Cleaning Bottle Insides

[58froggy]

I have frequently used fish bowl gravel or small round 'pea' gravel. Works great and doesn't scratch.

 

[newtothebottleworld]

You guys will probably think i am nuts,but i use oven cleaner on a lot of tough stains.Mostly the residue from leftover contents.I had a couple of bottles that had a film all over the inside that looked and felt like tar.I took some oven cleaner and sprayed it in the bottles and let it set for 5 minutes or so,and then rinsed with plenty of water.Make sure you do this outside though because the fumes are pretty tough.Also if you have any salt glazed stoneware that has been painted over,you can use oven cleaner on it and make light work out of removing the paint.

 

[walkingstick]

Kitty Litter, a bottle brush and some good ol' fashioned elbow grease will work to clean out a lot of the gunk from inside bottles. Just be sure you don't buy "clumping" kitty litter![:'(]

 

[youngpup]

How do you guys think hydrochloric acid would work? If it would...how should i dilute it?

 

[GuntherHess]

Diluted Hydrochloric acid is sold as Muratic acid. Its mostly good for stuff like calcium deposits. Dilute it as it states on the container.

 

[barbieheid]

Kitty Litter, a bottle brush and some good ol' fashioned elbow grease will work to clean out a lot of the gunk from inside bottles. Just be sure you don't buy "clumping" kitty litter![:'(]
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Another great tip I got from someone is number 6 buckshot. Just put some in a shake it around, gets most little corners, etc. I don't know if you have to have a gun permit to buy shells though; this batch was given to me. If you know a hunter, ask him for some.

 

[youngpup]

Yea...my hydrochloric acid is pure.....from a chem lab...i wasn't sure if it'd hurt my bottles or not

 

[walkingstick]

"The Works" toilet bowl cleaner is a somewhat diluted hydrochloric (muriatic) acid.

 

[walkingstick]

Some of these may help blast the gunk from the inside with a jet of water.

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/BOTTLE_WASHERS_C48.cfm

 

[pixmc]

Howdo new bottle buddies!

Bottle brush substitute:
New member responding to an old post. I'm drooling over your tumblers! I clean the insides of my bottles with all those spices I never cook with. On this little Bixby ink I used coriander but some very stained bottles I use Lime-Away (just in case it works better, I'm not actually sure) instead of water and a large and small seed mix like coriander and poppy and shake. Usual shaketime is less than a minute due to my attention span. Not a glorious result but always an improvement. Hope that helps!

Pixmc