Friday 11 November 2011

salvaged crystal for Summer cocktails..


Recently I came across these four crystal tumblers at a local opshop. I immediately fell for their simple lines and the fact they were all slightly irregular in size (a sign that they were handmade I'm told).

They were however very cloudy, which was probably why they were 50 cents each. I had a vague recollection of reading how to correct the cloudy issue and brought them home...

Then I consulted my somewhat trusty friend Google and came across everything from soaking in lemon juice or vinegar, scrubbing with toothpaste to using fine sandpaper to rid crystal of this seemingly common problem.

A gentle wash and polish, still quite hazy..
 
post vinegar bath, getting there...
After a little consideration, I decided on the vinegar solution, as it seemed the most gentle... Several hours in a diluted white vinegar bath (balsamic didn't seem right)and my tumblers do look a whole lot more sparkly. A couple more dunks, maybe with a stronger solution this time and hopefully they'll be good as new! If anyone has any better ideas though, I love to hear them...

In the meantime we road tested our (almost) lovely new tumblers with a kiwi/apple/vodka concoction...

We agreed, they do the job nicely!
Posted by EL at home... at 22:29
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2 comments:

  1. annie@mostlovelythings15 November 2011 at 08:36

    These are so pretty...I'm not sure if this would work for cut crystal, but recently I discovered a product that I don't know how i lived without. The water here is very hard and makes everything cloudy--even my white dishes had a film that made them look and feel terrible. Now I use powder cascade as usual, but less and a little Lemi Shine in every load...everything is back to shiny and crystal clear!! I buy it at walmart!

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  2. EL at home...15 November 2011 at 11:08

    Thanks for the tip Annie! I think I"ve seen something similar in the shops here... I'll definitely give it a go. xx

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