Oxy clean

[brewmadness]

Read all kinds of stuff on how great oxy clean is to get the gunk off, so I got some and soaked a bunch of dirty bottles that had been sitting in my garage.
Rinsed them all off over the weekend, and now they are all covered in this powdery white residue. filled a tub with water, sprinkled in some oxyclean and added the bottles. What did i do wrong? So far I am not impressed with oxy clean.... but not blaming oxy clean yet. With all the rave reviews, I must have done something wrong?? Will the white film wash off in a dishwasher??

 

[FrozenOcean]

Oxyclean will leave behind a white powder if the bottles are not rinsed properly. I usually get this on the outside of my bottles, because I don't bother to rinse the outside. I just rinse the inside with a high-pressure bottle washer.

But usually just a light rinse takes care of the problem. Did you rinse the outside of the bottles? Or just the inside? If you rinsed the inside, then I wouldn't be worried about anything.

 

[brewmadness]

Shoulda searched first.....
Use hot water, film will result with cold water apparently.
Soak in star san solution should remove the white film.

Lesson learned, search first!

 

[brewmadness]

after the oxy clean soak, I sprayed them off with a jet attachment on the hose. That film and grit would not come off. will try the star san soak. Or maybe just a soak in really hot water would take care of it too.

 

[Renoun]

after the oxy clean soak, I sprayed them off with a jet attachment on the hose. That film and grit would not come off. will try the star san soak. Or maybe just a soak in really hot water would take care of it too.

If you have hard water my understanding is that Oxiclean will leave a film after a long soak. Any acid rinse (vinigar or StarSan) will remove it. It can be avoided by either not soaking for a long time, using PBW which includes additional cheating agents, or attempting to clone PBW with household chemicals.

 

[abledsoe]

My experience is if you let them soak too long (several days) you get a residue left on the bottles. 24-48 hours has been ideal for me.

 

[brewmadness]

Definitely have very hard water. I have another outdoor faucet that is softened water. I will try using that next time. And not soaking for a week....
Thanks for the tips!