How do I use Restaurant Crystal Clean for washing my crystal wine glasses by hand?
Whatever you use there are certain basic do’s and don’ts. Fine crystal is way better off being washed by hand. Handwashing allows one to thoroughly scrub the glass gently. Do use some kind of wine glass brush, or cotton scrubber. We use an inexpensive sponge on a plastic stick which costs about $3. This has been very satisfactory. One can spend a lot more for cotton terry tools which don’t work any better, though they look nicer. Incidently if you’ve been using one with regular soaps one should wash it several times to get rid of any residual chemicals. One caution, whatever you use, use it only for your wine glasses. Holding the glasses requires a little thought. Everybody reccommends not holding the glass by the base and twisting it while wiping the bowl, especially when drying. We use one drop of RCC in the bowl of the glass, fill it with very hot water, then insert the scrubber and thoroughly wash the inside of the bowl, while cupping the bowl in our hand.. Then we do the outside,
