Small problem with bottles.

[jonbomb]

I decided to bottle my california common last night so the night before I soaked the bottles. I was running low on sanitizer so I used some one step sanitizer, then I threw in a little bit of bleach and to top it off....a good amount of oxy clean.

So i drained the sink the next morening before work and let them dry off a little bit... almost immediatly as they dried they looked like they had this white dust on them... I though maybe it was from the oxy clean.

I then refilled the sink with hot water before work to get the bottles rinsed off. When I got home from work I emptied the sink because I was getting ready to bottle that night. Yet again that white dust lookin stuff was on the bottles. I threw the bottles in the dishwasher on a full cycle. Still after drying there was some white powder lookin stuff on the bottles.

I bottled anyway because it wasn't inside the bottle just outside. Does anyone ever have this problem with there bottles?? I thought maybe it was the combo of one step, bleach and oxy clean lol I did go a little overboard ....

 

[TenaciousJ]

did you clean with oxy clean then sanitize with bleach/one step? i was under the impression you have to do this in two steps... not combined. i could be wrong but it sounds like you did it all at once. this could have contributed to the white residue


also, i was told that one step isn't a substitution for sanitizer. take it FYI b/c i'm still new to this too. just passing along what i've read.

 

[tvtoms]

Oxi clean residue is like that. It will rinse off if you get the water slightly more acidic.. such as white vinegar, some Star San would also work for that.

Basically, the harder your water, the more oxi clean may make the white residue if you soak in it.

I would also refrain from mixing bleach with other cleaners! You don't want to make a toxic gas in your house!

 

[Captain Damage]

Mixing chemicals at random like that is never recommended. A best, one chemical may change the effectiveness of another to an unknown degree. At worst, you could cause a violent reaction or create a toxic byproduct. Use one chemical at a time and rinse in between.

 

[bknifefight]

Mixing chemicals at random like that is never recommended. A best, one chemical may change the effectiveness of another to an unknown degree. At worst, you could cause a violent reaction or create a toxic byproduct. Use one chemical at a time and rinse in between.

This.

 

[jonbomb]

This the bottles are safe to drink out of??? I did throw them in the wash... Yea I will not do this again...

 

[jonbomb]

Just got this from the internet....

No! Oxiclean is a bleach alternative and works by itself. Do not mix it with bleach as they will neutralize each other and can create dangerous gases and heat. If mixed in a poorly ventilated room, breathing the fumes created by this mixture can be fatal.

As long as my beer is not effected by this I am ok... I mean I may have died in my non ventilated basement but it seems like I came out okay lol.

 

[soundsandsuds]

Never, ever mix bleach with other cleaners unless you know exactly what you're doing. Otherwise you could end up with WWI's nastiest weapon, chlorine gas.

Someone needs to sit hisself down and read through the cleaning and sanitation sections of either Complete Joy of Homebrewing or How to Brew.