I don't know how it happened as I'm usually very careful when it comes to washing out my bottles. I
seem to have accumulated a fine layer of green and black mould on the inside of my bottles,
including the lid and mouthpiece section. Is there anything I could use to clean them thoroughly
with and how do I prevent it from happening again? They had been sitting on the shelf for only about
two months.

Gadget

"Gadget" <Gadgetfreak_2000-NOSPAM-@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bv1wb.64$K52.0@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> I don't know how it happened as I'm usually very careful when it comes to washing out my bottles.
> I seem to have accumulated a fine layer of green
and
> black mould on the inside of my bottles, including the lid and mouthpiece section. Is there
> anything I could use to clean them thoroughly with and
how
> do I prevent it from happening again? They had been sitting on the shelf
for
> only about two months.

Milton solution -- as used to clean baby's bottles.

Baking soda -- as used to clean fridges.

Either of the above combined with mechanical action (a bottle brush).

Or, given the price of bottles, throw them away and buy some new ones!!

Tony

On Sun, 23 Nov Gadget <Gadgetfreak_2000-NOSPAM-@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> I don't know how it happened as I'm usually very careful when it comes to washing out my
> bottles. I seem to have accumulated a fine layer of green and black mould on the inside of my
> bottles, including the lid and mouthpiece section. Is there anything I could use to clean them
> thoroughly with

Wash it out with mechanical action (ie, brush or some such), then soak with weak bleach solution and
rinse thoroughly, or if you're nervous of drinking bleach, baby bottle sterilising tablets/liquid
from a chemist shop and follow the instructions.

To stop it happening again, wash out bottles immediately you get home whenever anything other than
clean water has been in them. Some people seem to favour storing the unused bottle/bladder in teh
freezer, but it seems to me that it's probably better to keep it clean of things that go mouldy.

regards, Ian SMith
--
|\ /| no .sig
|o o|
|/ \|

In article <bv1wb.64$K52.0@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Gadgetfreak_2000-NOSPAM-@blueyonder.co.uk says...
> Is there anything I could use to clean them thoroughly with and how do I prevent it from
> happening again? They had been sitting on the shelf for only about two months.
>
>
Milton or a steritab and store them in the freezer

"Tony W" <tonyREMOVE@chapmore.co.uk> wrote in message
news:bpq8fc$1rbpv1$1@ID-161007.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> "Gadget" <Gadgetfreak_2000-NOSPAM-@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bv1wb.64$K52.0@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk...
> > I don't know how it happened as I'm usually very careful when it comes
to
> > washing out my bottles. I seem to have accumulated a fine layer of green
> and
> > black mould on the inside of my bottles, including the lid and
mouthpiece
> > section. Is there anything I could use to clean them thoroughly with and
> how
> > do I prevent it from happening again? They had been sitting on the shelf
> for
> > only about two months.

Leave it, it's a good source of Carbs!

--
Mark

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak"

Ian Smith <ian@astounding.org.uk>typed

> On Sun, 23 Nov Gadget <Gadgetfreak_2000-NOSPAM-@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> > I don't know how it happened as I'm usually very careful when it comes to washing out my
> > bottles. I seem to have accumulated a fine layer of green and black mould on the inside of my
> > bottles, including the lid and mouthpiece section. Is there anything I could use to clean them
> > thoroughly with

> Wash it out with mechanical action (ie, brush or some such), then soak with weak bleach solution
> and rinse thoroughly, or if you're nervous of drinking bleach, baby bottle sterilising
> tablets/liquid from a chemist shop and follow the instructions.

Good advice.

> To stop it happening again, wash out bottles immediately you get home whenever anything other than
> clean water has been in them.
Even when it's just been plain water...

> Some people seem to favour storing the unused bottle/bladder in teh freezer, but it seems to me
> that it's probably better to keep it clean of things that go mouldy.

DRY them. Mould only grows in moisture. Stand bottles, with their tops off on radiators or the
c/h boiler.

Use a hair dryer to dry the insides of collapsible containers.

Never put ANYTHING away wet, ever!

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

"Helen Deborah Vecht" <helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:2003112314132685140@zetnet.co.uk...

snip

> Never put ANYTHING away wet, ever!

Must make putting the milk away in the fridge interesting :~O

> Never put ANYTHING away wet, ever!
>
> --
> Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

That's enough to worry all us gents.....

"Orienteer" <orienteeruk@NOSPAMhotmail.com>typed

> > Never put ANYTHING away wet, ever!
> >
> > --
> > Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

> That's enough to worry all us gents.....

<pinches nose>

I know!

--
Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@zetnet.co.uk Edgware.

> I don't know how it happened as I'm usually very careful when it comes to washing out my bottles.
> I seem to have accumulated a fine layer of green
and
> black mould on the inside of my bottles, including the lid and mouthpiece section. Is there
> anything I could use to clean them thoroughly with and
how
> do I prevent it from happening again? They had been sitting on the shelf
for
> only about two months.

When you've got 'em clean, store them with the caps off so you don't get any condensation inside.