For any residue that remains I use a flat painter's razor to scrape it off - a couple of bucks at home depot.
I find that when I leave the bottles in Oxy they tend to get a white film on them. I usually only soak for half an hour. That usually takes the labels off. I like the stubby Sierra Nevada bottles.
Oxyclean for 30 min in hot, hot water and most come clean off. Sierra Nevada bottles are great, great lakes brewing co bottles are the devil. I rinse all my bottles that i soak in oxyclean in a mild vinegar solution to get rid of the oxyclean residue. Any acidic solution will work, such as starsan.
I find that when I leave the bottles in Oxy they tend to get a white film on them. I usually only soak for half an hour. That usually takes the labels off. I like the stubby Sierra Nevada bottles.
I like the SN bottles, too, but I find the labels some of the most difficult to remove. Well, the labels usually come right off, but leave whiteish/blueish/glue substance behind that I have to scrub off.
Use Guinness bottles. cut the label with a razor from top to bottom and the label comes right off. No soaking. Plus, the shape is sexy.
I've always tossed them because I was unsure about the "thingy" in the bottle. You just leave it in I assume?
The widget? I take it out with some needle-nose pliers.
I found Great Lakes so difficult to clean I ended up pitching them in the recycle bin. Red hook bottles seem to clean pretty easy. I have a bunch of sierra nevada bottles that will need cleaned next.
Huh. For some reason I thought it was too big to fit through the opening. (That's what she said.)
haha so what did you think? they created the bottle AROUND the widget?
haha so what did you think? they created the bottle AROUND the widget?
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