Cleaning flower vases

I must admit I put my glass vases in the dishwasher. If you dont have one, or vases too delicate then I would try leaving them to soak in white vinegar overnight before washing up normally.

For years I have used the product shown with a small amount of water. Shaken vigorously in the cling-filmed vase, they do an excellent job. The beads should be rinsed in a sieve then left to air dry for future use.
I have read that crushed egg shells work effectively but I haven’t employed this method.

I leave mine to soak in vanish then rinse out with water with a small splash of bleach (presumably vinegar would work as well)

I have even used some pea gravel from my garden if nothing to hand. Put a handful of gravel in the vase , half fill it with soapy warm water and give the vase a shake (or circular movement). The movement of the gravel helps clean the vase. When finished, tip out the water and gravel back outside.

I put vinegar and water in mine, leave it to soak overnight and it using a bottle brush.

Either use the beads as shown by nannagarra or soak and bottle brush. Depends on the shape and size of the vase.

I squirt the inside with spray bleach.

I use the beads above (also excellent for decanters) with hot soapy water.

A tablespoon of rice swilled around in soapy water is effective.

I use rice and soapy water as well and sometimes a baby bottle brush. The Beads are reserved for Mr Y decanter off territory.

Thank you I will try some of these (not the vinegar see previous posting about pregnancy early morning sickness and vinegar).

I was advised to buy denture tablets and they cleaned my vases by soaking overnight. Don't know what they do to teeth though.

Some of mine would be wrecked in the dishwasher. If they’re looking limescaley, a good soak with Viakal in the water, followed by a good but gentle going over with one of those brushes used for babies’ bottles..

I use those beads as well. Had them for years.

Putting a small amount of bleach in the water the flowers stand in, helps prevent heavy staining in the first place.

Please do not use bleaching agents on lead crystal vases, I dulls them.

and never in dishwasher either!

At domestic science classes, when I was a teenager, we were taught to put a spoonful of salt and one of vinegar in glass vases and leave them standing until the following day, where we scrubbed them with a bottle brush, emptied out the salt and vinegar and washed them in warm water with washing up liquid, again employing the bottle brush, then rinsed them well ,

Narrow vases were left to air dry, the others were dried carefully with a tea towel.