Cleaning stains from inside bottles

StrangeBrew · Post by **StrangeBrew** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:52 pm

Just got my hands on 60 second hand brown pint bottles and some have a cloudy staining on the inside.
Is there a reliable product that will remove this stain and restore them to a clean state?

Thanks...

Orfy · Post by **Orfy** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:58 pm

I use oxy-plus (oxyclean) for mine.

StrangeBrew · Post by **StrangeBrew** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:16 pm

Does Oxyclean come in a powder form like washing powder?

How long is a 'good soak'? 12/24 hours?

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:27 pm

Try hot water 1st SB

The glass shouldn't be stained, it'll just be a small deposit which should come off with some hot water and a good shake

I get this 'staining' left when the remaining water evapourates from the bottle after washing

StrangeBrew · Post by **StrangeBrew** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:27 pm

Thanks for your help yet again!

I'll get on the Oxyclean at the weekend.

StrangeBrew · Post by **StrangeBrew** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:32 pm

Vossy, it's all up the inside walls as well as the base and on close inspection it looks like the previous owner had tried to scub them with a bottle brush...obviously not very well though!

deadlydes · Post by **deadlydes** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:09 am

get some anitformin s. its great stuff

Orfy · Post by **Orfy** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:34 am

I've never had anything that's taken more of a soak than an hour in warm water and oxy-plus.

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:04 pm

Vossy, it's all up the inside walls as well as the base and on close inspection it looks like the previous owner had tried to scub them with a bottle brush...obviously not very well though!

What did he keep in them.....napalm

Orfy · Post by **Orfy** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:50 pm

I use this stuff at <Ã‚Â£2/kg.

But have started using soda crystals for light stuff. 55p/kg

Boo Boo · Post by **Boo Boo** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:32 pm

Ahhh, bleach is cheap and effective. It just needs to be rinsed thouroughly with hot water. Soak overnight and rinse in the morning.

prolix · Post by **prolix** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:43 pm

I had some stains in some of my bottles, the dowel with scouring sponge fixed the the end (as mentioned somewhere here) was great at scrubbing the bottles, as bottle brush was less than useless

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:03 pm

I was about to dump a load of bottles as they had stains that I couldn't remove with a bottle brush but I got a 500ml bottle of Liquid Soda Crystal at PoundStretchers today for 99p. I soaked a dozen of them for a couple of hours in a warm diluted solution and they have all come out perfect.

I have only used a tiny amount so it will be perfect for tackling the rest when I get around to it.

In the meantime I now have the 40 bottles I need to bottle my Bitter and Twisted.

Belto · Post by **Belto** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:40 pm

I am rather late supplying this suggestion, just browsing and gathering what info I can on all subjects. (What a great forum)
Anyway when drinking in a local pub many years ago and discussing this very subject with a much elder gentleman regular, you know the one that always sits in the same seat.
He suggested for stuborn stains to put coal dust in a suspension of water and circulate/ shake vigorusly, or a sand of some sort
It alway cured my stains and residues

Jim's Beer Kit

Practical Homebrewing

HomeBrew Forum

Sponsored by BREW-SCHOOL

Cleaning stains from inside bottles

Cleaning stains from inside bottles