Tainted Water containers

[nobby]

I have two Ortlieb roll up water containers and the water from either doesn't taste very pleasant.
I have tried soaking them in Milton and used dental tablets in them but there is still the unpleasant taste.
It doesn't do any harm because I have drunk from them without being sick but it would be better if the water just tasted like normal water.
Anything else I can try?

Cheers

 

[Sickboy]

Is it a plastic taste or a mouldy taste?
Had a similar problem with my Platy's over the years, as a last resort used washing up liquid rather than the normal baby bottle cleaner, it worked but took some serious rinsing to get rid of the taste of fairy

 

[Pablo]

Try mixing up some baking soda and water, add it to the bladder, give it a shake and leave it for 30 mins and then add some lemon juice. Also try putting it in the freezer to kill off nasties.

Pablo.

 

[nobby]

Is it a plastic taste or a mouldy taste?
Had a similar problem with my Platy's over the years, as a last resort used washing up liquid rather than the normal baby bottle cleaner, it worked but took some serious rinsing to get rid of the taste of fairy

thanks I'll try that after Pablo's idea. It isn't a mouldy taste; more sort of chemically.

 

[nobby]

Try mixing up some baking soda and water, add it to the bladder, give it a shake and leave it for 30 mins and then add some lemon juice. Also try putting it in the freezer to kill off nasties.

Pablo.

Thanks for that. Do I add the lemon juice to the baking soda & water mix or empty that first?
sorry for not understanding.

Cheers

 

[Gwhtbushcraft]

I have the same problem with my army surplus 58 pattern water bottle. The water from it tastes foul!

 

[spamel]

I have the same problem with my army surplus 58 pattern water bottle. The water from it tastes foul!

They always do! Somebody will have added screech to it in a previous life, and that is what you can probably taste. You should only ever store clean water in a 58 bottle!

 

[w00dsmoke]

A while back I was givena few roll up ortileb water containers from Gulf 1 conflict, these had been used and were sprayed in sand paint. Again these tasted tainted and I tried all the usual methods but although the taint never disapears, the taste is improved a hell of a lot by oxygenating the water. I always shake it up a bit before use and the taste seems to improve, maybe the water has gone flat so to speak. Rainwater is much the same if you collect it in a tarp, it's improved by aeration.

WS

 

[scoops_uk]

I use Puriclean on the campervan water system, works a treat at removing nasty tastes etc.

Need leaving a while, but it works a treat and this is exactly the kind of job it loves.

Scoops

 

[nobby]

Thanks for that I'll try Halfords in the morning.

 

[EdS]

Steriden or similar stuff used for cleaning false teeth.

 

[commandocal]

What i use to clean my 58 pat bottle and bladder out is some washing up powder,seriously, leave one scoop in over night full of water and then rinse THOROUGHLY and the taste/smell will have gone, or you could just get a bladder cleaning kit, they come with a scrubber + tablets to get ride of the mouldy taste

 

[gregorach]

I use a cleaner called VWP that I get from my homebrew shop... I've used my '58 bottle to carry beer before now.