Thread: Bongo Is A Bad Influence !

Originally Posted by Hirlau

He's got me collecting Pinaud bottles now !

Bongo, what do I close the top with? I want to put some Pinaud Bay Rum in my new found bottle.

Thank You Bongo.

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Hi John, that's a nice example of an aqua green Pinaud bottle that (more than likely) held Lilac Vegetal.
The top and cap would have been zinc alloy and has long since corroded away.
Impossible to find separately but still available with some vintage bottles for sale.

Your bottle would have looked like the advert on the left and the cap would have been
the same as the middle pic.

Until we have easy access to 3-D printers, we'll have to use good old fashioned corks
like the right-hand pic.

Gee, Bongo. Thanks for clearing that up as we are 4 into that 6-pack! (hic)

Like the German guy from super troopers... "I vant one"...

Originally Posted by onimaru55

They used to Mick. Have I been drinking longer than you to remember that

Perhaps a few years longer, but not all that much I don't think

Originally Posted by Jimbo

And they say drinking kills brain cells - Oz can remember when Grolsch came with little tin foil lids like the old milk bottles...

James.

I remember when the milkman brought the bottles to the front door and they had little tin foil lids too. That milkman sure did visit a lot....



Mick

If anyone has Vegetal bottles they'd like to send me, I can stand them up on my cats' litterboxes and when they are full I will mail them back to you!

Hold on !!! let me get you a score on your comedy debut.....

OK, got it.

It's hard to be funny when your known as being Mr. Serious

As for me, no one takes anything I say as serious,,,

John, I forgot to mention, don't throw away the plastic bottle until you have
photocopied the label in colour (and black 'n' white too) as it does look good on glass.

OR....

Cut off the neck of the plastic bottle, down to the shoulder to save the thread and cap.
If you want to remove the label, rinse out the bottle and fill with water.
Stick in the microwave and "nuke" (800W) for 10 seconds at a time until the label can be peeled off.

You can then either stick the label on the bottle and cut with a craft knife/razorblade to conform with the
shape of the concave bottle-face, cutting off the barcode, which is aesthetically good, or stick to a thin backing paper and photocopy.

bongo The Supreme Master of the Esoteric!
I'm itchin' to ask what else you 'collect.'