Favorite methods for cleaning water bottles?

[hellosunshine]

I have been told that soaking new bottles in cold weak black tea takes out the plastic flavour... tried it and it worked. It also works to take out the soap taste.

Keely

BLIMEY-THEY DO SAY YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY!THATS QUITE GROOVY.

[LBTC]

We dishwasher the bottles and it works great. Once in awhile DH will forget a bottle and, yup, if it's nasty, to the recycling it goes.

We did read a great tip on the camelbak bladders that would probably work in the water bottles, too, for getting rid of residual tastes....and disinfecting (sort of). Classic Coke. Soak overnight, rinse well. Can't see why it wouldnt work with a water bottle, too. The main point they made was to be sure that the coke hit all surfaces.

We had previously tried lemonjuice and mouthwash, and prefer the coke solution (not that I'd drink the stuff! haha)

Might be worth a try for that sentimental favourite.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[hellosunshine]

the scarey thing about coke is they also say it really cleans your toilet too,so god knows what it does to our poor guts.