JhonnyQ

I believe everyone is missing the boat on this one. The key bit of information is "and then frozen." The same thing happens to me when I make ice cubes (from our Pur water filter) and then drop them into a glass of water. When the ice cubes melt, they leave behind "floaties" in the water. Marilyn von Savant answered this question several years ago in her Parade Magazine (a Sunday paper national suppliment) column. If I remember correctly, freezing the water does something with some of the minerals present in all water (except distilled) that causes them to become visible and float around. So don't sweat it, there's nothing wrong with your cleaning regime.

Would it be best to use cold water and bleach, or hot water and bleach, for cleaning our water bottles and water jugs?

 

I've read numerous pages about how to clean water bottles, but haven't found anything yet that clearly states whether cold or hot water and bleach is best for killing the bacteria that collects in water bottles.

 

A friend of mine swears by his method of using a little rice mixed with water, shake it around for half a minute, then rinse. I've tried that, but still have problems with stuff floating around in my water bottles (after they have been rinsed really good, air dried, then filled with filtered water (from our home filter), and then frozen.

 

So, I'm back to using bleach. I've read that mixing bleach and baking soda is a good solution for cleaning water bottle.

 

I'm just wondering if hot or cold water is better, or does it really matter? Maybe alternate - one time use bleach (and/or baking soda) with hot water, then the next time with cold water ... ???

 

Some sources claim that you need to rinse with hot water first, then rinse with cold water as well. I think it might have something to do with breaking the bonds of the bleach ... ??? Not really sure about that. I'm not a chemist!