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| 774.1 | bleach? | ZENDIA::MCPARTLAN | | Mon Jul 11 1994 12:28 | 8 |
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Hi CJ,
Did you sterilize with bleach? If not, try soaking the bottle in hot
water with a little bleach for 10 minutes or so, then scrub/wash and
rinse well.
Donna
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| 774.2 | mildew? | NAPIER::HEALEY | M&ES, MRO4, 297-2426 | Mon Jul 11 1994 14:20 | 5 |
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Sounds like mildew... bleach should take care of it.
Karen
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| 774.3 | I don't know... | CHORDZ::WALTER | | Mon Jul 11 1994 17:11 | 6 |
| Mildew? How and why would mildew come off the bottle and float around
in the formula?
Wouldn't bleach be hazardous to scrub a bottle with?
cj
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| 774.4 | | ZENDIA::MCPARTLAN | | Mon Jul 11 1994 17:17 | 14 |
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Cj,
If you soak the bottle in a little bleach and make sure you rinse it
well, it should be fine. I use bleach on all my animal dishes/bottles
and it's fine. I let them soak in clean cold water for 10 minutes after,
and then run them under the running water for a few minutes. Everything
comes nice and clean and it doens't leave soapy residue.
As to how it comes off the bottle into the formula, I don't have a clue.
Maybe the formula is kinda acidy??
good luck,
Donna
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| 774.5 | Switch to glass .... or bleach 'em! | CLOUD9::WEIER | Patty, DTN 381-0877 | Tue Jul 12 1994 01:14 | 19 |
| I use bleach for bottles too. I have a squirt bottle at the sink that
has a mixture of dish liquid, bleach and water. When I'm washing
bottles, I rinse them good, then give them each a squirt of
bleach-stuff, let them soak for a while, wash, rinse well, and voila!
I do, however, try to wait 24 hours before using a newly washed bottle.
The pet store says to clean the plastic plants w/ bleach, but to let
them air dry for at least 24 hours before putting them back in the tank
to be sure any bleach-odor has faded - I figure what's good for the
fish, is good for the baby (-: And they suggest the same things for
the rocks from the hermit crabs - except they say to soak those for a
few hours.
Could the stains in the bottles be hard-water stains?? You can still
get glass bottles and they clean up *SO* much easier, and never smell
or taste like juice or formula (or bleach!) - you could switch to glass
if the problem persists. And I know what you're thinking, but we were
all raised on glass bottles, and we're still alive! (and probably
stronger for it (-;)
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| 774.6 | One more for bleech | BUSY::BONINA | | Tue Jul 12 1994 14:49 | 9 |
| I went 1 step further...
After bleeching and rinsing real good............I boil them for a few
minutes.
......I come from a Mother to believed you bleech, boil & vaseline
almost everything.
:-) Robin
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| 774.7 | New bottles may be in order | STOWOA::NELSONK | | Thu Jul 14 1994 16:44 | 11 |
| It probably has something to do with the water where you live. Is
only one bottle doing this, or are all of them acting like this?
Can you afford to throw out old bottles and buy new?
The other thing it could be is this: If you wash the bottles in the
dishwasher and the dishwasher is getting old, some of the plastic
coatings on the racks could be wearing out, and that might give you
the specks in the bottle. Sounds bizarre, but it is worth checking
out before you go to the trouble and expense of buying new bottles.
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| 774.8 | I can't figure it out... | CHORDZ::WALTER | | Fri Jul 15 1994 09:19 | 17 |
| Thanks for all the replies.
There is only one bottle that is reacting this way. All of my bottles
are plastic. Most are the opague plastic but this is a clear plastic.
I use my water from our well but boil it always before using it.
I do not have a dishwasher so I always wash my bottles, scrub them and
let them air dry. We did try washing this particular bottle in my
mother's brand new dishwasher. Didn't get the spots out either. FWIW,
the spots do NOT appear when he has had juice in this bottle.
I have thrown out that bottle. Haven't seen it happen anywhere else.
The mystery is still unsolved to me.
cj
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