bottling day dilemma!!!

[Bradfrd12]

hello all...

I am bottling today and things have gone a bit crazy. I was soaking the bottles in a no-rinse oxi cleaner/sanitizer when my wife says that we have to leave to meet her parents for lunch! Great timing....(typical of the in-laws). So, I thought that I would just leave the bottles soak and finish when I got back.

I just got back and the bottles that have been soaking for about 3 hours are very strange. The surface is very rough and after they have dried they have a white film on them that only comes of when scrubbed quite hard.

My question is: What happened to these bottles? I thought the cleaner was light duty and that nothing weird would happen.

My other question is: Can I still use thes bottles safely for the beer or not? It's got me a bit nervous but I don't know.

Any advice or anectodotes would be great!!

Bradford

P.S. I have already run to the basement to tap into the extra stash of bottlesworried that these 11 aren't any good.

[danno]

you've discovered the reason most people switch to stuff like PBW for cleaning and Star San for sanitizing, that nasty filmy residue that oxidizing cleaners/sanitizers leave behind... you can rewash them and resanitize them, but in the long run I'd seriously recommend switching to the above mentioned chemicals eventually...

[toneyc]

That's exactly what happened to the corny keg that I left half full of oxy-clean solution. I still have not tried the suggestion of PBW soaking to fix it.

:o
Toney.

[Bradfrd12]

What is PBW?

[toneyc]

Powdered Brewery Wash, available at your LHBS. It is relatively expensive so I only use it where I think it is absolutely needed.

:)
Toney.