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[RelicDude]

I started the day off by going back to the spot where I found the ground lip bottle. I spent about two hours there digging there to no avail there were just shards. So I then decided to hit a local river bank there I had a little bit of luck. I didn't spend two much time there because I forgot my gloves at the house. But I think I found some kind of an electrical glass do dad. It had a coiled copper wire going through it I don't think it's a bottle neck. And I found a small bottle with stickney and poor spice co. Boston mass embossed on it. And I was wondering is there a way to remove rust stains from glass? Thanks in advance for the help. - Justin

 

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[bottlehunterofcoscob]

I've had good luck with diluted muriatic acid on rust stains. Won't harm the glass. Nice finds!

 

[bottles10]

IT Is some type of insulator, Could be for a lighting rod

 

[RelicDude]

Cool I'll have to try the muriatic acid. Do I just the bottle soak in it ? I thought it might be some kind of insulator. Thank u

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Cool I'll have to try the muriatic acid. Do I just the bottle soak in it ? I thought it might be some kind of insulator. Thank u

Yeah it doesn't take long for it to do its magic. I dip it in, scrub a little, and in a few minutes the stains are gone. Acid was the only thing working for me on rust. I had tried all sorts of other tricks, but I think acid will get the job done.

 

[RelicDude]

Yeah it doesn't take long for it to do its magic. I dip it in, scrub a little, and in a few minutes the stains are gone. Acid was the only thing working for me on rust. I had tried all sorts of other tricks, but I think acid will get the job done.

Thank you much

 

[surf]

Hey Justin,

Two keepers is more than I found today. There's a good history on Stickney & Poor @ Stickney & Poor Spice Company

Bottles 10 is correctomundo on the lightning rod insulator. Glass Insulators

I'm afraid of acid, thanks mainly to Vincent Price. If the rust is not too bad, I make a paste of Bar Keepers Friend powder, slather it on, wait a bit and then go after the rust with a bamboo skewer.

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Hey surf I was under the understanding that acid couldn't harm glass. It didn't harm the bottles I used it on. Sorry if I was wrong. How could acid harm the glass?

 

[surf]

Hey bhofcc,

I think you are correct. I'm not worried about the glass, in this case, but my own klutzy hide.

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[RelicDude]

Thank you surf that was a very interesting read on the stickney and poor company. Are these insulators a common find? I think I caught the glass bug

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Hey bhofcc, I think you are correct. I'm not worried about the glass, in this case, but my own klutzy hide. <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=875016"/>

Oh I got you. Definitely a job to do outside, with gloves, a mask, and extreme caution.

 

[surf]

Are these insulators a common find? I think I caught the glass bug

Not so common, Justin,

They're a good find in my book. December 2003 Lightning Rod Insulators

I think they may get overlooked as a shard, by some folk.