored. I have them soaking in a strong bleach solution since warm water didn't seem to make the last of the dirt budge but is there anything else that'd be more effective? Dirt looks like it's still holding on.
Any tips? Or should I just give up on the old bottles? And yes I do have a bottle brush, I'm just reluctant to use it on plain old dirt...
I live on a farm and as such there are several sheds from previous generations of use. So far I've dug up some 16 oz pepsi bottles (thick as hell, and re-cappable) and will likely be finding more kinds of bottles since my grandmother use to make beer and wine when she was alive & younger. (talking probably 50 years ago or more)
History of acquisition aside, sitting in these falling down shed's hasn't been the most sanitary conditions for storage. The pepsi bottles have ancient dirt stuck to the bottom and seem a little bit discolored. I have them soaking in a strong bleach solution since warm water didn't seem to make the last of the dirt budge but is there anything else that'd be more effective? Dirt looks like it's still holding on.
Any tips? Or should I just give up on the old bottles? And yes I do have a bottle brush, I'm just reluctant to use it on plain old dirt...