Cleaning used plastic bottles?

[Skagit]

What do you use to clean them.

 

[Stosh]

I just use hot water and then use the same bottles for the same flavors, no worry's about lingering flavor...

 

[Harlen]

Just hot H2o works great

 

[Sdh]

Soap/hot water rinse vinegar or vodka.

 

[dannyv45]

I use glass bottles as they clean the best. I use hot soapy water then a 10 minute rince in my UC will usually get rid of most mix odors. If I use the bottle for the same mix I don't clean them. I in fact leave about 10% of the old mix in the bottom of the bottle and add fresh mix. This reduces the steep time to a fraction of what it usually takes. This is known as seed steeping. So if a mix usually takes 5 weeks to steep, seed steeping will steep the mix in 3 - 5 days.

 

[Exchaner]

I use alcohol to get rid of stubborn flavors. Then thoroughly rinse with water.

 

[RocketPuppy]

I do the exact same as Sdh...depending on whether vodka is on sale.

 

[Vash]

Hot water and vinegar always does the trick for me .

 

[Rat2chat2]

All good suggestion here. All of which I do. There is a lot to be said for glass bottles though. I am slowly changing over to them for the stronger juices. Good luck to you and thank you for posting this questions. I'm sure it has help others. That is what ecf is all about. Helping.

 

[Exchaner]

Ewwwuuu, toes.

 

[rowdyplace]

My son is a chemist. He brings me some of this stuff home for cleaning my DIY toys ...er tools.

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[junkak]

Guess this thread will get me to rinse em out instead of tossing them.

 

[odoyal63]

Haven't used glass bottles yet but I'm wondering are they dishwasher safe?

 

[iamthevoice]

Haven't used glass bottles yet but I'm wondering are they dishwasher safe?

Most times they are, although they can get banged around unless you keep them in a mesh bag or some other type of container!

 

[keonee]

Glass bottles I use the dishwasher. Plastic bottles I rinse them out several times and then place them in a container of warm water ( pushing them down till filled with water so they don't float ). I let the plastic bottles soak overnight ( including the tips and caps ). Then I empty the bottles and throw everything in a colander to dry.

Good Luck to You!!!

 

[Flt Simulation]

Haven't used glass bottles yet but I'm wondering are they dishwasher safe?

I guess glass bottles would be dishwasher safe ... but it would be useless to put them in a dishwasher ... The hole in the top of those bottles is so small, the dishwasher would never be able to get hot soapy water up into the bottle.

Make sense?
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This 120 ml glass bottle would [never] get cleaned inside well in the dishwasher ... much less rinsed any good