i just usually rinse out the bottle with a tiny bit of soap, or just even with water, shake it up with lid on and then add the water sugar and yeast.

because pop is water and sugar, i don't see what difference it will make to have a sterilized bottle.

I'd say youre fine with the amount of bleach you used. I wouldn't let it sit though as plastics can absorb chemicals. So just rinse it with some water and dechlorinator and you are all set.

 

Well I don't have any dechlorinator on me right now but I'll just rinse out the bottle and soak it with water before I get back home.

I was thinking of boiling water and dropping it in before using bleach but I happened to have bleach in the car then.

 

oh.. yeah
i've cleaned my yeast solution ... with clorox
and i've produced chlorine gas.. loll

but the thing is i shook and and i didn't dilute the clorox with water.. so that's maybe why i produced alot of chlorine gas.. lol

 

Those soda bottles can't take really high heat without deforming. Even the dish washer is too hot. That amount of bleach (1:1000 ratio) is almost insignificant. Give it a good rinse and use it.

 

I recall mythbusters saying hte burst rate on 2L bottles is ~90-95psi

 

Rinse it with vinegar which will elimanate any bleach then just rinse with cold water. When i set mine up I just rinse with cold water.

 

Is there any source on that claim of vinegar?

 

I dont know I received that advice from here a long time ago and its never let me down. I have bleached tanks rocks and diffusers and what not , I always rinse with vinegar and then cold water.

 

Vinegar, being an acid, reacts with bleach, which is a base.

 

Cool thanks mate for breaking it down.

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I poured boiling water into a 2 liter pop bottle trying to sterilize it. The bottle shrank to about 1/2 size and boiling water spit out the top. Pretty funny actually. I ended up with a miniature 2 liter bottle. Anyway, it's not safe to do that with pop bottles especially if you are not expecting the result.

 

Uhhh..... what if you did not cap the bottle and filled it up and let it cool down? Yah I know about the hot water in plastics and capping it shrinking thing.