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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 534835, member: 51"]Thrift purchase. When purchased it was a total mess inside, cloudy, hard water marks, about as bad as I've seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got some denture cleaning tablets and used those in the vase, it actually did a great job -- all but this last part.</p><p><br /></p><p>From there tried everything, getting more and more aggressive. Tried vinegar, rubbing alcohol, acetone, and finally lacquer thinner. All to no avail. And I tried rubbing the area with a wooden chopstick while those chemicals were in there in case it was stuck or needed loosening. I couldn't make a single improvement.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can't feel anything when you rub a wooden chop stick over it, so doesn't feel like it is scratched, but thinking it must be. You can't really get in there with your hand because the vase is so narrow in the center.</p><p><br /></p><p>In real life probably looks more like photo 2, but was able to really shine the light on photo 3 to make it stand out. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a great piece, but if used for display thinking this is problematic. Any last ditch ideas to try?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]168249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]168250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]168251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]168252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 534835, member: 51"]Thrift purchase. When purchased it was a total mess inside, cloudy, hard water marks, about as bad as I've seen. I got some denture cleaning tablets and used those in the vase, it actually did a great job -- all but this last part. From there tried everything, getting more and more aggressive. Tried vinegar, rubbing alcohol, acetone, and finally lacquer thinner. All to no avail. And I tried rubbing the area with a wooden chopstick while those chemicals were in there in case it was stuck or needed loosening. I couldn't make a single improvement. You can't feel anything when you rub a wooden chop stick over it, so doesn't feel like it is scratched, but thinking it must be. You can't really get in there with your hand because the vase is so narrow in the center. In real life probably looks more like photo 2, but was able to really shine the light on photo 3 to make it stand out. It's a great piece, but if used for display thinking this is problematic. Any last ditch ideas to try? [ATTACH=full]168249[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]168250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]168251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]168252[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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