Am I Going To Make Bomb?

[junior06]

Hey there guys, picked up some bottles that need a good clean...

what i have is some bleach and sodium hydroxide(draino) i was just going to make up a mixture of the two and soak bottles in the esky... thought i'd check first since chemistry was the only subject i failed at uni...


will this clean the bottles, there's a bit of dirt inside the bottles as well as out...

cheers
andr

 

[Linz]

lose the draino.....

run down to woolies and grab a home brand "unscented" nappy wash(Sodium percarbonate) at $3 you cant go wrong or burn the everlovin out of everything in sight as you might with the draino.

A teaspoon to the litre(longneck) and a day or two soak and the murk will all be gone....

 

[timmy]

The nappy wash is also great for removing the "ring of confidence" off the primary fermenter.

 

[Crazy]

Hey there guys, picked up some bottles that need a good clean...

what i have is some bleach and sodium hydroxide(draino) i was just going to make up a mixture of the two and soak bottles in the esky... thought i'd check first since chemistry was the only subject i failed at uni...


will this clean the bottles, there's a bit of dirt inside the bottles as well as out...

cheers
andr

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Junior

All I did when I bought 40 cartons of old return crown seals was soak about 20ml of undiluted bleach overnight and then give a good spray out with a jet of water. Then filled with diluted bleach and left untill I could be bothered then cleaned with a bottle brush. Some of the bottles were pretty manky but I didn't get any infections .

Hope this helps

Regards Derrick

 

[dickTed]

I think you should give them a once only good wash with the bottle brush & detergent, then give them a sanitizing rinse which will also kill the detergent used for cleaning.

For the sanitizing use sodium metabisulphate, iodophor, sanitize, bleach, nappy wash or anything else you might prefer that works.

 

[Screwtop]

With DickTed on this, elbow grease and bottle brush to remove grunge then sanitise. Bit of hard work saves infections. Remember "the harder you work, the luckier you get".

 

[timmy]

Must say I'm not with DickTed on the sodium met, all the others are good though.

 

[dirk]

junior you are right on the money at least with the way i do things I get a couple of 60 to 120L plastic tubs put 2L to 3L of bleach in fill with water and fill with bottles let sit for a week or so and the bottles come out sterile just need a good rinse with water (i actually use a product called killdet(non rinse light steraliser) on a 30 bottle, bottle washer) never had a problem. And by soaking the bottles in bleach for a week or so all the lables all but fall off the bottles.

Cheers
Dirk

 

[sosman]

For the sanitizing use sodium metabisulphate, iodophor, sanitize, bleach, nappy wash or anything else you might prefer that works.

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FWIW I wouldn't have sodium met and nappy wash in my list of favourite sanitisers. I would consider nappy wash for cleaning (of course only if I didn't have 100% sodium percarbonate handy).

 

[NRB]

Some of the bottles were pretty manky but I didn't get any infections.

Are you saying you filled with crud still inside your bottles? If so, your name is appropriate!

I find sodium percarbonate in all its forms (pure/nappy wash with enzymes/nappy wash without enzymes etc.) to be the most fantastic cleaner I've ever come across. You should see how it cleans up coffee stains on cappuccino machine parts.