Efficient Large Bottle Cleaning
Place bottles upside down into a soap bath overnight .
Remove bottles from soap , and rinse thoroughly 7 times inside , and a few times outside to remove soap .
Place bottles upside down into a 1N HCl bath .
Leave for one week , perhaps inverting at some point to make sure all surfaces are exposed .
Remove bottles and caps from the bath and rinse thoroughly 7 times to remove most of the HCl .
Dry , sticker , double bag for placement into boxes for shipping .
Each crate should be ziptied and stickered , and contain two zipties taped to lid , one card , a large interior bag , and twelve bottles , each of which are double - bagged .
