Best way to clean PET bottles

[Barnie]

Hi All

 

What is the best way to clean the PET bottles. Glass is easy throw into dishwasher then sterilise with boiling water before using. With my PET bottles I rinse with tap water after use then soak for a day in pink cleaner then rinse. The problem is that when rinsing our tap water smells strongly of chlorine still. Should I rinse with some boiled water or buy some no rinse steriliser.

 

Barnie

[Muddy Waters]

Hi Barnie,

 

I rinse mine out with tap water after drinking and them store them with the lids on. Just prior to bottling I give them a squirt of iodophor solution and bottle away. Works for me [biggrin]

[PB2]

If you can smell the chlorine, it is likely to taint the beer. Bottles only need be clean and bright.

 

[Stewie Rivers]

Gday Barnie. I follow the coopers booklet on cleaning and haven`t had a bad beer so far out of six brews. Rinse bottles and then add a capful of bleach fill to the top and stand for an hour at least. rinse with cool boiled water. Easy.

[andrewk5]

hey i was just wondering, i just brought some no rinse sanitiser, the guy at the LHBS said pour the solution bottle to bottle to sanitise all of them, but should i let the bottles dry completly before bottling or is the tiny bit of solution left in each bottle ok & wont affect the brew in the bottle?

 

[PB2]

What is the active ingredient?

 

I rinse all equipment with warm to hot water, regardless of the type of sanitiser used.

[andrewk5]

hey paul

 

active ingredient is 'hydrogen peroxide' (2.95%)

[PB2]

It performs an oxy-bleaching action and should break down to just Oxygen and water, losing its effectiveness with time.

 

The active ingredient in Coopers Sanitiser is Sodium Percarbonate - in water, it breaks down to hydrogen peroxide and soda ash [biggrin]

[ozale]

Hi Barnie, have you tried leaving your tap water standing in a container (bucket etc.)for a while to see if it looses the chlorine smell, has worked for me