Thank you dear Lady, you're so kind to share this cleaning tip with us here on TH-cam, because two of our water jugs has algae in the bottom, really quite simple I guess we only have to dedicate some time to the task at hand. Also loved seeing your small fry help ya with the cleaning, thumbs up and greetings to your family and you from us here in Mexico! :)
THANK YOU BuzzFam! No baking soda? Another recipe I found online, is the VINEGAR, BAKING SODA, and use RICE kernels for the ABRASIVE part. Popcorn is probably better bc it doesn't soak up the liquid as fast, but rice is cheaper to buy? I keep, and save smallish beads, odds, and ends that I can use in my gallon water bottles. Anything that will fit inside the top opening/neck of bottles.
This is so awesome .... and easy! Kind of makes me feel dumb for not thinking of it myself but I'm so glad I found your video. Thank you for sharing :) ❤ lots of love & thanks from Los Angeles
Miss Saydee, you aren't dumb bc you used Google to get the answer, like I just did! I thought there may be an INVENTION that uses a special tool to get inside bottles and scrubs them? Maybe that's dumb, but if I invented that it would be...SMART! (=
Lucky are the people in the Philippines. Most of the water refilling stations here pick up the containers from customer's home, clean, refill and deliver.
We have the option in the U.S. too. Some people take their 5 gallon jugs to the local grocery store that has a water filling station, others buy their water from a company that rents them a water cooler and brings them fresh jugs of water as it is needed.
Thank you for sharing this powerful video! I appreciate your time you take to share! I will try this method! Greetings from Toronto Canada! God bless you!🙏❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have used your cleaning with the corn and white vinegar too. And yes it does amazing job also. Again Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
Excellent video, thanks for the info. I like the idea of the popcorn as a(n) mild abrasive. I would like to add though. As mrblackwell142 below has said, food grade hydrogen peroxide is good also. I intend to do a final rinse with it myself as I have a gallon of it at 35%. It's used industrially where they handle food. Also though I'm not advising it, I've read that in a pinch water can be boiled then up to 8 drops of liquid bleach can be added per gallon for drinking, or foodgrade hydogen peroxide. However, for regular consumption, food grade HP should only be used with distilled water. As in the book "The one minute cure" by M. Cavenough. I watched this to learn how to keep my jugs clean long term cuz I've experienced water cut off 4 times in the last 25yrs and a back up supply is vital. Gots to have my coffee in the morn😅.
Thanks I used rice, but will be using corn instead. They sell some type of salt in the water store. For $10.00 to clean the 5 gallon bottle. But its more cheaper, and save if you use natural ingredients. Thanks
Thanks much. I never cleaned my bottle in my garage water dispenser. I just noticed a film of algae on around the neck of the bottle. I wonder how long that's been there? Anyways, I didn't have any popcorn kernels, but used a couple cups of rice and vinegar. It's nice and clean and I poured some vinegar into the dispenser and let it sit for a bit and then drained. Thanks for the tip.
great video, and a awesome idea. I have 6 camping jugs that need cleaning. corn, vinegar, and I'm taking my grandkids to the soccer field. let them do the cleaning:)
I agree with the guy below. You are the prettiest water jug cleaner I’ve ever seen. Don’t tell your husband I said that. I’m 57 and can’t run as fast as I used to. 🤫
Just use hydrogen peroxide the natural cleaning. The chemical symbol H2O2 for hydrogen peroxide is very similar to water's H2O. The H2 represents two hydrogen atoms while the O2 represents two oxygen atoms (water molecules contain only one oxygen atom. i use it even to get rid of mold instead of bleach.
GREAT IDEA! Sadly, people tend to overlook the sanitizing benefits of hydrogen peroxide. While vinegar is great, H202 is equally as good if not better. Thank you for the reminder! It's always good to have options!
Word. I've heard it's the main ingredient in a product called Mold Control by Concrobium. If you look at the ingredients list on the package, it says something like 'other ingredients - 98%'. lol
Q: do you reuse the same Kernals between cleaning each jug? Or even rinse them and save them for later? Or are you useing a new bag between each every time?🤷🏻♀️
Great ideas, because I was sure thinking of anything else to use besides popcorn kernels. I would never waste food for cleaning, were going through hard times in this world and food can't be taken for granted.
We just moved to georgia and our water quality here is god awful. We have to use the dispenser water to cook, clean, and drink. 😪 Couldnt even take baths while pregnant because the smell would make me gag., had to get a filtering showerhead.
Bleach IS sodium hydrochloride,which is what is in many municipalities drinking water.It is an excellent disinfectant and safe to use,as long as it’s rinsed out good. Any residual bleach will actually help keep refills fresh for longer.However there is NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS METHOD.
I don't know if popcorn really cleans. Anything unless they're going to serve as sponges that scrape around the gallon but it is ashame to waste good popcorn that one could pop and eat instead
Where did you purchase your jugs? Looking for some good quality ones for my family. I’m learning there’s more to it than I thought. BPA , BPS, recycle ♻️ no 7 or 3. Please help would appreciate it.
Wal mart has 5 gal. jugs with lids, and they also have extra screw on caps you can purchase. You may have to check at a couple of Wal marts, they are usually in the Hardware Dept. near the water filters on a top shelf,
Does it matter if you use hot or cold water to rinse out the water jugs? I'm guessing cool water if you use a water filter on your sink to filter the water you don't want to drink. Because I've heard hot water can damage the filter over time. 🤷 Been a while since I've owned a water filter on a sink spigot. So feeling like I need a water filter eventually.
Wait! I also learned you can use bottled water or jugs of water to clean the bottles too. I know that's using more bottles than anyone wants to use, but if it's possibly cheaper than buying a water filtering device for the sink. 🤷 *Also, maybe leave any remaining water in the bottles that came in the bottle and then add the white vinegar and corn kernels. Then all you would have to worry about is maybe filter water from the sink or a jug of water to rinse out the 5gal jugs. 👍🏻
I use the faucet water to wash dishes and rinse them! I do not use bottled water for that. I use the faucet water as little as I can. Sometimes you just have to do what you can with what you have!
Thank you dear Lady, you're so kind to share this cleaning tip with us here on TH-cam, because two of our water jugs has algae in the bottom, really quite simple I guess we only have to dedicate some time to the task at hand. Also loved seeing your small fry help ya with the cleaning, thumbs up and greetings to your family and you from us here in Mexico! :)
I loved the ending! Thanks for showing that!
I'm glad there is a video about cleaning these water jugs lol
THANK YOU BuzzFam! No baking soda? Another recipe I found online, is the VINEGAR, BAKING SODA, and use RICE kernels for the ABRASIVE part. Popcorn is probably better bc it doesn't soak up the liquid as fast, but rice is cheaper to buy? I keep, and save smallish beads, odds, and ends that I can use in my gallon water bottles. Anything that will fit inside the top opening/neck of bottles.
This actually worked great. Thank you so much for making this video!
This is so awesome .... and easy! Kind of makes me feel dumb for not thinking of it myself but I'm so glad I found your video. Thank you for sharing :) ❤ lots of love & thanks from Los Angeles
Miss Saydee, you aren't dumb bc you used Google to get the answer, like I just did! I thought there may be an INVENTION that uses a special tool to get inside bottles and scrubs them? Maybe that's dumb, but if I invented that it would be...SMART! (=
Used your video and it worked like a charm. Recommending this to everyone I know. Thank you so much! :)
Thank u!! I am a subscriber now just because of this one video ❤️
Thank you, that was truly brilliance with your way of cleaning 👍👍👍👍
Lucky are the people in the Philippines. Most of the water refilling stations here pick up the containers from customer's home, clean, refill and deliver.
We have the option in the U.S. too. Some people take their 5 gallon jugs to the local grocery store that has a water filling station, others buy their water from a company that rents them a water cooler and brings them fresh jugs of water as it is needed.
Thank you for sharing this powerful video! I appreciate your time you take to share! I will try this method! Greetings from Toronto Canada! God bless you!🙏❤️🙏
Hi! I used this method and it worked great! Thank you for the suggestion 😊. 🌸
Thanks for the great cleaning tips.
Thank you for sharing this with us. I have used your cleaning with the corn and white vinegar too. And yes it does amazing job also. Again Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍
Good stuff!! The popcorn is brilliant!!! Consider Iodine, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and/or chlorine dioxide (CLO2)!!!
Thanks for the tip!
Excellent video, thanks for the info. I like the idea of the popcorn as a(n) mild abrasive. I would like to add though. As mrblackwell142 below has said, food grade hydrogen peroxide is good also. I intend to do a final rinse with it myself as I have a gallon of it at 35%. It's used industrially where they handle food. Also though I'm not advising it, I've read that in a pinch water can be boiled then up to 8 drops of liquid bleach can be added per gallon for drinking, or foodgrade hydogen peroxide.
However, for regular consumption, food grade HP should only be used with distilled water. As in the book "The one minute cure" by M. Cavenough.
I watched this to learn how to keep my jugs clean long term cuz I've experienced water cut off 4 times in the last 25yrs and a back up supply is vital. Gots to have my coffee in the morn😅.
Great video. Thank you. I have to go clean my bottles today.
I have that same piece of art with the angel, very nice!
Thanks I used rice, but will be using corn instead. They sell some type of salt in the water store. For $10.00 to clean the 5 gallon bottle. But its more cheaper, and save if you use natural ingredients.
Thanks
What kind of salt is cheaper for $10.00 to clean the 5-gallon bottle?
thank you for making this video very helpful!
Thanks. I have used tis method and it works great!
That’s very smart, thanks for making this video.
Thanks much. I never cleaned my bottle in my garage water dispenser. I just noticed a film of algae on around the neck of the bottle. I wonder how long that's been there? Anyways, I didn't have any popcorn kernels, but used a couple cups of rice and vinegar. It's nice and clean and I poured some vinegar into the dispenser and let it sit for a bit and then drained. Thanks for the tip.
thanks a lot it's 2021 and this video is very helpful!
Your little helper is adorable!
Lol thank you so much!!
I thought so too.
Thank you for the helpful tip the popcorn is a good idea
such a great idea thank you
WOW great idea TY
Aww hi little man ... Thanks for the tip ma’am . Have a Blessed one
Thank you great job
It worked great.. thanks !!
Very helpful.
Brilliant! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
Thanks for sharing!
The pop corn is a great idea. I have been doing my 7 gallon jug for my van without the pop corn and just the vinegar.
Have you been doing your 7-gallon jug for your van without the popcorn and the vinegar?
Your so awesome.Very helpful
Excellent, thank you
Thanks for your video, we have one too that shows the green stuff that comes out of the jug!
Very useful video ty
Thank you for this video
great video, and a awesome idea. I have 6 camping jugs that need cleaning. corn, vinegar, and I'm taking my grandkids to the soccer field. let them do the cleaning:)
What kind of camping jugs do you have that needs cleaning?
i use rice not corn kernels.
Thanks!
I agree with the guy below. You are the prettiest water jug cleaner I’ve ever seen. Don’t tell your husband I said that. I’m 57 and can’t run as fast as I used to. 🤫
You sound stupid as fuck
Thank you
Worked well to clean my dog's gravity waterer. Thanks
Put a few drops of H2O2 in your dog's, or any pet's water and save lotsa $$$ on vet bills! My pets have NEVER been sick either!
Did you hear that Nike SWOOOSH a few minutes ago??? That was my EXPERT advice that just Z000MED over yer head! (like it always does)
Thanks
Thank you for the video. How often do you clean it?
😊 good to know!
😍 Try using non smooth ice. The more rough edges, the better for the scraping. Why waste rice or corn?
good idea, ill do this instead. was going to use 1/2 cup of rice, which is pennies ;)
@@TravisBiggie SAVE more pennies then and just USE the PENNIES to scrub the bottles, instead of buying the rice! L0L
@KL, EVERYTHING organic goes into my COMPOST bin for my organic garden, so the waste factor is less.
Just use hydrogen peroxide the natural cleaning. The chemical symbol H2O2 for hydrogen peroxide is very similar to water's H2O. The H2 represents two hydrogen atoms while the O2 represents two oxygen atoms (water molecules contain only one oxygen atom. i use it even to get rid of mold instead of bleach.
GREAT IDEA! Sadly, people tend to overlook the sanitizing benefits of hydrogen peroxide. While vinegar is great, H202 is equally as good if not better. Thank you for the reminder! It's always good to have options!
Do you still need the popcorn kernels of using hydrogen peroxide?
How much hydrogen peroxide do I need to use?
I just cleaned it w/pop corn & peroxide & it’s clean! Yay! Thank you!
Word.
I've heard it's the main ingredient in a product called Mold Control by Concrobium.
If you look at the ingredients list on the package, it says something like 'other ingredients - 98%'. lol
Thanks for the vid. However, why do you rinse with tap water that you said was no good? Do you have a filtration system for the tap?
The ending😂😂oops!!!
thank you
Which water caps do you use?
super smart
This is just what I need, how often do you clean the bottles?
Thx for sharing
What type of 5g water jugs do you guys use? BPA free plastic?
You are using two different types of neck finish bottles, do you find any difficulty while fitting dispenser spout?
Q: do you reuse the same Kernals between cleaning each jug? Or even rinse them and save them for later? Or are you useing a new bag between each every time?🤷🏻♀️
i use rice.
Rinse them before reusing.
good call
How long do you shake/agitate?
Smart! My jug has algae 🤢 I need to clean it, thank you.
Chubbi Turtles this will definitely do the trick!
Vinegar will not kill the algae. USE BLEACH AND RINSE if you actually want to disinfect.
thank you sooo much (:
how do you reseal the jug
How do you knvow It’s clean?
Ice could work also
Aquarium colored small pebbles also can be used instead of corn kernel.
Great suggestion, thanks!
Thank, that means I could reuse it.
Great ideas, because I was sure thinking of anything else to use besides popcorn kernels. I would never waste food for cleaning, were going through hard times in this world and food can't be taken for granted.
any small hard objects will work. crushed ice, rice etc
Worked great, didn't have popcorn, so used some dried beans.
Perfect!! Glad it worked
If you don't drink the tap water, why do you rinse using it? How do you let them dry?
I do this with ice:) I hate that i have to rinse after cleaning with my dirty unsafe drinking water :/
How often do you clean them?
How often do you clean your jugs?
Water isn't drinkable from your tap but after cleaning it with Vinegar you use tap water to give it a final rinse?
Where do you get your bottle tops? I haven't been able to find good ones for the same kind of bottles.
Where did you check to find good bottle tops?
Are most water jugs BPA free?
Thanks for the video! Where did you get those caps?
Tommie Tolbert at our local Culligan store!!
Amazon.com sells them as well
Sooo.. u use the bad water to rinse?
I've seen people use rice and sometimes even sand or gravel. I wonder if I can use small pebbles to get the algae out.
What did you see people use rice for?
We just moved to georgia and our water quality here is god awful. We have to use the dispenser water to cook, clean, and drink. 😪
Couldnt even take baths while pregnant because the smell would make me gag., had to get a filtering showerhead.
Why would you rinse them out with contaminated water? Do you flush them out where you get your water
Do you clean them after every use or every couple uses?
Yeah I was wondering this as well
Bleach IS sodium hydrochloride,which is what is in many municipalities drinking water.It is an excellent disinfectant and safe to use,as long as it’s rinsed out good. Any residual bleach will actually help keep refills fresh for longer.However there is NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS METHOD.
You look so much like the girl from Clarissa Explains It All. 🙂
where did u find the lid? I can't find lids for my primo bottles?
Amazon
Do you reuse the popcorn kernels?
I wouldn't those would probably dirty right?
I just watch your video and the question I have how often do clean the bottles
Yes you should clean your jugs like this twice a year.
I don't know if popcorn really cleans. Anything unless they're going to serve as sponges that scrape around the gallon but it is ashame to waste good popcorn that one could pop and eat instead
Where did you purchase your jugs? Looking for some good quality ones for my family. I’m learning there’s more to it than I thought. BPA , BPS, recycle ♻️ no 7 or 3. Please help would appreciate it.
Wal mart has 5 gal. jugs with lids, and they also have extra screw on caps you can purchase. You may have to check at a couple of Wal marts, they are usually in the Hardware Dept. near the water filters on a top shelf,
Walmart I buy the 3 gallon jugs because they are lighter for me to handle. Love the handle on the jugs also. I bought 6 - 3 gallon.
Does the vinegar leave a taste behind? Also can you use apple cider vinegar instead?
Just rinse out a few times. You won't taste it.
No it does not if you rinse it good!
What does the popcorn do I would think baking soda and vinegar
It works as an abrasion. Scrubs the slimy stuff off!
You're the prettiest 5 gallons of water cleaner!! lol...and that is unanimous among the viewers!!...
Wow, creep 🙄
@@chrism4403 exactly what i was thinking
Very random
Yeah no joke, I don't know how much would be the make up, but that's the first thing I thought, her face is super aesthetic
And saved me having to buy a brand new 5 gallon jug
Does it matter if you use hot or cold water to rinse out the water jugs?
I'm guessing cool water if you use a water filter on your sink to filter the water you don't want to drink. Because I've heard hot water can damage the filter over time. 🤷
Been a while since I've owned a water filter on a sink spigot. So feeling like I need a water filter eventually.
Wait! I also learned you can use bottled water or jugs of water to clean the bottles too.
I know that's using more bottles than anyone wants to use, but if it's possibly cheaper than buying a water filtering device for the sink. 🤷
*Also, maybe leave any remaining water in the bottles that came in the bottle and then add the white vinegar and corn kernels.
Then all you would have to worry about is maybe filter water from the sink or a jug of water to rinse out the 5gal jugs. 👍🏻
When did you hear that hot water could damage the filter over time?
how often do you clean them
2 or 3 times a year. every few months is fine.
How often do you clean your water jugs?
Richard Fruth every 3 months or so. When they start smelling musky and not fresh
Great Kernel Idea. Anyone know which is better to use: vinegar or bleach? Or is it just preference?
Careful, bleach is a very toxic chemical. I’d stick to vinegar!
you can use either or peroxide too.
thanks for the tip. I want to purchase good quality 5 gallon jugs. Where did you buy these from?
The “water stores” have them so does Whole Foods
walmart has them too
Ok you rinsed out with the faucet water you couldn’t drink. Is that just due to taste or minerals
I use the faucet water to wash dishes and rinse them! I do not use bottled water for that. I use the faucet water as little as I can. Sometimes you just have to do what you can with what you have!
Rinsing vs consuming as a source are two very different amounts of ingesting.
Depending upon your water utility, the water can be fine to drink and use for washing, etc. However, it does not taste good.
@@jaylonkay Just use some purified water to triple rinse the jugs at the end for the best performance.
🙂🙂🙂🙃