I can't tell you how many oil bottles I have gone through. I've picked up many from the local stores and they work well for the first batch of oil. Once that was gone, it never failed that my bottle would start leaking. I don't know if it was from washing the spout, or just my bad luck.
I was on a mission to find a new spout for my old bottle, and I picked up this spout from Target. I got it home (which is about an hour and a half away) and figured out it was a liquor bottle pour spout, which is too big for a oil bottle. So, irritated that I still had a leaky oil bottle, I decided to package the spout back up and take it back to Target the next time I went out of town.
Later that evening, I had finished a bottle of wine and it hit me. Why not use this pretty wine bottle as my oil bottle! So, I did! I washed the bottle a few times with hot soupy water and peeled all the labels off. Then I let it dry and filled it up with my oil. The liquor spout fit perfectly, and I finally had an oil bottle that didn't leak!
I absolutely love my oil bottle. It's unique and pretty, and I practiced the "Reuse" of the Three R's. Plus that bottle holds a LOT of oil, so I don't have to refill as often!
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