Alloy Drink Bottles
Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015 at 18:19
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Member - G.T.
We are using two Spinifex drink bottles when travelling in our vehicle. Recently they have developed a `metal` taste and have a fine granule deposit inside around
the neck of the bottle. Also if we put a finger into the bottle , it will come away with
grey film on the finger where it has come into contact in the bottle.
Is there any way to remove this granule and film deposit from inside the bottle?
Being alloy , we are not sure what to use. Regards G.T.
Reply By: Hoyks - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015 at 21:50
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015 at 21:50
You can scrub it out, but it will just oxidise again when you put water that has any salt content in it again.
Some will say that aluminium is the devil, but that is based on research that found deposits of aluminium in the brains of people with Alzheimer. There is still debate as to cause or effect. Aluminium is 8% of the earths crust, so one would hope we evolved to tolerate some exposure.
As said above, buy a few Poweraid bottles and use them. As a drink they are expensive, but for a drink bottle they are cheap. They will also survive being left in a freezer, unlike my daughters aluminium Qantas Museum bottle that she forgot about. If you leave it behind, no great loss.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015 at 22:42
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015 at 22:42
"Aluminium is 8% of the earths crust, so one would hope we evolved to tolerate some exposure."
Sunlight makes up nearly 100% of light we are exposed too..evolution has indeed had a crack at reducing potential impact but I wouldn't recommend over exposure to anyone in a general sense, though obviously some are better adapted than others...could be same for other things (and you may not be able to see the difference). No idea of real impact of aluminium but you could be right. Just food for thought.
Cheers
Greg
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