Questions about flip top bottles

[Sunfire96]

Is there anything special needed for washing and reusing grolsch/flip top bottles? I'm rinsing them with water once empty, like any other bottle. Will the metal rust if soaked in Iodophor? Should I limit how long the rubber washers sit in cleaner/sanitizer? Would keg lube on the washers help at all? Thanks everyone

 

[Bubba Wade]

The washers will sometimes start to crack. A bit of keg lube won’t hurt anything.

Replacement washers are available if they start to crack.

 

[Hawkbox]

Just give them a good rinse. As Bubba mentioned the washers will crack over time so don't be scared to toss them.

 

[Sunfire96]

Excellent, thanks guys. I remember seeing replacement washers for sale. Guy at the LHBS said I could expect them to last a year or two, but I love an easy replacement

 

[Mark Farrall]

The other one is the wire cages will slowly lose their grip. You can use some pliers to reshape them so that they have more force to keep a seal. Personally I've stopped using them. I find that somewhere after 3 months they start to let the carbonation go and I really only bottle beers that are likely to spend three months or more in the bottle.

 

[Sunfire96]

The other one is the wire cages will slowly lose their grip. You can use some pliers to reshape them so that they have more force to keep a seal. Personally I've stopped using them. I find that somewhere after 3 months they start to let the carbonation go and I really only bottle beers that are likely to spend three months or more in the bottle.

Good to know, thank you!

 

[Zambi]

There are replacement "wire cages" available as well
At least in holland there are.
Did tou get the brown grolsch bottles (deposit ones) or green ones (export bottles)?

 

[Sunfire96]

There are replacement "wire cages" available as well
At least in holland there are.
Did tou get the brown grolsch bottles (deposit ones) or green ones (export bottles)?

I bought a case a new brown ones