How to Clean Out an Oil Bottle

By Susan Brockett, an eHow
Contributing Writer
It's easy to clean oil out of a bottle.
Many cooks like to have a bottle of
olive oil near the stove. Some even
choose to refill and reuse their
bottle. However, oil and water do
not mix, so washing the residual oil
out of the bottle requires a bit of
attention. Since many oil bottles
have a thin neck that prohibits using
a bottle brush or other cleaning
utensils, use a grease-cutting
product to remove all the oily
remains before filling your bottle
with new oil.
Difficulty:
Easy
Things You'll Need:
Dishwashing detergent or liquid
castile soap
Vinegar
Instructions
1. Fill the bottle half full with
warm tap water.
2. Add two drops of dishwashing
detergent and 1 tbsp. vinegar.
3. Put your hand over the top of
the bottle, or seal it with the
lid.
4. Shake the bottle vigorously.
5. Empty the bottle and inspect it.
If there is still an oily residue in
the bottle, repeat the steps.
6. Rinse the bottle by holding it
under a running tap. After the
bottle is full, sudsy water will
come out the top. Keep
running the water into the
bottle until no more suds
appear.
7. Dump all the water out of the
bottle.
8. Put the clean glass bottle in the
oven, set at 250 degrees
Fahrenheit for about 10
minutes to completely dry the
inside of the bottle.