How to get the juice smell from plastic bottles?

[kimbo]

Hi

I have a few bottles i want to re-use but the smell of the juice that was in it will not wash out. How do i get that out?

Thanks

 

[johan]

Hi

I have a few bottles i want to re-use but the smell of the juice that was in it will not wash out. How do i get that out?

Thanks

Make a solution of 2 parts clean water (200ml), 1 part vinegar (100ml), 3 teaspoons NaHCO3 (gewone koeksoda). Soak for approximately 12h and rinse well.

 

[WHeunis]

I find rinsing thoroughly with hot saltwater does the trick.

 

[BumbleBee]

Overnight soak in vodka works for me... oh and it works to clean the bottles too

 

[andro]

I keep it symple . Milton . The thing to clean baby bottles . Work like a charm

 

[Alex]

Hydrogen Peroxide 40%, salt and baking soda solution is doing great things on one of my Reo feed tubes, this after 1 hour.

 

[johan]

Hydrogen Peroxide 40%, salt and baking soda solution is doing great things on one of my Reo feed tubes, this after 1 hour.

Thanks for the tip Alex. I need to try that out, I use H2O2 as part of a solution quite a lot for quick proto-type pcb etching.

 

[tetrasect]

Pretty sure it will go away quickly if you put new liquid in.

 

[kimbo]

Pretty sure it will go away quickly if you put new liquid in.

Juice like Mixed Berry is a ***** to get out

 

[huffnpuff]

One trick the sports guys use to get the funk out of their shake or drink bottles which have "ripened", is to soak in Coca Cola overnight.

 

[kimbo]

Thx @andro Milton works very nice