I always soak in oxyclean free or pbw then rinse and hit them with a jet bottle washer before sanitizing
Powdered brewers wash. Works great but is a lot more expensive than oxyclean free and they both work well
Rinse them well enough so they don't have any visible crap in/on them, then put em in the dishwasher (no detergent) and time the cycle so it's done right before you want to bottle. I just grab them right outta there and fill em up.
If you're talking about taking labels off, hot water and elbow grease +/- oxyclean.
prandlesc said:+1 here. Oxyclean free for everything that doesn't need to be washed. Soaking beer bottles to get labels off is perfect for oxyclean.
You run it on the sanitizing cycle is that what you mean?
Sanitizing cycle may or may not be enough. I would still rinse the inside with Starsan or other santizing solution just before bottling
An overnight soak in Oxyclean gets most of the crap off. Labels, glue, nastiness in the bottom. If I have old nasty bottles (usually friends give me these) I use one of these:
http://www.brewgadgets.com/p-786-clean-bottle-express.aspx?gclid=CIOCp67P87UCFaI-MgodQzoAHQ
Chuck it in your cordless brewdriver and it will take the rest of the nastiness out. Just be sure to wet it before cramming it in the bottle.
unionrdr said:Long soaks in oxyclean can leave a scale that some acid solution like vinegar or starsan must be used to remove. PBW doesn't cause this problem.
Long soaks in oxyclean can leave a scale that some acid solution like vinegar or starsan must be used to remove. PBW doesn't cause this problem.
Long soaks in PBW also can leave a scale that some acid solution like vinegar or starsan must be used to remove. Using PBW doesn't prevent this problem.
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