Cleaning Water bottles

[LuckyDog]

Swaggers, i need some help with cleaning our spare 20 litre water bottles we take with camping.
i am chasing ideas on how to get that brown tinge out of the inside of them seeing as i can never quite get all the moisture out of them.
I had thought of rice and a small fraction of water and shake the crap out of them then rinse back out.

any other tricks that a fellow swagger would like to share?

TIA

LD

[Pog]

Use dark coloured water bottles - You can't see the staining or algae, so there is no problem 

[LuckyDog]

Lol thanks Pog, after I posted the thread I thought someone like Speewa will say drink more beer and less water

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[edz]

I use a good dessert spoon full of house hold salt and about 2ltrs of boiling water swirled around inside with the lids on.. Makes them preasurize [ bulge ] so take care taking the cap off.
Just give them a good flush out upside down and there good to go, been doing it that way with water containers  ever since my Army days with no troubles or salty taste ..Always drain ours thouroughly and store with the lids just sitting back on by one thread so as they air /dry out properly without mould .

[Marschy]

Swaggers, i need some help with cleaning our spare 20 litre water bottles we take with camping.
i am chasing ideas on how to get that brown tinge out of the inside of them seeing as i can never quite get all the moisture out of them.
I had thought of rice and a small fraction of water and shake the crap out of them then rinse back out.

any other tricks that a fellow swagger would like to share?

TIA

LD

Sodium metabisulphite, or for the home brewer out there, beer bottle cleaner.

You can get ripped off at the local home brew store, or some chemists sell it in greater quantity and half the price of home brew stores.

[feisty]

Bicarb and gravel

[tracker]

       I agree with Marschy.......Sodium Metabisulphite.

          Cheers Tracker.

[Alan Loy]

Denture (false teeth) cleaner or the old way salt and baking powder to clean and bleach to disinfect.

[UIZ733]

If you can get the nozzle of a high pressure cleaner to spray into the bottles, it works wonders. 

[geopaj]

Use dark coloured water bottles - You can't see the staining or algae, so there is no problem 

Pogasauras is actually on the right track suggesting dark jerry cans. Algae, etc requires light to grow (check out the 'millions' of threads about clear hoses used on CT water tank installs). Therefore any containers that allow light in will allow algae to grow.

These are the ones that I use... http://www.anacondastores.com/camping-hiking/hydration/water-purification-storage/acom-water-jerry-can/p/90006190002 (they also seem to be thicker and better quality plastic)

I had one permanently mounted for about 7 yrs against the cargo barrier of my previous 4wd and never had an issue with algae/taste/etc.

[Muckinhell]

when ever i finish with my watter jerrys i have just emptied them and left them on the roof of the pergola for a whole sunny day to dry out thouroghly then put lid on and store. never anything growing in mine yet. might be differnt if your doing big trips and using them for a while mine have all been at most 1 week stints etc.