Mauldice
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Last night I used a bath of Five Star PBW to remove bottle labels and clean some older bottles. After being immersed in the bath for around 30-40 min, the labels came right off with no trouble whatsoever. I removed them from the solution, and rinsed them with tap water after scrubbing off the last remnants of glue from the labels, then set them aside to dry.
Upon drying I noticed that the bottles were a bit "sticky." I put sticky in quotes here because its not like a gooey type sticky. Its just that the glass seems to have more friction than it should. This to me indicates that the PBW has left some sort of a residue on the bottle.
Originally I thought that perhaps it was just some of the left over glue from the labels, but then I noticed that the same thing was on the bottles that never had labels to begin with.
So my question is: Is this normal?, can I go ahead and bottle with this residue without worrying about any side effects on my beer? (of course I would sanitize first)
Upon drying I noticed that the bottles were a bit "sticky." I put sticky in quotes here because its not like a gooey type sticky. Its just that the glass seems to have more friction than it should. This to me indicates that the PBW has left some sort of a residue on the bottle.
Originally I thought that perhaps it was just some of the left over glue from the labels, but then I noticed that the same thing was on the bottles that never had labels to begin with.
So my question is: Is this normal?, can I go ahead and bottle with this residue without worrying about any side effects on my beer? (of course I would sanitize first)