Cleanin' Dem Bottles! - Page 2

saintdog327 · 01-03-2012, 06:03 AM

Just finished cleaning all the bottles but noticed a lot of them had glue that was extremely difficult to remove. So i just ended up using about half of what I originally watered/soaped. I'm going to try oxyclean for the remaining half.

jmdrpi · 01-12-2012, 05:17 PM

I had read about using some baking soda in the water, that seemed to work for me.

Although I discovered that not all brewery's bottle labels are created equal. Some just fell off - Victory, Yards, Southern Tier.

And others had to be scrubbed - the worse were Great Divide and Smuttynose.

**BrewerinBR** · 01-12-2012, 06:38 PM

I use oxy-clean inside with a bottle brush and outside with a scrubby (a 3 hour soak will remove most labels). Rinse in cold water to remove soap inside and out, then rinse in very hot water inside and out. Then a trip through dishwasher without soap and high heat dry on.

Mugsfull · 01-12-2012, 08:17 PM

I use oxyclean and hot water in a Cooler overnight. It removes all the labels (except Heinekin) and if there was any nasties in the bottles, those float out too.

Now, I have a water softner. My neighbor does not. He did the same thing and his bottles came out coated in some kind of white residue. It was strange. I'm guessing it was the hard water.

**emjay** · 01-12-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mugsfull

I use oxyclean and hot water in a Cooler overnight. It removes all the labels (except Heinekin) and if there was any nasties in the bottles, those float out too.

Now, I have a water softner. My neighbor does not. He did the same thing and his bottles came out coated in some kind of white residue. It was strange. I'm guessing it was the hard water.

Yes, that happens if you leave it too long in a hard water oxyclean solution. It can be removed with most acids - vinegar, CLR, muriatic acid, and even Star San - though Star San can also cause the same thing to happen because the phosphoric acid precipitates calcium.

**KingHippo** · 01-12-2012, 09:42 PM

Gotta love that Notch. Welcome local Brewer!