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I'm bottling the first batch of wine I've ever made - asian pear.
I collected empty wine bottles from pals and am prepping to reuse them.
First, getting off the labels. Here's a link to an article, comparing different techniques. I read somewhere (maybe here) water and oxiclean. I soaked my bottles in the oxiclean/water mixture for a few days. Some came right off - maybe the other half required some elbow grease. Some I had to resort to a razor blade. Then I ran them through the dishwasher.
There's some lingering glue on some I have to deal with, but I don't want to use anything too "industrial." Any suggestions?
Also I was reading on the net about cleaning the bottles. Everybody seems to just sanitize them with the sanitizing solution, correct? I thought about baking them in the oven for good measure. I came across this interesting thread here. One guy says 250 degrees for 25 min.
Also, should I throw in a bit of campden tablets in the wine before I start bottling?
Thanks for shedding any light.
I collected empty wine bottles from pals and am prepping to reuse them.
First, getting off the labels. Here's a link to an article, comparing different techniques. I read somewhere (maybe here) water and oxiclean. I soaked my bottles in the oxiclean/water mixture for a few days. Some came right off - maybe the other half required some elbow grease. Some I had to resort to a razor blade. Then I ran them through the dishwasher.
There's some lingering glue on some I have to deal with, but I don't want to use anything too "industrial." Any suggestions?
Also I was reading on the net about cleaning the bottles. Everybody seems to just sanitize them with the sanitizing solution, correct? I thought about baking them in the oven for good measure. I came across this interesting thread here. One guy says 250 degrees for 25 min.
Also, should I throw in a bit of campden tablets in the wine before I start bottling?
Thanks for shedding any light.