Annoying Dr Bronners Platypus Residue

how about a brush to clean out baby bottles or something similiar?

don't have one that will reach all the way to the bottom, and that would take ages. it also just seems to spread. Paper towel worked the best, but again, can't reach the majority of the bottle on the inside.

You might try putting in say a 1/4 cup of baking soda and then filling with water and shaking it up. I would let it sit that way for a couple of days and then rinse it out and see if the mint taste is gone. You may never get the platy clear but you should be able to get rid of the mint.

This has worked for me on some pretty funky platy's and Camelback bladders.

I'd try shaking and then soaking with a drop of ordinary dish soap and hot water.

dish soap and hot water did not work, will try baking soda.

Hot water – almost boiling and unscented dish soap.

Then a good rinse – and then try some vinegar, let that sit overinght.

I have washed my platy out with "DAWN" dishwashing liquid, and that perfume scent got stuck in there, and the vinegar got it out.

Lemon juice usually works great at cleaning just about everything, mix in a little baking soda to give it some texture and shake away. This is how i clean mine after every trip.

Try putting uncooked rice in there with some water and shake it around. We use that method to clean the crud out of flower vases that you can’t get to because of the shape and it works great.

Don Meredith

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I've used denture cleaner (just a generic store brand) as well as vinegar and baking soda methods. All have worked for me. There is a bottle brush made for platys that can reach all the way to the bottom.

I also dry my platys using a $10 aquarium pump.

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Mike

Try this….worked for me in camelback.

I ended up using what i had at home, which was rice and water. The rice and water combo took out probably about 95% of it. But because Dr.B's is so strong, i will try with lemon juice(no from real lemons i guess, the stuff in the bottle shaped like a lemon, i assume its fake but it may be real i dunno). will report back

Ok so i did another round with rice, lemon, hot water. shook each one for a good 10 min, tried varrying levels of water from low to high. The dr. bronners cannot be defeated by this method alone. Although i would estimate as before that maybe 85-90% is gone.

I would have used bleach, but I can see how most if not all of the above suggestions would work too.
Not that mine will necessarily work…
Franco

have you tried your bleach method lately? what was the result?

Bleach ?
That is what I use to clean my water containers with. Not sure if Dr Bronners will surrender to that.
Forgot… I mean unscented bleach…
Franco

+1 on Baking Soda. It really does work. I think it's best on odors dry or as a paste, not in a solution. Fill and then empty the platy. Then put a lot of baking soda in there. Enough to completely coat the inside when you shake it and have some extra too. Prop it open or stick a bent coat hangar in there if necessary to let air flow. Let it sit for a few hours or overnight. After the stuff you already did, that ought to get it.

And try substituting b soda for toothpaste. Lighter and works great. Whitens teeth too.

oh…and don't forget to do the top if it got the funk on it too.

If the dish soap or vinegar or some type of brush didn't work, I'd try isopropyl alcohol next.

Denture cleaning tablets?

If that stuff is so hard to get out of a Platy, I hate to think of how much residue is sitting out there in the environment! This thread just makes me determined never to take the stuff! Even the most biodegradable soap is harmful to aquatic life, and judging from this thread, the residue sounds pretty persistent!

Cleaning instructions for Platypus bladders according to to the Cascade Designs website:

Use hot, soapy water and rinse thoroughly with hot water. For tough cleaning jobs, add 1/4 cup of baking soda to 3/4 cup of water per liter volume of your bottle or reservoir and shake for 30 seconds. Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, shake 10 seconds, and vent by loosening cap away from face. Repeat shaking and venting three times. Expel as much air as possible, cap bottle, and allow to soak 20 minutes. Rinse three times with hot water. Caution: When adding lemon juice to baking soda, effervescence occurs and will cause pressure to build in a capped Platypus product.

Someone needs to check the rules book. I'm pretty sure that Ray broke a cardinal rule by referencing the manufacturer's recommendations. ;) (why didn't I think of that?)

mary i don't think this stuff is toxic. People brush their teeth with it. Again, thats no reason to say something is non-toxis as people do lots of sutpid things. I would say, based on my unscientific opinion, that it is less toxic than most all purpose soaps.

If you wish to use Dr Bronners, I suggest you consider using the Unscented Soap.

As to the annoying white spots, they will not harm anything, they are only as you say an annoyance.

I agree, add a bit of lemon juice, or even better…….try using Hydrogen Peroxide next time. It is a wonderful and often overlooked non toxic disinfectant. I use it regularly instead of bleach, which must be used with caution as it is quite poisonous.

ok the solution was with baking soda. I put it in there, shook it around for 30 seconds, capped it, repeated this process about 5 times. Left it over night with the solution in it laying flat with the air pressed out. Only one has a slightly menthol residue. Im sure if i ran it again it would be fine. The baking soda is the only thing that worked.