Preparing Bottles for DIY

[cramptholomew]

I rinse out new bottles. Or, at least when I remember to, before I start dumping stuff in them. For used bottles, I soak in diluted white vinegar for 24 hours, and then rinse.

 

[DetraMental]

I soak my plastic and glass bottles in very hot soapy water, shake, and rinse in hot water until no soap/bubbles remain, then I let them air dry.

 

[boog]

I use B-Brite to wash, a bottle drying rack comes in handy too.


for dropper bottles, I just rinse with hot water.

 

[oddballzwife]

I think I must really be the odd one! I didn't even think about rinsing them or anything. I added my nic juice to the bottles and put them in the freezer. Oops! Not sure why I didn't think of it. I always wash new dishes ect.... Did I just do a major no no?

 

[dead not sleeping]

Don't confuse sanitizing and sterilizing. Sterilizing happens at 250+ degrees. If anyone is that worried about it, 1 hr in a pressure cooker @ 15 psi will sterilize, ... and melt/deform certain plastics. Unless you are selling to the public, sanitizing / dw / hot soapy water is adequate. I'm also guilty of not washing new bottles. Oops.

 

[DebiK]

Thank you everyone for your responses. I decided on letting them sit in hot, soapy water for a while, then rinsing multiple times. I'll definitely try soaking in vinegar & water for used bottles when I get ready to wash them.

 

[karmakatie]

I boil all bottles new or reusing them.

 

[ClaireW]

No bubbles, I left out the part about rinsing them in hot water after washing them

Cheers,
Steve

I can see it now -- a bubble vaporizer!?

A little side note unrelated.. about instructions.
A friend was doing a team building thing. they were told that each team had to write exact instructions on how to make a PB&J sandwich. Then they switched instructions with other teams & were told to follow the written instruction exactly how it was written.

first mistake most people made were not including instructions on,
1. open bread bag
2. take 2 slices of bread out & place on plate

so most just put PB&J on the bread - On the outside of the bag itself.

 

[ClaireW]

I rinse out new bottles. Or, at least when I remember to, before I start dumping stuff in them. For used bottles, I soak in diluted white vinegar for 24 hours, and then rinse.

do you ever smell or taste the vinegar from the plastic bottles? or are you referring to glass bottles?

I use white vinegar for many things around the house & it is great!
have used it to remove garlic smell from cooking pans, cleaning etc..

 

[Damios]

Just fyi, if you are washing your bottles in hot water...if the water is still bearable to touch without getting burned your water is not hot enough.

Hot water that is still bearable to touch vs cold water literally makes no difference in terms of how many germs are killed.

The water needs to be boiling or pretty close to boiling for it to make a considerable difference.


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