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Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by ben9393 » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:02 pm

Is it ok to use fairy liquid in some hot watter and a bottle brush to clean bottles. Ive rinsed all bottles after use and its only had beer ive bought so wasnt yeast to rinse. Id get pbw if it was hard to get off but as theyre spotless it seems like a waste of money


I was thinking fairy liquid in sink good scrubb a good rinse starsam sprayed in and then on bottle tree while then setting up to bottle.

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Jocky » Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:45 pm

Make sure you rinse all the detergent off with clean water before leaving them to dry. Residual detergent will annihilate the head of your beer when poured.
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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Aleman » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:00 pm

Good God No!! :shock:

Generic Oxi Cleaner . . . 15 minute soak in a hot solution (two scoops in 10L of water at 50C) . . . Drain and rinse . . .job done. . . . If the labels don't come off in that time . . . bin the bottles and get some that use sensible glue :D

Star san for sanitising

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by ben9393 » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:34 pm

Oxi cleaner? Like the stuff you use for your washing :s

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Aleman » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:36 pm

Yep . . . You want the one with no fragrance. . . Whizz oxi action is one, wilkos do one as well. . . I believe poundland have one as well

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by ben9393 » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:49 pm

Is five star pbw better i may just get that as i am going tobbuy some stuff from a homebrew shop site anyway.

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Jocky » Tue Oct 06, 2015 10:49 pm

PBW is the best cleaner of all in my opinion. It also costs a shit load, which is why people use oxi clean as it contains the main cleaning agent that PBW does, but misses some other bits which make it extra effective.
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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Aleman » Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:50 am

What Jocky Said.

I use PBW for heavy soiling, for bottles it's not required, and 'normal' Oxi works . . . I can also get the normal Oxi as part of the weekly shop, so it doesn't add to brewing costs :whistle:

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Dave S » Thu Oct 08, 2015 4:39 pm

Yes, I think Oxi cleaner's going on my next shop too.
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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by gobuchul » Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:03 pm

Cheap oxi clean from Poundstretcher is excellent.

Lidl also do one that is unperfumed but a little more expensive.

I use oxi clean for all sorts of jobs now. I also add a little to dishwasher as well as the dishwasher tablet and it really helps.

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by ben9393 » Sun Oct 18, 2015 4:31 pm

It leaves a horrible film that wont come off now ive tested it....... Seems like more hassle.

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Aleman » Sun Oct 18, 2015 4:53 pm

Don't let it soak too long if you have hard water, that way you don't get the film

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by ben9393 » Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:03 pm

Howdyou get it off once its onor will starsan help.

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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Jocky » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:28 am

ben9393 wrote:It leaves a horrible film that wont come off now ive tested it....... Seems like more hassle.
One of the benefits of using PBW. Although you can make a very cheap cleaner by mixing sodium percabonate 2:1 with sodium metasilicate, which is almost as good as PBW, and doesn't leave deposits after longer soaks.
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Re: Fairy liquid to clean bottles

Post by Darren365 » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:10 pm

Anybody put their Bottles in the Dishwasher?

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