may have stumbled on how to clean sick and dirty bottles

splante · Jul 15, 2011

after reading all the cleaning tips I dedidecd to get some muriatic acid, They did not have any, saying harder to get very danderous stuff. Something else caught my eye. I decided to try it...will get into details later

pictured is a prov ri patd d coke I found over a year ago, i cleaned and scrubbed and cleaned and scrubbed this was the best I could get it. I came home with the product did a 10 to 1 ratio as suggested. Poured a little in the coke and 3 sick bottles. then poured into bucket and added water untill all submerged...gloves and goggles and mask were used as precaution....left and started to watch the REd sox Game 5th inning.....

splante · Jul 15, 2011

after the game I decided to check on the bottles that were outside,(about a hour went by) my intention was to let them soak at least overnight the coke looked so clea I had to take a pic. I virtually took the garden hose and rinised (all the sick and blacknes had already dissapered) before I rinsed...very happy with this result..put it back in the bucket for the rest of the night and will get back to everyone tomorow on what was used and precautions want to make sure everything is cool first.....almost looks tumbled
here is the same bottle after only one hour soak sorry for any misspellings but my fingers move faster then my brain sometimes lol

the ham man · Jul 16, 2011

what did you use to scrub before using the acid? Just a toothbrush?

Wheelah23 · Jul 16, 2011

You can't just wash the bottle off with water. You have to use a base, like baking soda, to neutralize the acid. Otherwise, the acid will run off into the ground and screw up the soil. I take the bottles out of the acid, dunk them in a baking soda/water mix, then rinse them with clean water. You can't dump the acid down the sink either, or it will destroy your pipes. Aside from those issues, it really works wonders on gunk, rust, and some kinds of stain.

old.s.bottles · Jul 16, 2011

ORIGINAL: splante

after reading all the cleaning tips I dedidecd to get some muriatic acid, They did not have any, saying harder to get very danderous stuff. Something else caught my eye. I decided to try it...will get into details later

He never used the muriatic acid, he has some top secret mystery substance...

RICKJJ59W · Jul 16, 2011

S.O.A.P the Top secret formula . Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh[8|]

GuntherHess · Jul 16, 2011

Muriatic acid isnt hard to get. Basically any place that sells masonary supplies with have loads of it.

Poison_Us · Jul 16, 2011

I have 2 gallons of the stuff sitting in the garage if any1 wants it...

splante · Jul 16, 2011

actually I cleaned The crap out of it using all the suguestions before, bar keepers friend,soaked it, brushed the crap out of it in diffrent concaucations ect ect over a year ago the best I could get it was the first picture. Correct it is not muriatic acid, but a replacement for it. still has some acid base so . WHEELAH is right better safe then sorry. ALWAYS NEATURILIZE WITH BAKING SODA FIRST all though it says 90% less fumes, and user friendly, you still have to be very careful and use all precautions . GLOVES ,GOGGLES , mask ECT as with all chems READ the directions and cautions before using . it suggest 1 to 4 for certain situations and ratio up tp 1 to 10 which .
i used so didnt mean to decive anyone .they were out of muriatic acid,andf found this sub and daid it is much safer but not safe.

splante · Jul 16, 2011

here are the other 3 along with the coke, picture dosnt do it justice sun was still low.the small far right and left bottles was very sick almost completly white ,nothing worked before , the other was sick also. The jury is still out to see if the sickness stays away, and how long to soak ect ect...like I said caution caution see wheelahs and my post above....this is still acid based just suppossed to be safer then muriatic acid which my store no longer carries...this may not be new to most of you as it is to me.
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