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Any suggestions on getting the smell out of Gatorade bottles? Seems to take numerous washings/use to get rid of the sweet smell, so consequently, I don't leave my Gatorade bottles out on a bp trip, since they are recycled to be used as my water bottles long after they had product in them. Bleach or baking soda?


Solutions I have read/heard of/used, with varying results:

leave dry baking soda in for hours/days
crumpled newspaper sealed into it for days - supposedly soaks up the smell??
vinegar wash
bleach
leave it in the sun for a while after washing with regular dish soap
coffee grounds, unused

I would probably start with the baking soda - soaking baking soda water in it worked on the polycarb bear vault - and hit it with bleach if the paper didn't work. Vinegar is a good cleaner but I'm not sure about its smell removing properties. As for coffee grounds, seems to me they would leave a smell of their own, but maybe they work? Haven't tried it, just seen it as a suggestion with plastics.
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