Cleaning bottles

[stewarty]

Hi guys

After now collecting all my mixing kit, reading loads of tips tricks and pitfalls I was wondering if you need to wash / sterilise the bottles before you use them.

Have read that you need to give used bottles a good wash before re using them but can you mix straight into a brand new bottle or do you need to clean them too.

Don't want my first mixing session to be a dissaster due to a stupid mistake lol

[Karma]

I'll be interested in the answer to this! I was thinking milton sterilising fluid used for baby's bottles?

[FirinBlanks]

Erm, yes I religously clean all of my bottles before use.

pfft who am I kidding, I whack 'em in without thinking

Note to brain, perhaps consider thinking first?

Rather than actually completely waste this post: I re-use bottles from bought ones, mainly by cleaning them in hot water and leaving to drain.

[Karma]

Firrin, don't you get any taint from the last liquid in the bottles?

[Perpetua]

New ones I give a rinse through in some warm water, used ones I give a rinse through in some warm water . . . unless they've had a potent flavour in, then I keep them for the next time I mix that flavour Karma.

I'm not into making work for myself, on anything!

[Karma]

You must have a system then Perps to remember what flavours were in what bottles?

or, am I just over thinking things again?

[Perpetua]

Sticky labels can be very useful things Karma.

[FirinBlanks]

Not really, If it's a REALLY strong smelling juice I've tended not to re-use them (cinnamon hots for example). Although it works for most bottles I've tried and actually I'd even give the cinnamon hots bottle a go and try the sniff test before re-using.

My previous cleaning regime was a vodka rinse for around 20 mins then hot water but now I've replaced the vodka with hot water and a denture cleaning tablet for 20 mins then rinsing and drying as before.

I use Sainsbury's Basic Denture tablets (30 tablets for 75p).

[Karma]

Yes, I can understand that Firin, denture tablets are a lot cheaper than vodka

I do find that vodka tastes better though

[FirinBlanks]

True, beyond adding to juice mixes I can think of at least one better use for voddy

[stewarty]

Jan 17, 2013 22:06:21 GMT Perpetua said:

Sticky labels can be very useful things Karma.

Does the label not come in the sink?

[stewarty]

Jan 17, 2013 21:51:08 GMT Karma said:

I'll be interested in the answer to this! I was thinking milton sterilising fluid used for baby's bottles?

What do you normally do Karma... just use the new ones as they come like I was thinking about lol

[stewarty]

Jan 17, 2013 22:07:02 GMT FirinBlanks said:

Not really, If it's a REALLY strong smelling juice I've tended not to re-use them (cinnamon hots for example). Although it works for most bottles I've tried and actually I'd even give the cinnamon hots bottle a go and try the sniff test before re-using.

My previous cleaning regime was a vodka rinse for around 20 mins then hot water but now I've replaced the vodka with hot water and a denture cleaning tablet for 20 mins then rinsing and drying as before.

I use Sainsbury's Basic Denture tablets (30 tablets for 75p).

mmmmm like your thinking cinnamon vodka as a by product..... much tastier than steradent!!!!!

[Perpetua]

Jan 17, 2013 22:55:56 GMT stewarty said:

Jan 17, 2013 22:06:21 GMT Perpetua said:

Sticky labels can be very useful things Karma.

Does the label not come in the sink?

Ummmm . . . I stick them on after I've washed them Stewarty.

[stewarty]

Jan 17, 2013 23:04:25 GMT Perpetua said:

Jan 17, 2013 22:55:56 GMT stewarty said:

Does the label not come in the sink?

Ummmm . . . I stick them on after I've washed them Stewarty.

Just wondering perps... thought if you had half a dozen bottles getting washed at the same time how you knew what had been in each lol