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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2013 12:01:44 GMT -5
and Mark could get a new midrange priced car.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 14:32:38 GMT -5
Okay, you asked for it. I went and pulled out some of my bottles. These have not been cleaned, let alone looked at, in some time. I present them dirty, so you'll have something to compare them to when I get them cleaned up. Snuffy, I'll try some of the bar keepers friend, I've got some of it around here. But I wonder how I'm going to clean the insides on some of them? Scott, thanks for the link. I think I have all three types of sick glass, LOL!. James, as you can see, due to their shapes, some of these are not suitable to be polished like a cab. 1. The manganese in these old bottles is causing them to turn purple (to varying degrees) from UV exposure. 2. This is what I consider "sick glass." I think this is the type that won't clean up. 3. 4. Some hair dye most likely. 5. An interesting bottle. Curtains closed, with LL logo at bottom. Don't know what it means. 6. On the reverse side, curtains are open. No markings on bottom. 7. The little barrel-shaped one in center says it contained syrup. I'm thinking the two with the pour spouts did as well. 8. 9. Large bottle once contained Phillips Milk of Magnesia. 10. 11. Bottom of little blue one in center. 12, Unique tri-lobed bottle. 13. The neck is not quite round. 14. Bottom of bottle. A few markings, but I can't make them out. 15. Tall brown one a whiskey bottle, squat brown one is a Ball jar, and green one probably held medicine at one time. 16. Bottom of Ball jar. 17. Another Ball jar. 18. I belive this one is older. If anyone has any idea what the bottles in photos 5 and 6, and 12, 13 and 14 are, by all means, let me know. I hope you enjoyed them. Jean
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 26, 2013 14:59:21 GMT -5
That curtain bottle is really nice. Very pretty. I'm thinking it had some kind of bath stuff in it.
The one that isn't quite round, probably once was. If it was laying on it's side, that would happen. Glass is liquid, after all. Those purple ones are quite old. However, the bottom says it is probably molded since there is no pontil mark- although, it could ave been hand mold blown. But, I think they would still have a punty mark, I think.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 26, 2013 15:08:34 GMT -5
That trilobical mutant purple bottle is my favorite hands down. Great bottles Jean. So much purple. Jacksonville Florida glass is eat up w/manganese and does the same thing. Purple is in great demand. Red glass is from gold and orange/yellow is often from silver so keep those for your self. I buy red glass anything from ash trays to tumblers.
Some of those got the distortion going on. Looks like some old stuff.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 15:57:44 GMT -5
Tela, I think you are right. The bottle with curtains could very well have contained bubble bath or some such. I think some of these bottles were hot cast into molds. That's why on some of the bottles made that way, the letters are sometimes hard to make out.
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Post by panamark on Jul 26, 2013 19:12:04 GMT -5
Mark, bring me 100 of these and we'll both be happy. They are quarter sized. For example, if I had 100 of these, I could afford a new shotgun! There are about a dozen color varieties of that species of poison dart frog. Almost each island has a different color combo! Amazingly they have classified them all as the same species. The one you show is very similar to the one our our island. But this is personally my favorite from a nearby island: You can see them by the dozen sometimes! And they are the variety that actually carry their tadpoles on their back to a safe water puddle. My neighbor found a batch in his dog's water dish one day! He saved them and got the dog a new temp water dish. All kinds of weird stuff. Some very startling like: It's not all fun and games though. If the one above hits you during a night walk, you kinda get the eebies! And the biting bugs can be very annoying.
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Post by panamark on Jul 26, 2013 19:17:21 GMT -5
I couldn't find any references to the "LL" marked bottle. Neat though. Those "sick bottles" are just fine. A bit of lime and calcium is all. Some pot scrubbing "steel wool pads" will cut it fast. And to clean the inside you can put some shells, small pebbles or very small steel shot inside and GENTLY shake. I don't use any acid on mine, but I know a lot of people do. Some even gently tumble their whole bottles, yikes! Thanks for taking the time to post these nice ones.
On the tri-lobed one, put a piece of paper over the bottom and try to get an etching with a pencil. Sometimes that works great to make them readable. Then we can maybe figure out what it is.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 19:21:53 GMT -5
No, the solid red dart frog I gave you is not a color variety. It's a full species and about twice the size of the pumilios you reference.
That red one is Dendrobates speciosus.
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Post by panamark on Jul 26, 2013 19:39:49 GMT -5
Oh, I see no blue legs like the strawberry dart has that I was thinking of. That is great that you know so much about them. Would love to have you visit some time. You would go nuts.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 26, 2013 21:33:00 GMT -5
Dang you Scott. That invitation was my life project.
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Post by panamark on Jul 26, 2013 22:04:48 GMT -5
Dang you Scott. That invitation was my life project. Don't worry. Give me a couple more years to figure it all out better and I will invite you all down! So far the rockhounding has come up blank, but I am still working on it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 22:07:50 GMT -5
You are northwest Panama right?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 22:24:03 GMT -5
I couldn't find any references to the "LL" marked bottle. Neat though. Those "sick bottles" are just fine. A bit of lime and calcium is all. Some pot scrubbing "steel wool pads" will cut it fast. And to clean the inside you can put some shells, small pebbles or very small steel shot inside and GENTLY shake. I don't use any acid on mine, but I know a lot of people do. Some even gently tumble their whole bottles, yikes! Thanks for taking the time to post these nice ones. On the tri-lobed one, put a piece of paper over the bottom and try to get an etching with a pencil. Sometimes that works great to make them readable. Then we can maybe figure out what it is. Thanks for the help, Mark. I'll see if I can get an etching tomorrow, and get it posted. Cleaning up those bottles will be next on the to-do list, as soon as I get this batch of cabs I'm working on finished. Will get pics of those posted as well. Just got back from Chilis, haven't gone out to dinner in a coons age. We got their bundle, 2 margaritas (original, on rocks), 1 appetizer (chips, salsa and guacamole with roasted corn in it), 2 chicken fajita platters (lots of grilled onions and bell peppers), plus the extras plate (rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, sour cream,etc), 6 tortillas, and a chocolate lava cake (choc cake with scoop of ice cream and hot choc sauce that freezes to a shell on top) to share for desert. IT WAS AWESOME!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2013 22:31:38 GMT -5
Jean, I would go buy a bottle of pool acid and soak the bottle inside and out. If they have lime/calcium/phosphate stains it will be gone. Wear rubber gloves and do it outside. 24 hours your bottles may look new!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 26, 2013 22:33:24 GMT -5
Pool acid is muriatic, right? I think I might already have some.
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Post by panamark on Jul 26, 2013 22:46:43 GMT -5
Just got back from Chilis, haven't gone out to dinner in a coons age. We got their bundle, 2 margaritas (original, on rocks), 1 appetizer (chips, salsa and guacamole with roasted corn in it), 2 chicken fajita platters (lots of grilled onions and bell peppers), plus the extras plate (rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, sour cream,etc), 6 tortillas, and a chocolate lava cake (choc cake with scoop of ice cream and hot choc sauce that freezes to a shell on top) to share for desert. IT WAS AWESOME! Jean, please stay away from any sharp objects for a while. Whew what feast. Making me hungry!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 22:51:43 GMT -5
Dang it people, guess I'm going to have to go down to the basement and dig out my box of old bottles. Got a bunch of glass stoppers on a shelf in my shed, and a couple glass insulators in the garage too.
How many of you are old enough to remember the bluing that grandma used to put in the laundry rinse water to make the whites look whiter? I have 3 full bottles of Mrs. Smith's Bluing that came out of an old house I helped tear down. 2 still have the paper labels on them.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 22:55:06 GMT -5
Jean, if you have CLR, you could try that too, to remove the lime stains. It might be a little bit safer to work with.
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Post by panamark on Jul 26, 2013 22:56:22 GMT -5
Don, please dig into those stores of treasure relics and post pics of everything.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2013 22:59:26 GMT -5
LOL. If the wife looses the honeydo list for a while, I'll get r done. She'll be gone all tomorrow morning.
Got some antique tools too. Old Model T wrenches and stuff.
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