Cleaning > AdviceNovember 13, 2007

Cleaning Out Soap Bottles

Does anyone know how to remove the fragrance from the 2 gallon Tide, Era, and other bottles to reuse for water jugs? I have a dry water well at my barn and 3 horses that need drinking water this winter. Thought these bottles would be ideal for water transport. I've been collecting them from people's curbs all summer.

Stacy from Girard, PA

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By (Guest Post) 08/07/2008

Wash them out, then rinse with vinegar to get rid of odor and soap residue.

By Tommie (Guest Post) 04/04/2008

Hi, I use vinegar for getting rid of smells the vinegar it's self smells but only for a lil while.
Hope that helps
In His Grip
Tommie

By Laura (Guest Post) 11/16/2007

Some plastic bottles are not made for containing any type of food/beverages. In other words, they are not food grade safe. I would think detergent bottles would be one of them. I wouldn't want to take that chance of getting your horses sick.

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11/15/2007

Try vinegar and baking soda and let it soak. Then rinse really well with hot water.

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11/15/2007

Baking soda mixed with water takes many odors out.

By Lori Burke (Guest Post) 11/15/2007

I have never been able to get the fragrance out myself, so I use one GAL. milk jugs.

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11/14/2007

Try a mixture of vinegar and water and let it sit in the jugs over night and see if that gets rid of it.

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