Removing Odors From Plastic Bottles

[PacMappy Solvalou]

I have a plastic bottle of ice tea and plan to reuse it as a water bottle. I have successfully removed the label and the sticky glue residue from the bottle. Now my next problem is how to remove the ice tea odor from inside the bottle. I have tried the hot water and soap idea and I don't have access to a bottle cleaner, any vinegar, and/or baking soda.

 

Any ideas on how to remove the odor for good?  :huh:

[coen113]

how about getting a water bottle?

[Guest]

Sometimes i wonder if common sense has become extinct 

[Trik'Stari]

How can you not have access to vinegar?

[IdeaStormer]

I use Clorox. Clean the bottle of obvious grit/grime/leftovers, then fill with hot water, add a few drops (I say drops not ounces) of Clorox, close the bottle and shake it up and let it sit there for several hours if not over nite. The next day, dump the contents of the bottle and repeat the following a few times, rinse the bottle fully with cool water then dump it and rinse with hot water (tap hot, not boiling), usually three cycles of this will remove the Clorox odor as well.

 

Now reuse bottle.

[Pugs501]

How can you not have access to vinegar?

Because you can mix it with bleach.

[cae]

Have problem. List items capable of solving problem. Refuse to use said items. Make a thread about it. B)