eliminating essential oil bottle smell

[Guest guest]

Lovely weekend I always reuse all my bottle, very few strong smell may be

difficult to reuse

I first soak them in warm soapy water, and then wash them and leave them

to air for a few day, do not close them, and if the smell is still there, i

wipe

them with lemon oil and leave them again to air. then i have a sterilizer,

i

just put it in there for about 8 minutes,

for me that works well, some stoppers may not be reusable, depends on

what oil it was before.

hope you find this helpful

 

Jay

 

 

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:26 PM, K Slade <skydiva wrote:

 

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>

> Good morning!

> I am looking to reuse empty essential oil bottles (they were old oils with

> YL blends in them) which I want to start with new scents that I have custom

> built.

> I've tried everything .... washing with hot soapy water, soaking in rubbing

> alcohol, soaking in vinegar, swishing salt water inside. nothing works and I

> don't have a dishwasher. Any suggestions? At $1 a pop for a bottle, i'd

> prefer to reuse rather see them go into the recycling bin. i'm thinking that

> the plastic stopper and lid and beyond help.

>

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I wonder if it would help to leave the bottles out in the sun for a few

days. I've done this to get rid of smells in the past.

 

 

 

Sylvia

 

 

 

> Good morning!

> I am looking to reuse empty essential oil bottles (they were old oils

with

> YL blends in them) which I want to start with new scents that I have

custom

> built.

> I've tried everything .... washing with hot soapy water, soaking in

rubbing

> alcohol, soaking in vinegar, swishing salt water inside. nothing works

and I

> don't have a dishwasher. Any suggestions? At $1 a pop for a bottle,

i'd

> prefer to reuse rather see them go into the recycling bin. i'm

thinking that

> the plastic stopper and lid and beyond help.

>

>

>

 

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[Guest guest]

Morning all,

 

As I frequently use my 5 - 25 ml bottles (after oils have been used) for

bottle-feeding baby animals:

 

 I soak them in caustic soda first

then rinse umpteen times to rid the containers of saponified oils and anything

else. 

wash in (handcrafted, of course) soap to clean anything else hanging around,

then

dry heat sterilise them.

I boil the lids (or bleach sterilise) and drippers.

 

Australian wildlife can re-act badly to EOs

 

Regards

Merinda

 

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