Random question about safe break acid bottles.

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Random question about safe break acid bottles.

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So I work at a high school, and our science departments are getting rid of these safe break bottles.
The teacher says that they had sulfuric acid in them so will be fine for alcohol storage once washed out.

Has anyone had any experience with them? The idea seems sound. And I will likely only use them for low wines storage, in between runs because they are tinted brown.

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Fill it up with a dilute baking soda solution, dump and rinse with hot water. It should be OK for use to store low wines.
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+1 SS

From the looks they are glass. Neutralize and rince any remaining acid and use for anything you would put in glass
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And some people use sulphuric acid when distilling.
Not sure of the details but it is well known.

So yeah, rinse thoroughly, rinse with an alkali solution (say baking soda) a couple of times, rinse again...
And just in case they have been used to store an alkali, give them a couple of rinses with vinegar solution too!!

A good find. And should be fine for any alcohol, not just low wines.
They look nice, for the good stuff!

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Have they got plastic seals?
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NZChris wrote: Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:17 pm Have they got plastic seals?
Yep, they have plastic lids with the foil/plastic seals on top, so will replace those at a minimum.
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