Wed 29 Oct 2008
A question from my mum - something she mentioned on instant messenger a few weeks ago but I forgot until now ;)
The night we were chatting about it, she had just found a collection of them in a drawer during a clearout. The bottles she has are brown glass, about 6cm (2.5inches) tall but pretty narrow, with a plastic cap and a plastic thing at the top to make drips happen. Other, equally small bottles, come with a pipette instead of the drip thing.
So basically we’ve got some very small bottles that will be tricky to clean out - any suggestions?
Mum thought kids could use them for playing shop - since they’re more kid-size than adult-size - but couldn’t think of anything else. Ideas?
Erin G
October 29th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Does she make her own essential oils? If so, she could reuse them. Use a bottle brush to clean them.
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Joanna
October 29th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The bottles themselves are the perfect size for single late-winter flowers … one tiny January iris, one or two snowdrops, a primrose head … they are lovely on a desk, or grouped. The brown ones aren’t quite so nice for this as the clear ones or, better, the blue ones.
Joanna
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MJ Ray
October 29th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
The drip-type ones split into plastic and glass parts and both are recyclable in some parts of the UK. Just grip carefully with pliers and tug - fill with warm water first if it’s stubborn.
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Matt
October 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Fill them with paint, or liquid drugs like LSD.
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Siusan
October 31st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
They can be decorated and given as gifts.
http://bottlesofhope.org/
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Radhiya Taj
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 am
I take mine back to the vendor where I purchased the oils, so he can reuse them.
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Nancy
November 9th, 2008 at 7:07 am
You can clean jars that have oil in them with DAWN liquid dish soap and hot water. DAWN is used to get oil out of the water when they have oil spills, to clean the wildlife and to get oily spots out of your clothes too. After you clean them you can make Bottles of Hope for cancer patients. Good Luck!
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