Wide bottom, can’t reach to clean properly

[Losingthewill8]

This is a wide bottom on a decanter that I am talking about! 😂

I bought one from a charity shop to reuse, and I’d like to get it back to a nice condition.

There are some marks inside on the bottom, and also on the inside towards the bottom of the neck where it starts to widen, both areas can’t be reached with a bottle brush or a cloth on a skewer etc. I really want to move these marks but I don’t know how.

I have tried soaking in warm water and washing up liquid-didn’t work,
tried soaking in vinegar-didn’t work, tried the denture tablets-didn’t work.

I don’t know if it’s a touch of limescale or if it is ‘clouding’ from being washed in a dishwasher too much.

All ideas greatly accepted. Thank you

Great thread title!

Have you tried soaking it in miltons steralising fluid?

Swirl round warm soapy water with a load of dry rice.
If that doesn't work, try salt and white vinegar.

Love the title, I have a wide bottom problem too but mines not decanter related 😂

Or decanter cleaning beads?

I saw on tv once you can put uncooked rice and some hot soapy water in and swill it around vigorously so it starts to scrape off the marks? Might be worth a shot.

You can get some little balls from Lakeland which you swish round to clean.
No idea if they work but I expect there are reviews.
My go to for anything possibly limescale/scummy is always citric acid and warm/hot water. Obviously not too hot if delicate!

Have you tried citric acid & a little hot water? Or long handle of a wooden spoon pushing a scrubber around?

Swirl some baking beans gently around the bottom

Rice and soapy water. Dance like no ones watching.

The little copper balls from Lakeland are great . I use them for all sorts of awkward stuff (including thermos flasks)

I've had success getting stubborn marks out of glass vases with supermarket value fizzy lemonade. Fill to the brim and leave for 24 hours.

I hoped the title would bring a little cheer

stephenbelafonte I will try this. Fluid rather than tablets?

freshfields fallfallfall and afaloren I will try the rice too, and probably first as this is what I have in the cupboard!

I will try the citric acid, onynx abstractzebra where do I get this?

abstractzebra pashazade I have seen these advertised, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to shake them up through the neck too much as I’m afraid it might break?

tinselfest this I have never heard before. I read coke somewhere too. Def worth a try!

I’m going to try to upload a photo so you can see the marks that I mean. The neck is very slim, the width of my thumb, less than 2cm, so onyx I can’t fit a scrubber down, nor a cloth around a handle. 😩

helloxhristmas I have baking beans!

Lastly, and this is a bit drastic; could I use Viakal gel/spray? 😯 I’d obviously wash wash wash afterwards?

Here is a pic

If you put them in with plenty of water you can swish them about very gently it will just take a bit longer, then empty them out into a fine sieve or a not so fine one lined with kitchen paper.

If you are considering viakal, I'd definitely go for the citric acid option.
Same result, far less toxic and easy to rinse.

Milton didn’t work.

I’ll look for citric acid. Chemist?

How about Oust, the kettle descaler? 🤔

Yep citric acid should be available in most chemists. Maybe some cotton wool taped on to a knitting needle or wire hanger?🤔

They sell it in a little pale blue box in Wilko.
Either in cleaning or laundry.

Thank you.

onynx I’ve tried all sorts but because of the position of the mark in the decanter, I would need something shaped like a ‘j’ but because the narrowness of the neck is only over 1.5cm it’s not quite enough space.

I almost need to fill it with a liquid solution to soak so it can ‘eat’ through it.

I’ll try the citric acid next

I think we aren’t supposed to actually use old decanters as they might contain lead.

Quite apart from cleaning it though!

citric acid - look at the descaler section in the supermarket.
some are just dried citric acid granules.

tbh I would go for dry rice and white vinegar first.

morellokisses how would one know whether there was lead or not?

Nothing has worked! Tried the lot. I think it’s a matter of it being dishwasher cloud and nothing will get rid of that!