cleaning

[carriesmum]

How do you clean water marks off crystal vases?

[southerngirl]

Try warm water with bicarbonate of soda and leave to stand for a day or two. It should clean up quite well.

[sense4all]

I use diluted vinegar if they around the body of the glass. Forget about it for a day or two. If they are where a small amount has been left in the base I put rice in the bottom and swirl it to massage off the watermark ( good in decanters too! )

[Bohne]

cleaners for false teeth (I get tehm from my dad) usually work nicely!

[WendyS]

Soaking in diluted vinegar will help, as will soaking with a Steradent denture tablet overnight. However, I've found that if you live in a hard water area, after a time the lime and other chemicals in the water do tend to leave a permanent stain which is difficult to remove and always make the empty vase look unsightly. For that reason I've now given up using crystal vases and use pottery/ceramic ones which hide the ugly water marks on the inside.