For The Love Of Port

I'm a bit late to the game here, but I've heard putting uncooked rice into a glass with soap acts as a nice abrasive to remove things from glasses/bpttles you can't reach your hand into. Never had to try it myself though, and I imagine something more granular like salt could work too.

But why wuss about with methods that require a lot of effort, when a few drops of acid will do the job in seconds?

Tom Archer wrote:But why wuss about with methods that require a lot of effort, when a few drops of acid will do the job in seconds?

Cause it's dangerous

I got some of the Riedel decanter beads. Really just looks like stainless steel buck shot. Works great and is easy to use.

Tom Archer wrote:But why wuss about with methods that require a lot of effort, when a few drops of acid will do the job in seconds?

In a pinch I'm more likely to have rice at hand rather than acid. Oh, and I think vinegar might help the method too

And to take it further, rice disposal is probably a bit better for the environment

Andrew E wrote:...Oh, and I think vinegar might help the method too...

Vinegar IS acid - acetic acid in a 2-5% solution for typical home vinegars. "Distilled White" has the least amount of other compounds - mostly just acetic acid and water.

Peter W. Meek wrote:

Andrew E wrote:...Oh, and I think vinegar might help the method too...

Vinegar IS acid - acetic acid in a 2-5% solution for typical home vinegars. "Distilled White" has the least amount of other compounds - mostly just acetic acid and water.

Well yes, but I also keep a couple of gallons of it stocked in my kitchen all for less than $3.00, not including any bottle of wine that may have been sitting for a long long time, lol. Also, my chemistry teacher wasn't so worried when I spilled the vinegar on my leg because all I had to deal with was smelly jeans, not burnt up jeans if I had spilled any of the other acids.

Thankfully I don't need them for the purpose they were intended but I have found that these are very good at removing the staining inside a well-used decanter.

Derek T. wrote:Thankfully I don't need them for the purpose they were intended but I have found that these are very good at removing the staining inside a well-used decanter.

And they work good for cleaning the toilet as well. Just saying :)